It was in the late afternoon in Ponyville. From the castle of Princess Twilight, Starlight Glimmer was watching Princess Celestia’s sun as it was beginning to go down and make way for Princess Luna’s moon for the night.
She looked out her window and saw how beautiful the day looked, and out in the distance, she noticed a particular cannon on a lone hill. This sight was always peculiar to Starlight, but it looked like it belonged to Pinkie Pie. So, she never really questioned it.
Twilight had noticed Starlight staring out at the window. Concerned for her student, Twilight walked over to her.
“Everything okay, Starlight?” Twilight asked. “You’ve been quiet all morning.”
Starlight turned to Twilight and let out a small sigh. “I don’t know.” She spoke. “I guess I’ve just been thinking about the recent invasion in Canterlot.”
Twilight was surprised by this. It had been a month after the Storm King tried to take over all of Equestria. But to fair, how wouldn’t this affect anypony? “What about it?” Twilight asked.
“Well, everypony was in danger!” Starlight said. “The princesses were captured, ponies all around were locked up in cages, me and Trixie were one of few lucky ones to hide until you guys saved the day! I feel like I should’ve done more to help than-”
Twilight put her hoof on Starlight’s shoulder. “Starlight, please don’t blame yourself.” Twilight spoke gently. “You didn’t know what to do, I didn’t even know what to do! It’s been scary for all of us. But we got through it, didn’t we?”
Starlight chuckled. “Yeah, we did.” But she looked down again. “I just feel like I could’ve done more to make that whole day perfect.”
“Well, if I can be honest, I feel like I messed up on something, too.” Twilight said.
“How?” Starlight asked.
Twilight hopped from the window. “Come with me.” Starlight followed Twilight as they exited the bedroom.
Twilight and Starlight walked into Twilight’s bedroom as the Princess of Friendship opened her closet. Twilight then pulled out a box and blew dust off it.
“What’s that?” Starlight asked.
Twilight opened the box revealing some kind of net. “This was SpongeBob’s jellyfishing net.”
Starlight’s eyes widened. “SpongeBob? SpongeBob SquarePants? Your student, SpongeBob SquarePants? The one Princess Celestia summoned here to-”
“One Exposition Later…”
“And then save all of Equestria?” Starlight finished.
“Mm-hm.” Twilight nodded. “This net was one of the few things that survived when I lost the Golden Oak Library. SpongeBob gave it to me before he went back to his own universe...Of all the friends I could invite to the Friendship Festival...I guess I kinda forgot my technical first student.”
Spike walked by the bedroom looking confused.
“Spike?” Twilight asked.
“...Did...did anypony else hear that voice?” Spike asked, confused.
“What voice?” Twilight asked.
“It was some French voice. You guys didn’t hear that?” Spike asked.
“Well, for some reason, I do feel time went a little faster than usual.” Starlight spoke.
There was silence, before Spike shook his head and walked away. “I must’ve been hearing things.”
When Spike was gone, Starlight turned back to Twilight. “But whatever happened to Discord’s brother, Strife? I haven’t heard anything about him once I started living here.”
Ding-Dong!
Back in SpongeBob SquarePants’ universe, the doorbell to his home rang, and the happy-go-lucky sponge himself went to answer the door. “Hello! SpongeBob SquarePants speaking!” He noticed a large shadow over him and looked up to see none other than Strife staring down at him.
"SpongeBob..." He spoke with his eyes glowing...Before speaking normally. “My home in the mountains is under construction...and I was looking for a place to stay.”
SpongeBob was silent until a large smile slowly spread across his face, making Strife nervous. It wasn’t until SpongeBob’s feet turned into little rockets and flew in the air.
“Oh, of COURSE you can stay with me!” SpongeBob leaped in the air and took Strife’s claw. “Come in! Come in! Come in! Come in!”
Suddenly, SpongeBob’s pet snail, Gary slithered in and take notice of Strife.
“MEOW!!!” Gary leaped up to the refrigerator and hissed.
“Now, Gary!” SpongeBob quickly began pulling Gary off of the refrigerator. “Strife may look different from us fishfolk, but he’s our friend! Twilight Sparkle trusted me to help him turn over a new leaf after all! And I must say, it’s quite a coincidence he has gills!” He pointed to Strife’s gills which were right above his legs.
Strife cleared his throat. “Uh, yes.”
“Speaking of which, Strifey, how have you been doing in Bikini Bottom lately? Helping clean up Mrs. Puff’s office? Working out with Larry? Visiting Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy?”
Strife shrugged. “I’ve been...getting around to that.”
“How about visiting Fred in the hospital?” SpongeBob asked.
“He’s there again?” Strife asked. “He was just in there a week ago!”
“Oh, I saw him in there!” SpongeBob and Strife turned to see Patrick Star peeking through SpongeBob's window. "I was in there because I broke my hand while eating toast.”
“Hi, Patrick!” SpongeBob greeted his best friend. “Say, Strife is going to be staying with me for a while! And there’s always room for another to crash for fun!” SpongeBob spoke the last part in a sing-song voice.
“Oh! Who is he?” Patrick asked, not getting what SpongeBob was talking about.
“Well…” SpongeBob decided to play along. “I happen to be talking to the big guy right now!”
“Ooh! Sounds like a rad guy!” Patrick spoke, still not getting it.
Meanwhile, things were not all peachy keen in Bikini Bottom. For in the Chum Bucket, Plankton was putting a special chip inside his computer wife, Karen.
“Yes!” Plankton grinned. “With this chip, I’ll be able to spy on SpongeBob, and see where he’s hidden the Krabby Patty Formula!”
“Oh, that’s destined to go well.” Karen spoke, sarcastically.
“Believe me, Karen!” Plankton spoke. “I just know Krabs trusted SpongeBob to look after it tonight, and now I’ll be able to see where he has hidden it! I saw SpongeBob pick up an important piece of paper before he left!”
“I’m telling you, Plankton!” Karen spoke. “It’s just another receipt, He keeps them in a collection!”
“Not now, Karen! I’m trying to get a connection!” Plankton grabbed a remote and pressed a button which revealed a camera in SpongeBob’s house. Inside, he saw SpongeBob and Plankton showing Strife around.
“What? Strife is in SpongeBob’s house?!” Plankton yelled angrily. “That miserable flip-flopped traitor!”
Plankton then began to pace in frustration. “I still remember the feeling...of betrayal! He had those ponies in the palms of his claws! And I was right there beside him, basking in the malicious glory!” He then pointed to SpongeBob on the screen. “But as usual, HE had to go ruin everything!”
“Oh, goody.” Karen spoke. “The betrayal rants again.”
Plankton glared at his computer wife. “Nice to have some support.” He scoffed. “But what’s he even doing with Square-For-Brains?”
Plankton tuned in to listen to what was going on with SpongeBob.
SpongeBob was now showing Strife his bedroom with Patrick following.
“And here’s my bedroom!” SpongeBob introduced. “If you ever need a bed buddy, you know who to turn to!” SpongeBob playfully elbowed Strife.
“Uh, thanks.” Strife said. “But I think I’ll take the couch.”
“Alright! More room for me!” Patrick jumped on SpongeBob’s bed as only his pointy head touched the cushions. “...Sooooo relaxiiiinnnng…”
Both SpongeBob and Strife watched Patrick as SpongeBob let out a relaxed sigh. “You know, with you here, Strife. I feel like it’s been yesterday I got back from Equestria.”
“Yeah,” Patrick said. “It also feels like a while since we heard from Frenchie.”
“Frenchie?” Strife asked.
“Yeah, Frenchie!” SpongeBob spoke. “He was the voice that usually described what was going on!”
Suddenly, SpongeBob’s eyes widened. “Oh! There’s one other thing I wanna show ya!”
SpongeBob ran over to his closet and opened its door. “I always keep this next to my receipt collection! Oh, that reminds me!” SpongeBob pulled out a receipt and put it in a box full of more receipts.
“Receipt collection!” Karen spoke. “Told ya!”
“Shhhh!!” Plankton shushed Karen and leaned in more to listen.
SpongeBob pulled out a box and opened it, revealing a spellbook and a wand. Patrick leaped from his bed. “Hey, I know that, SpongeBob! You got that stuff when you were doing magic!”
“Yep.” SpongeBob said. “I still keep it here as a memory...But I’ve actually been practicing a fun spell from this book all my own!” SpongeBob hopped up. “Allow me to demonstrate!”
SpongeBob whipped out his wand with a determined look and then began doing all sorts of weird movements at a fast pace, not knowing his legs were losing balance.
Patrick’s eyes widened, knowing what this meant. “Hit the deck!”
Both Patrick and Strife ducked for cover as Gary hid in his shell. “Make room!” Patrick grabbed Strife by the claw as they dove inside Gary’s shell.
SpongeBob slipped and his wand started firing all sorts of magical beams and even fireworks.
Plankton watched SpongeBob’s weird trick as one beam shot right out of Karen’s screen and into the Chum Bucket, bouncing off the walls until disappearing in a small explosion.
Plankton looked stunned and even horrified by what just happened. And he quickly pulled out a shotgun, turning in every direction. “I don’t know what cruel trick reality pulled...but I’m prepared.”
The dust finally settled in SpongeBob’s bedroom, as Patrick and Strife both got booted out of Gary’s shell...with an actual boot. They both looked at SpongeBob who was covered in soot.
“He-he.” SpongeBob chuckled, nervously. “I’m still learning.” But he let out a sad sigh. “I guess I kinda miss the friends I made back there.”
“Well, why don’t you just go visit them?” Patrick suggested.
“I can’t do that, Patrick!” SpongeBob spoke. “Equestria’s in a whole other universe. I don’t know how I’d even get to see them to begin with.”
Strife watched SpongeBob and Patrick talk as an idea came to his head. “I know I’m gonna regret this.” He mumbled.
“Uh, SpongeBob?” Strife asked. “...I may know a way you could do that...If I had an electrical spark, I could get a letter to Equestria.”
SpongeBob’s eyes widened in surprise. “You could do that?!”
Strife shrugged. “...I guess it’s worth a shot.”
SpongeBob grinned and leaped in the air with joy. “Well, alright then! Come Patrick, we’ve got a letter to write!”
“Letter! Alright, yeah!” Patrick pretended to strum an electric guitar. He took out a piece of paper and began writing on it. He showed it to SpongeBob. SpongeBob examined the paper and saw it only had the letter ‘B’ on it.
“Uh, Patrick? I meant we should send a note.” SpongeBob spoke.
“Oh, right! Got it!” Patrick began writing again. He finished it up and showed it to his friend. SpongeBob looked it over and saw it only had a musical note on it. “Close enough, but let me help ya!” As SpongeBob helped write, he thought for a second. “Bit of Deja Vu, there.”
Plankton was still watching what was going on. “SpongeBob’s planning to go back to Equestria?” Plankton growled. “Uuugh! What is this? ‘Remind Plankton Of His Humiliation Day’?”
“There’s a specific day for that?” Karen asked.
Plankton grew annoyed by that statement. “You’re hilarious.” But suddenly a thought popped in his mind. “But wait...let’s just say someone else joined on his long-awaited return.” Plankton devilishly grinned. “...I wonder…”
Suddenly, Plankton accidentally stepped on a button of the remote changing Karen’s screen.
“Oh, drat!” Plankton grumbled. “I accidentally changed the station!...But at least I’m at that catchy lotion commercial.”
Plankton continued to listen and sing. “Get the lotion, it’ll put you in motion and-Agh! Focus, Plankton, focus!” Plankton quickly changed it back.
Once SpongeBob and Patrick had the letter finished, SpongeBob quickly placed it in a bottle in a cork. “Alright! All set to be sent!...Now, where are we gonna get an electric spark?”
“Oh! Oh! I know!” Patrick said. “Wait here!” Patrick quickly ran out of SpongeBob’s bedroom as Strife looked at the message in a bottle. Patrick ran back upstairs with a defibrillator and shocking paddles. “Now think...pony thoughts...”
Strife’s eyes widened as he stepped back. “Okay...why?”
Patrick hopped on Strife’s body with the paddles that were sparkling. “CLEAR!!!”
He placed the paddles on Strife, shocking him as the message and bottle disappeared.
“Victory!!!” Patrick cheered.
SpongeBob looked up at the static Strife. “You okay, buddy?”
Strife forced a grin as he twitched. “Sure...never fe-never felt better…”
Plankton rubbed his stubby hands together in wicked glee. “That’s right, SpongeBob. Plan your little get-together! But there may be another guest along to join in the fun...He-he-he-HA-HA-HA-HA! AAAAH-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA! RAAA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!...Ah-ha!...Ah-ha-ha...You know I can’t get that lotion commercial out of my head!” Plankton went to change the channel, but it was no longer there.
“Oh, it’s over.” Plankton slumped.
It was now morning in Ponyville at Sugarcube Corner.
“Ah, Sugarcube Corner. The place in Ponyville where to get the most delicious baked goods that’s bound the water the mouth of any pony who stepped in. And now, the friends of Princess Twilight Sparkle were waiting for her to join them for a special brunch. But little did they know that another pleasant surprise was just in store.”
“Ooh! I wonder what it’s going to be!” Pinkie Pie clapped her hooves together.
Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy and Rarity were all at a table with Pinkie Pie, but they were all confused by what Pinkie Pie just said.
“Uh, you alright, sugarcube?” Applejack asked.
“Uh-huh!” Pinkie nodded. “Just listening to the French voice following us around!”
“Um...what French voice?” Fluttershy asked.
“You know! The French voice describing whatever we do!” Pinkie said. “And right now he said we have another pleasant surprise in store!”
The doors to Sugarcube Corner then opened, revealing Twilight, Spike and Starlight.
“Hey, girls!” Twilight spoke, happily. “You won’t believe who sent us a note, last night! It was SpongeBob!”
“SpongeBob?” Rarity asked. “Your first student?”
“No way!” Rainbow Dash grinned.
“Shucks, it feels like forever since we heard from him.” Applejack chuckled.
“He sent me a letter asking how things have been! But if he sent me a letter, he may actually know how to come back to Equestria!” Twilight spoke.
“Maybe if it was possible,” Rarity added. “We could invite him and his friends down to Equestria for a party!”
Pinkie put her hooves on the table with an eager grin as one could swear there was confetti in her pupils. “Did somepony say...paaaarrrrtyyYYYYY?!!!”
They were all now back at Twilight’s castle, Spike was now putting the finishing touches on the letter back to SpongeBob.
“And finished!” Spike spoke.
“Good work, Spike!” Twilight rubbed Spike’s head.
“But how are you going to send a message in a bottle?” asked Fluttershy as Spike put the message in a bottle.
“Ah, that’s easy!” Spike said. “Princess Celestia taught me this trick when I was little!...Or younger...”
Spike threw the bottle in the air and began to run in circles while blowing fiery rings around the bottle until in vanished in a puff of smoke.
“Wow, that was amazing!” Starlight said in awe.
“Yeah, I get that a lot.” Spike smirked, proudly.
Back in Bikini Bottom, SpongeBob had just received the letter from Twilight and her friends. He was now reading it while Patrick was waiting for the details and Strife was watching.
“Your teacher, Princess Twilight Sparkle.” SpongeBob finished. SpongeBob began shaking with the biggest grin on his face as his head exploded in happiness.
“PATRICKICAN’TBELIEVEIT!!!!” SpongeBob yelled with excitement.
“WHATISITSPONGEBOB?!!!” Patrick yelled too with as much excitement.
“IT’S THE...IT’S-!!!!” SpongeBob kept stuttering until his face got weird.
“I KNOW THE FEELING! IT’S-!!!!” Patrick started doing what SpongeBob was doing until Strife looked at the letter.
“A party in Ponyville to catch up on things?” Strife asked.
“YES IT IS!!!!” SpongeBob cheered.
“WHOO!!!!” Patrick whooped.
SpongeBob and Patrick took each other’s hands and began dancing in circles, while Strife looked at the newspaper. “We’re going to Equestria! We’re going to Equestria!”
Now, usually SpongeBob and Patrick’s happy chanting would be more than an annoyance to their neighbor, Squidward. But inside the home of this cephalopod, he was eating a banana, but with earmuffs on. With a smug look, he tossed the banana peel.
“I can’t believe these work!” Squidward grinned. “I don’t hear a thing! I don’t need sound to know how to survi-”
Squidward suddenly slipped on the banana peel as he began falling down his stairs until he hit the bottom.
BOOM!!!!
Squidward had all of a sudden, randomly exploded. “...Oooooh…”
“Well, we gotta send a letter, back!” Patrick spoke. “I’d love to rock out there!”
“Oh, you bet, Patrick!” SpongeBob said. “In fact the more I think about it, maybe we can use Sandy’s teleporter to get there! That’s how you guys found me there the...last time I was there…” He suddenly realized he and Patrick had Strife electrocuted for no reason. SpongeBob turned to a bitter Strife.
“Uh...sorry, Strife.” SpongeBob chuckled nervously.
“No worries,” Strife grumbled as he continued to read.
“But we still should send another letter! You know to let them know we’re coming!” Patrick said.
“Not only that, but we should invite the rest of our friends, too! The more the merrier!” SpongeBob grinned. He then leaned towards Strife. “Uh...Hey, Strife? You mind helping us send one more letter?...Please?”
Strife sighed. “Fine, make it quick.”
“Okay!” SpongeBob and Patrick got back to writing, while the three of them didn’t know Plankton was watching them through a window. Plankton chuckled evilly, now that a return to Equestria was official, he could now start his plan.
“All done!” SpongeBob put the finished letter in a bottle. “Ready, Strife?”
Strife held up the bottle. “Well, as long as-”
“Hold this!” Patrick gave Strife a string of Christmas lights.
“Yeah, sure.” Strife said, not noticing. “As long it doesn’t get too shocking.”
“Alright, let’s do this!” Patrick’s voice said. Strife turned and yelped. He saw Patrick with the rest of the Christmas lights, plugging them in. He also had a bucket of water as he poured it on the lights. Strife was electrocuted again as the letter was sent.
“...I’m glad to be of service…” Strife coughed out black smoke.
“Well, it’s official, girls!” Twilight spoke as she finished reading the new letter. “SpongeBob is coming back!”
Twilight’s friends began cheering and/or leaping in the air when hearing the great news.
“I’m so excited, Twilight!” Starlight said. “I can’t wait to meet your old student!”
“You know what this means!” Pinkie got out papers. “Party invitations!”
“Wait a minute, girls!” Fluttershy spoke up. “There’s a chance Strife might join SpongeBob and his friends. Shouldn’t we invite Discord, too? They’re brothers after all.”
“You’re right, Fluttershy.” Twilight spoke with her hoof on Fluttershy’s shoulder. “It would seem fitting.”
“Does this mean we have to in that weird place he lives in?” Rainbow complained.
“I guess so.” Twilight said. She then turned to Spike and Starlight. “Can I count on you two to send invitations to our friends while we’re gone?”
“You know you can!” Spike said as Starlight nodded.
“Alright!” Twilight chuckled. “We’ll be back!”
“Wait, are you going to use that big cannon to get there?” Starlight asked.
“What big cannon?” Twilight asked.
“The big cannon on the hill I see in the morning.” Starlight answered.
“Oh, that’s my cannon!” Pinkie said. “I use it to fire to anypony I’m partying for!”
Twilight chuckled. “But I don’t think we’ll be using that to get to Discord. We’ll be back soon, you two!”
“Alright, see ya!” Starlight and Spike waved as Twilight and her friends left.
Spike then took half of the invitations “Okay, you send this half, and I send this half?”
“Sounds fair.” Starlight smirked as she and Spike did a hoof/claw bump.
Spike then took his half and walked away as Starlight looked at her own. She had a good idea who would be a perfect guest for the party.
Starlight found herself at Trixie’s wagon. “Trixie!” Starlight knocked on her door. “Trixie, are you there?”
Trixie opened up her door. “Ugh, what?” Trixie now got a good look who was knocking and grinned. “Oh, Starlight! And how is the best friend of Trixie doing?”
As Trixie looked around if anypony heard that, Starlight spoke. “I’m doing good, though I was wondering if you wanted to go to a party!”
“A party?” In a puff of smoke, Trixie now had her cape and hat on. “And which party shall Trixie steal the show for?”
“It’s a party at Twilight’s castle!” Starlight said, happily. “It’s to welcome the return of her old student.”
Trixie’s excited mood then deflated as she turned to disgust. “Ugh, a party from Twilight? Hmph, I think I’ll pass.”
“Now, Trixie.” Starlight tried to brighten the mood. “I know you have a thing against Twilight, mostly a bias,” Starlight muttered the last part so Trixie wouldn’t hear her. “But it’s gonna be fun! Twilight’s student is from a whole other universe!”
“Ha! Please!” Trixie laughed. “She has a student that’s not even from here? Talk about desperate for attention.”
“But I hear he’s really cool!” Starlight said. “He’s made friends with a lot of ponies around, he’s an honorary Crusader, and he helped reform Discord’s brother!”
Trixie was surprised by that, but then another thought came into her mind. “Oh, I mean...I would love to join the party, but...I just wouldn’t want to see the inevitable.”
Starlight was confused. “Inevitable? What do you mean?”
“Well, from the impression this...‘old student’ has made…” Trixie said. “Sounds like Twilight is trying to replace you.”
“Wait, what?” Starlight asked.
“Well, this student sure did a lot the last time he was here, didn’t he?” Trixie spoke. “And from the way Twilight talked about him, it sounds like he did more than you.”
Starlight thought about what Trixie meant and shook her head. “Twilight wouldn’t do that. She’s my teacher and my friend!”
“Wouldn’t she?” Trixie hopped from her wagon. “When’s the last time you bonded with anypony else in Twilight’s little group?”
“Well, I don’t do much, but-” Starlight started.
“And when’s the last time you hung out with those Crusader twerps?” Trixie asked again.
“Okay, I wouldn’t say I’m close with them, but I-” Starlight tried to say.
“And you said that this student played a role in reforming Discord's brother, is that right?” Trixie asked once more.
"Yes... but..." Starlight paused. She realized that Trixie was off-hoofedly referring to Chrysalis, the still at large changeling that had once been their queen.
Starlight thought more about, but she still shook her head. “So I didn’t get to do all that stuff, whatever! Twilight promised she’d look out for me!”
“I’m sure she did.” Trixie put her hoof on Starlight’s shoulder. “But I’m your best friend, I’d never toss you aside. But there’s a red flag around Twilight’s corner.” Trixie then walked back in her wagon. “But, if you’re willing to go through being replaced, then so be it. I won’t stand in your way.”
As Trixie closed her door, Starlight looked down. “Twilight would never replace me, that’s crazy talk!” Starlight walked away. “...I hope…”
Meanwhile, Twilight and her friends were now in the dimension Discord lived in. And as usual, things were kooky and weird in this particular place.
“I sure hope we can find Discord soon so we can get out of this place,” Rainbow spoke. She turned and saw a cat walking in mid-air, and once it landed on a platform, it began flying!
Rainbow stared at the cat in confusion, until it turned around looking annoyed. “Take a picture, why don’t ya! It’ll last longer!”
Rainbow held up her hooves upon hearing the cat’s words, not wanting any trouble.
“Look! Discord’s house is up there!” Fluttershy pointed up to where the chaotic draconequus lived.
The ponies were now at Discord’s house as Fluttershy was about to knock.
“Darling, are you sure Discord wouldn’t mind us arriving on short notice?” Rarity asked.
“Oh, I wouldn’t worry about that.” Fluttershy answered. “Last time we saw each other in fact, Discord said he was redecorating!”
Fluttershy knocked on Discord’s door three times. “Cooooooooome Innnnnnnnn!!!!” Discord’s voice sang from the door.
“See? He sounds happy to see us.” Fluttershy smiled.
“That’s what I’m afraid of.” Rainbow Dash muttered.
The ponies entered Discord’s house, and when they walked in, they noticed everything was upside down.
“Whoa, nelly.” Applejack said. “This is one redecoratin’ if I ever saw one.”
“Ah! So good of you to visit!” Discord’s voice spoke. The ponies all saw him on a chair, reading the news paper.
“Hey!” Rainbow Dash flew up to Discord, whose face was covered by the paper. “Why is everything upside down? It’s making us dizzy!”
Discord rose his head from the paper with a smirk. “Me upside down? I was just going to ask what you were doing up there!”
Suddenly, from the ponies’ point of view, they were now upside as they fell and landed on the floor, except Fluttershy who landed on a pillow poofed by Discord.
“Mmf! Can we get with the inviting now?” Rainbow grunted.
“Discord, we were all wondering if you wanted to join us in a little party.” Fluttershy spoke. “It’s to welcome back Twilight’s old student! You remember SpongeBob, right?
Discord was surprised. “SpongeBob? As in SpongeBob SquarePants?”
“Uh-huh.” Fluttershy nodded.
“You got it!” Pinkie added.
Discord got up, revealing he was wearing a black shirt that said ‘Jerk’ on it in white. “Not the crossover I was expecting, but whatever.” With a snap of his fingers, the shirt disappeared.
“We were thinking you’d like to join us since Strife may be there and-” Twilight started.
“Oh! Strife?...My brother, you don’t say.” Discord spoke. “Well...it’s just that I made plans, I feel I’m EXTRAORDINARILY busy.”
“With what?” Applejack asked.
“Uh…” Discord tried to think. “Dinner with me! I’ve had to postpone it so many times, I just don’t feel I can cancel again.”
Rainbow looked skeptically at Fluttershy, but the shy pegasus gave her an assuring look and walked up to Discord.
“I know you and Strife didn’t talk to each other since the last time he was here,” Fluttershy spoke. “But things seemed to end on good terms, and we’d still love you to join us either way.”
Discord looked at Fluttershy, and he knew he couldn’t say no to a request like that, especially from his best friend. “Well, I guess I should join the occasion, just so it can get more interesting.”
“We’d be more than happy to welcome you.” Fluttershy nodded.
“But what about dinner with yourself?” Pinkie asked.
“Pinkie, I think he’s got that covered.” Rainbow said.
“Oh, yes! She’s right!” Discord spoke. “I’ve got it all covered! I’ll just reschedule it!...” Discord’s eyes widened as he began to sweat. Unknown to everypony else, another Discord had his head sticking from the kitchen, while holding a rolling pin.
“...Like next week! N-n-n-next week sounds perfect!” Discord chuckled, nervously. He noticed the other Discord narrowing his eyes at him and slowly disappear back in the kitchen.
SpongeBob had called the attention of the rest of his friends, Squidward, Sandy Cheeks and Mr. Krabs. Patrick and Strife were also sitting in chairs.
“Alright!” SpongeBob paced in front of the group. “As you know, I’ve called forth my very best of friends for an important meeting.”
“Does that mean I can leave?” Squidward was about to get up but Sandy stopped him.
“I had just received word that my friend and teacher in magic, Twilight Sparkle has asked me to join her and her friends in a special ‘Welcome Back’ party in their universe.” SpongeBob started. “And I feel I couldn’t go without my friends here! Since we all had our aid in stopping the conquering of Equestria!...So...what do you say?”
“I don’t know, me boy. It feels like this is more your kind of style than me-self.” Mr. Krabs spoke.
“But, Mr. Krabs!” SpongeBob said. “I should tell you I’ve also done some special cooking there with Applejack and Pinkie! I’m sure they’d love to hear your food ideas! Ponies would pay for that!”
Mr. Krabs eyes brightened up. “Pay?”
“Yep!” SpongeBob nodded, enthusiastically. “Although the money I’ve usually seen there are gold coins.”
At the mention of gold coins, Mr. Krabs’ pupils turned into gold coins themselves. “ALL THE MONEY IS GOLD?!!!...I wonder what the other gold looks like…” He finished in a squeaky voice.
“So, I reckon you want me to start up that portal machine from some time ago?” Sandy asked eagerly.
SpongeBob hopped up to his friend from land. “You betcha!”
“I’m on it!” Sandy nodded.
“And I’m leaving,” Squidward muttered.
“Oh, not so fast, Mr. Squidward!” Mr. Krabs halted. “Less company means less money! You’re going with us, or you’re fired!”
Squidward stubbornly crossed his tentacles and muttered to himself.
Once SpongeBob’s friends were all ready to go, SpongeBob looked back at Strife.
“Hey, Strife?” SpongeBob asked. “...Since Equestria is where you were originally from, I’d be more than happy if you went with us.”
Strife’s eyes widened as he looked at SpongeBob. “Uh...no thanks. I think I’ll pass.”
“Aww, come on, Strifey!” SpongeBob said. “It’ll be fun! And you’ll be seeing Discord! Your own flesh-and-yogurt brother!”
Strife paused. “...Flesh and yogurt?”
“Sorry, I thought that’s what draconequus have instead of blood.” SpongeBob chuckled, sheepishly.
“...Close...it's actually pudding.” Strife corrected.
“Oh, what do you know? But anyway, we’d really like you to join us!” SpongeBob continued.
“Look, I...I’m just getting used to your house! In fact, I think your snail’s taking a liking to me!” Strife looked back at Gary, but he froze in fright. For Gary was at Spongebob’s window staring at him, holding a tombstone saying ‘R.I.P. Strife’.
Strife shook off the thought. “On second thought...I guess I can come along.”
“Hooray!” SpongeBob leaped in the air. “That’s what I’m talking about!”
It was now close to sunset back in Ponyville, and Starlight and Spike were still around passing out invitations. But right now, Starlight was at a table, thinking about what Trixie said.
“Tag! You’re it!”
Starlight looked up at the sound of a voice. She turned and saw the Crusaders laughing and playing ‘Tag’. Starlight looked at her invitations and realized she didn’t give one to them. She grinned and walked over to them.
“Hey, girls!” Starlight called.
The Crusaders stopped playing and saw Starlight. “Oh! Howdy, Starlight!” Apple Bloom greeted. “What are ya up to?”
Starlight thought for a second. Trixie had a point, Starlight didn’t bond with the Crusaders much. “Well, what are you girls up to?”
“Ah just finished up applebuckin’, and now me and Mah friends are playing!” Apple Bloom answered.
“Wow, you’re applebucking already?” Starlight put her hoof around Apple Bloom and pulled her close. “You’re really starting to grow up.”
Apple Bloom started to struggle. “Uh, Starlight? Can ya let me go, please?”
Starlight snapped out of it. “Oh, right. Sorry.” Starlight let the filly go, and looked back at her invitations.
“Whatcha got there?” Sweetie Belle asked.
“Oh! Uh, these are invitations for a party at Twilight’s castle, tomorrow!” Starlight handed each of the Crusaders an invitation.
“Awesome!” Scootaloo and the other Crusaders grinned. “But what’s it for?”
“Well, I don’t know if your sisters would want the surprise ruined,” Starlight began. “But it’s for Twilight’s old student.”
The Crusader’s eyes all widened. “SpongeBob’s comin’ back?!” Apple Bloom asked, excitedly.
“Well, we got a letter from him,” Starlight shrugged.
The Crusaders began leaping in the air. “HOORAY!!!! SpongeBob’s coming back! SpongeBob’s coming back!”
“Oh my gosh! We got so much to tell him! All the adventures we had!” Sweetie Belle spoke.
“All the ponies we’ve been helping!” Scootaloo continued.
“Don’t forget the most important thing!” Apple Bloom pointed to all their flanks. “We gotta show him our cutie marks!”
“So...I take it you’re going?” Starlight asked.
“We’ll be there!” The Crusaders all said happily as they ran off, excitedly waiting for the upcoming day.
As Starlight watched the Crusaders disappear into the distance, she looked down, sadly. “Never mind Twilight has another student.” She walked away on her own. She looked up at the orange sky, thinking about what would happen in the future.
The next morning in Bikini Bottom, SpongeBob was looking up at the flowered clouds, watching them go by. But he was especially thinking on how his visit to Equestria would go.
“SpongeBob!”
SpongeBob turned and saw Patrick running up to him. “There you are! You ready to rock it with your pony buddies?”
“Uh, yeah!” SpongeBob nodded. “Yeah, of course!”
Patrick took notice of how SpongeBob was acting. “Hey, buddy. You okay, there? Yesterday, you were through the roof! I mean, you went right through the ceiling higher than me!”
“Oh, I am excited, Patrick!” SpongeBob stood up. “But I remembered on the letter it said, Princess Twilight Sparkle. And it read that she has a whole new student! She’s not just my teacher anymore, Patrick. What if she’s not really that happy to see me again?”
“Aww, don’t feel bad, buddy! So what if Twilight’s a big name now? There’s no way she’d forget about ya!” Patrick spoke. “I once chilled with a big name football star! He even gave me some restaurant orders!” Patrick handed some papers to SpongeBob. “But it didn’t really work on any restaurants.”
SpongeBob looked at the papers and his eyes widened. These were actually ‘Restraining’ Orders. SpongeBob glanced back at Patrick, making a goofy face...And he could swear he could hear turkey gobbles.
But SpongeBob shook his head. “You’re right, Patrick! I’m ready to Par-tay! And I know for a fact that nothing can go wrong today!”
Sparks flew inside the Chum Bucket, and then ceased as Plankton held up his lighter.
“Finished!” Plankton put his stubby hands together as Karen stared at him. “I have created this device that can suck the magic out of any creature! I call it...THE MAGIC SUCKER!!!!” Plankton threw up his hands and gazed upon his new zapping device.
“Oh, boy.” Karen muttered.
“...What? It was the best title I came up with and I was rushing.” Plankton held up his device. “With this, I can steal the magic from the most powerful ponies in the land, and transfer it into none other than me! And I can use my new powers to steal the formula and ALL WILL FACE THE WRATH OF PLANKTON!!!!” Plankton cackled evilly at his plan.
“Uh, yeah. That’s nice. But I think SpongeBob is ready to get going.” Karen spoke.
Plankton stopped laughing and gasped. “Great Neptune, you’re right! I better get going!” Plankton ran for the door and tripped, but got up and headed out.
“Behold, the wrath of Plankton.” Karen said, sarcastically.
TO BE CONTINUED ….
“And so, the story continues back in Equestria. The party was all set to begin, all of the folk in Ponyville were all ready to welcome the return of the first student of the Princess Of Friendship...Although, sadly...her new student was nervous of her first impression.”
Starlight was now sitting on her bed, still thinking about what Trixie said. She thought she’d be happy to meet SpongeBob, after all the times Twilight talked about him (even shortly after she herself became Twilight’s student). But she was still unsure.
“Oh, just look at the poor misunderstood creature. On a day that should fill one’s mind with happiness and celebration, here this one is, simply staring off into despair. Not even a word, just sitting there, sitting there in absolute sil-”
“Excuse me!” Starlight looked up at the ceiling, annoyed.
“Pardon, madam?”
“Look, smart guy. I don’t know who you are, where you came from or how you got here,” Starlight growled. “But right now, I could do without you pointing out the obvious!”
“Oh, my apologies, it was not my intention to-”
“And why is it that sometimes, certain ponies hear you and can’t later?” Starlight interrupted.
“Well, if you must know, it has to do with-”
“Starlight?”
Starlight turned and saw Twilight standing outside her bedroom. “Starlight, who were you talking to?”
Starlight cleared her throat. “Uh, no one. No one at all, just talking to myself.” She gave a nervous giggle.
“Ok, but what are you doing up here?” Twilight asked. “SpongeBob is going to be here soon, and I’d really love for him to meet you.”
“Oh, that!” Starlight nervously replied. “Well, I, uh...I’ve just started getting a cold.”
Twilight was confused. “A cold?”
“Uh, yeah! I’ve been…” Starlight let out a fake sigh. “Feeling kinda woozy just now.”
“But don’t you at least want to meet SpongeBob?” Twilight still asked.
“Yeah, of course I do!” Starlight nodded. “But I just got…”
Twilight grew concerned. “Starlight, is something wrong?” Twilight put her hoof around her new student. “You can tell me.”
“Well...the thing is,” Starlight tried to say.
“Hey, Twilight!!!!” Pinkie’s voice called.
Both Twilight and Starlight heard Pinkie’s call.
“You better go, I’ll...I’ll be ready to meet him soon!” Starlight forced a cough.
Twilight was still unsure, but she still reluctantly nodded. “Okay. But I hope you get better. You won’t wanna miss the party.” As Twilight left, Starlight looked down sadly. But she quickly darted her pupils to the left and right, as she put on earmuffs.
Twilight walked out of the castle and noticed Pinkie with a big grin with her hooves behind her back.
“Pinkie, what is it?” Twilight asked. “Did you see SpongeBob and his friends yet?”
“Nope! But I have more good news!” Pinkie spoke. “I know you were disappointed that Shining Armor and Cadance couldn’t join the party, but I know someone who could!” Pinkie pulled her hooves out and revealed their baby daughter, Flurry Heart, who was sleeping.
Twilight gasped, happily. “Flurry Heart’s here?”
“Shhhh!” Pinkie shushed. “She’s asleep right now! But when she wakes up, she’ll be one hay of a party animal! Sunburst brought her over, and he made sure she’s up to date on all her spells. No magic surges for this little one.”
“Okay, good,” Twilight whispered. Any chance of a repeat of Flurry Heart’s crystalling had vanished. “Just take her inside, Starlight’s in there. She should be able to keep an eye on her.”
“I gotcha!” Pinkie winked. “I’ll be joining you guys, soon!”
As Pinkie sped inside the castle, Twilight was about to go to the rest of her friends, when she heard a couple more voices.
“Twilight! Twilight!”
Twilight saw the Crusaders running up to her, happily. “Girls? What is it?”
The Crusaders began bouncing around her enthusiastically. “We saw SpongeBob!” Apple Bloom said. “He’s here! He’s back in Ponyville!”
Twilight’s eyes widened. “He is?”
“Yeah! Follow us!” Apple Bloom spoke as Twilight followed them.
Right now in the skies of Equestria, SpongeBob and his friends were riding aboard Strife who was flying them towards Ponyville.
“See? I told you guys we could breath out here!” SpongeBob spoke. “Because the spell that was cast to first bring me here, I guess it worked on you guys when you came to find me!” As SpongeBob laughed, Squidward and Mr. Krabs forced one out.
“I’m still thinking we could’ve almost died.” Squidward muttered to Mr. Krabs.
“Hey, SpongeBob, look!” Patrick pointed down at a hill. “Down there!”
SpongeBob saw what Patrick was pointing to and grinned excitedly. “It’s Twilight and her friends!”
Unknown to SpongeBob, Plankton was hiding in one of his holes, and grinned looking down at the familiar Equestria.
SpongeBob turned to his draconequus friend. “Okay, Strifey! Let’s hit it!”
Strife then flew down towards where Twilight and her friends were all waiting.
“Twilight!” SpongeBob called as Strife then landed before them.
Twilight could hardly contain herself. “SpongeBob?” She then immediately flew over to him.
“I’m so glad to-!” SpongeBob paused when he noticed Twilight had wings, and now looking more older and regal than the last time he saw her. SpongeBob immediately bowed and cleared his throat. “See you again, your highness.”
But Twilight only chuckled as she pulled SpongeBob into a loving hug as Spike quickly joined in. “Please, I still go by Twilight.”
SpongeBob smiled and shared the hug.
“We really missed you, SpongeBob.” Spike said.
“Mutual feelings, Spike! Mutual feelings!” SpongeBob chimed in.
As the group hug ended, SpongeBob suddenly heard a couple familiar voices.
“SpongeBob, you’re back!”
SpongeBob turned and saw the Crusaders running towards him.
“Girls?” SpongeBob grinned, recognizing the fillies. “Is that-”
SpongeBob was suddenly tackled by them as they fell over laughing.
“I can’t believe you’re really here!” Sweetie Belle laughed happily.
“Honorary Crusader, reporting for duty!” SpongeBob saluted.
“And we got something to show ya!” Scootaloo spoke. The Crusaders all showed SpongeBob their special marks.
SpongeBob gasped, happily. “Oh my gosh! You have your cutie marks?! Look at these! Look at these, they’re better than I hoped they’d be!”
“Yeah, they’re one of a kind,” Scootaloo pointed out. “We’ll tell you the story later, but I think you’ll love it!”
As SpongeBob continued his reuniting with the Crusaders, Pinkie suddenly appeared by Twilight.
“Bad news, Twi!” Pinkie yelped, frantically. "I accidentally squirted frosting up my nose!”
“Uh, Pinkie,” Twilight cleared her throat. “I don’t think now’s the best time…”
“What? What are you trying to say?” Pinkie asked. “Don’t leave me in the dark, I-! Oh...they’re here…” Pinkie noticed SpongeBob and his friends.
“OH!!!!” Pinkie yelped as she then pulled her tail which had her back feet running like a race car. She quickly sped off until she ran straight through a rock. She then slowly walked out of the rock, unharmed and now wearing her appropriate party outfit. She pulled out a trumpet and let out blew into it. “Now, who’s ready for the PARTY?!!!”
Starlight was still on her bed, thinking of what she should do until she heard voices. She turned and walked towards her window and saw her friends along with SpongeBob’s gang at the gate. But she only peeked so she wouldn’t draw attention.
“Your own castle! Wow…” SpongeBob and Patrick both gazed upon the sight. “I do feel kinda bad Plankton couldn’t join us.”
Twilight and her friends were surprised. “Plankton?!” Rainbow Dash spoke up. “You mean that rotten pipsqueak who also tried over-throwing Equestria?”
“Why would you feel bad not bringing him?” Fluttershy asked.
“Aww, you know.” SpongeBob said. “While he may be nasty, short-tempered and usually diabolical 24/7, he does have his good points. Think of him as...an occasional friend.”
It was around that time that Plankton jumped out of SpongeBob’s holes and snuck out on his own to the castle.
“So, what you’re saying is, you two are related?” Mr. Krabs asked Pinkie Pie and Applejack as he watched them preparing the food for the party.
Applejack corrected. “Well, actually, we’re fourth cousins twice removed. I think. We don’t really know, the record’s all smudged. But my great-aunt Goldie Delicious does seem to act like her.”
“And Applejack says I’m an Apple on the inside, and that’s all that counts!” Pinkie giggled. “Hey, how would you like to be our taste tester? Spongebob says you run a restaurant.”
Mr. Krabs nodded. “Sure do, ladies. Been running the Krusty Krab for ages now. It’s the number one eating establishment in Bikini Bottom,” Under his breath he added. “It should be the only eating establishment in Bikini Bottom. That Plankton sure is persistent.”
“Then how do you feel about Apple Upside Down Sponge Flavored Cake?” Applejack suggested as she presented a slice of the dessert. “It was Pinkie’s idea. She comes up with the strangest desserts sometimes. Some of ‘em are really good, others… not so much, but we don’t talk about that.”
“Well, I’m not exactly the cooking type, but let’s see what me can do.” Mr. Krabs reached for one of the uncooked desserts, but suddenly, it exploded his touch, leaving both Applejack and Pinkie speechless.
Mr. Krabs chuckled nervously as he looked towards Squidward, who wasn’t even doing much.
“Go on, Mr. Squidward!” Mr. Krabs said, gently shoving Squidward towards other ponies. “We need to interact with our out-of-universe customers! Get social!”
“Hmph,” Squidward dusted himself and walked away.
Squidward then spotted Fluttershy near a conductor having animals sing. He slunk over in reluctant boredom.
Squidward cleared his throat. “Uh, hi, how’s it going.”
Fluttershy turned around. “Oh, hello! You must be Squidward.”
“Uh, yeah and you’re uh...Shutterfly?” Squidward spoke.
“Close, it’s Fluttershy.” Fluttershy corrected.
Suddenly, Squidward and Fluttershy both cringed at the sound of birds squawking. “Gagh! What is that?”
“Oh, I believe that’s the music that’s playing.” Fluttershy said.
Squidward covered his head. “Oh, this is madness.” He walked up to the conductor. “Why not try this on for size? He pulled out his own sheet music.
The conductor looked at the sheet music and shrugged. He then began to conduct as the animals sounded much better than before.
“Oh, my!” Fluttershy. “That’s awfully nice music.”
Squidward smiled smugly. “Well, I do have good taste.”
Meanwhile, Strife was out sitting by the balcony, looking out at Ponyville, as well as just getting view of Equestria in general.
Discord noticed Strife and felt a bit nervous. Sure, he helped him turn over a new leaf the last time he was here, but he was starting to feel that wasn’t enough. After all these centuries apart, it wasn’t going to be easy patching things up.
But then, he suddenly noticed that the bottom of his body was now joining Strife at the balcony, as he saw his brother looking at him, confused. Discord grinned nervously, as he moved the rest of his body up to the balcony.
The elder draconequus cleared his throat. “Strife.”
The younger did the same. “Discord.”
“Haven’t seen you in a while,” Discord said, looking at his claws.
“Yeah, same.” Strife spoke, scratching his chest.
Strife secretly glanced over his shoulder, and noticed SpongeBob gesturing him to continue. Discord secretly glanced over his own shoulder and noticed Fluttershy gesturing too.
“So…” Discord started. “You do anything special in your...underwater habitat?”
“Well,” Strife spoke. “I try to bond with the fish folk, but I feel like something of me isn’t getting out much.”
Discord turned to his brother. “Why is that?”
“I feel like I have good ideas to share, but it’s clearly been a while...and I’m having trouble expressing them.”
Suddenly an idea popped in Discord’s head. “Well,” Discord leaned in close to his brother. “I’ve gotten used to here quite fast, and I wouldn’t mind hearing what your ideas are. Enlighten me, oh brother.”
In Trixie’s wagon, the unicorn was by herself doing her own little things. She pulled out a sharp, metal pin and pulled out a picture of Starlight with Twilight.
Trixie sighed. “Not a bad picture, but needs serious improvement.” She then used the pin to rip Twilight’s face out of the picture. “Much better.” She chuckled devilishly.
Knock-knock-knock-knock!
“Oh, now what?” Trixie grumbled. She got up her chair and walked to her door to open. “If this is another invitation, Pinkie Pie, get lost! Preferably somewhere far away!”
SPLASH!
“Aaaaugh!!!” Trixie got up, her fur and mane soaking wet from a bucket above her door.
She then heard the sounds of laughing as she saw Discord above her.
“DISCORD!!!” Trixie yelled. “I should’ve known this was one of your pranks!”
“Now, now.” Discord held his claw and paw up. “I’m flattered, but I don’t wish to take all the credit.”
Trixie looked up and sitting on her wagon was Strife, slyly waving to her. “Hi there. The name’s Strife, brother of Discord. But you probably know who I am by now.”
“Oh, please,” Trixie laughed. “If this is all you and your brother can do, a bucket of water prank is simply pathetic for the draconequus type.”
Strife simply shrugged. “Who said it was water?”
“Huh?” Trixie then heard the sound of cracking, and she saw the water she was in was now turned into cement, trapping her in that spot, causing her to shriek.
Both Discord and Strife laughed at this. “You were right, brother. Pulling one prank and turning it into another was a fun idea!”
Strife really felt like he was having fun in a long time. “You wanna see what else we can do with this?”
“Oh, would I?” Discord snapped his fingers, causing him and Strife to disappear.
“Okay, you two, joke’s over! Now free Trixie!” The blue unicorn folded her arms, stubbornly. “Hello! I’m serious!...I know you can hear me! Trixie is NOT invisible!”
While the preparations were unfolding, Plankton was up on the railing, looking down at everypony. He had his zapper ready to aim at the most powerful pony he could find. “Hmm...now, which to steal the magic for?” He aimed at several different ones. “Hmm...too lame...not enough pizazz...too weird…”
Unknown to Plankton, little Flurry Heart had just crawled out of her room, looking a bit drowsy. Given her powerful magic, getting out of her bed was no problem. She gave a small, tiny yawn and looked around. She then noticed Plankton not too far from where she was standing. To him he looked almost like a toy.
“Ah-ha!” Plankton spotted Twilight talking with SpongeBob and the Crusaders. “I remember this one, quite the expert in magic. She’ll be perfect.” Flurry Heart happened to see that he was looking at Twilight, and starting to aim his zapper! She then glared sharply at the tiny villain. She didn’t know what Plankton was doing, but from the looks of it, he was going to hurt her aunt! Nopony was going to hurt her favorite aunt on her watch!
Plankton was about to push the button to activate the zapper, until he noticed himself and the zapper get levitated in the air.
“HeEEYY!!!! What the barnacle?!!!” Plankton began getting shook violently in the air until he let go of his zapper and fell. He noticed his zapper get levitated in a trash can.
“How did-?!” Plankton looked up and saw Flurry Heart glaring at him.
“Babies?!” Plankton stood back. “What’s this?”
Flurry Heart babbled angrily and her horn ignited. Plankton yelped as he was lifted in the air. “Hey, hey now! Take it easy!...you stupid baby!”
Flurry Heart then used her magic to repeatedly slam Plankton into the wall, bruising and injuring him, giving him the greatest of pains.
Plankton fell on the floor and once seeing Flurry Heart again, he took cover behind the trash can.
Suddenly, Pinkie appeared and scooped up Flurry Heart. “Oh, there you are!” Pinkie cooed, making Flurry laugh. “Did you have a good nap? I bet you did! I bet you did! Well, let’s get you downstairs, your Auntie Twilight will be more than-”
Squish!
Pinkie lifted her hoof up, and saw what looked like green slime. “Eugh!” Pinkie queased. “I just stepped in something icky...Oh, well. Into the trash it goes” Pinkie began scraping her hoof on the edge of the trash can. “Scrapy Scrapy Scrapy Scrapy!” Pinkie happily scrapped what looked like green slime, not hearing the screams of pain from Plankton.
Pinkie was done scraping Plankton, and she began humming to herself as she hopped downstairs with Flurry Heart.
Plankton got himself out of the trash, growling. “This...is why...I don’t. Want. KIDS!!!!” Suddenly, the trash can wobbled as it fell over, causing Plankton more pain. “Ugh...I never had this problem working with Crocker.”
Once Plankton saw the coast was clear, he pulled himself out of garbage from the trash can. He then picked up his zapper. “I need to get myself cleaned up.”
Plankton then began to look for the nearest bathroom to clean himself up, while dragging his zapper.
Meanwhile, Starlight reluctantly opened her bedroom door. She let out a sigh. "Twilight’s right. I...I need to get out there and make a good impression!...Well, here it goes.”
As she walked, she began practicing. “Hi, SpongeBob! I’m Starlight Glimmer!” Starlight practiced. “Guess we’re student buddies!...no, that’s sounds stupid…”
“WHOA! HEY!!!!”
Starlight looked up. “Huh? Who said that?”
“No-no-no! Stay back! Aaaaaugh!!!!” A squishing sound was heard as Starlight looked startled. She looked down and lifted her hoof.
“What the-?” Starlight looked closely on what was on her hoof. “Who the hay are you?”
“An innocent bystander you STEPPED ON!!!!” Plankton yelled. He quickly changed his tone to sound innocent. “I...I mean, hello there!”
Starlight looked closely at Plankton. “Wait a minute...Small...one eye…” She gasped. “You’re Plankton!”
Plankton dropped from Starlight’s hoof. “I, uh...take it you heard of me?”
“Twilight told me all about you!” Starlight snarled. “You probably snuck aboard to cause trouble!”
Starlight tried to grab Plankton, but missed. “Now-now-now-now! Take it easy! No need for more abuse towards my fragile yet handsome body! I come in peace!” Plankton tried to climb up a tapestry.
“You’re not fooling anypony!” Starlight shot a beam towards Plankton.
“No, I’m serious!” Plankton dodged Starlight’s beams. “We can talk this over!” Plankton let go of the tapestry and ran for his life as Starlight began to chase him.
Starlight then stopped. “Wait, what am I doing?” Starlight ignited her horn as Plankton was lifted off the floor in Starlight’s magic.
“Gotcha now, you little troublemaker!” Starlight growled.
“Please wait! Don’t you know I’m an occasional friend? It’s true, I tell you!” Plankton tried to say.
Starlight paused. She’d overheard that little detail when SpongeBob and his friends first walked in. Maybe Plankton was telling the truth. And if he was, the last thing she wanted to do was make a bad impression on SpongeBob’s friend.
“So, basically, I kind of blamed cutie marks for all my troubles and tried to take them away from other ponies,” Starlight told Plankton as they were now in her bedroom. “And when Twilight and her friends exposed me, I tried to stop them from ever coming together. Except they defeated me again, or rather Twilight did,” She sighed. “Since then I’ve kind of been her student. She took me in because she saw possibility with me, and that I had magic that she had never seen before.”
“That powerful?” Plankton asked.
“Uh-huh.” Starlight nodded. “But often times, it feels like I haven’t really changed. Like everypony still silently judges me for who I used to be, and they’re just waiting for me to slip up.”
Plankton nodded. “I know how that feels. I don’t have the best track record back where I come from. I’ve even teamed up with other bad guys from other worlds to try and take over. Of course, I never really wanted to do any of the things they did, but I went along with it because I thought it’d be fun. It wasn’t,” He let out a sigh. “But it seems like I can never go a day without getting stepped on and people treating me like I’m a menace. I count on one finger the number of times the Chum Bucket’s ever had a customer. The only reason I ever want the secret formula for the Krabby Patty is so my restaurant will be a success. Why should Krabs get to hog all the glory? He can share.”
Then Plankton looked down and began to think. He then looked back up at Starlight. “Look...maybe...I can put in a good word for ya downstairs.”
Starlight looked over at Plankton. “You mean it?”
“Believe me,” Plankton said. “I’ve done more kind yet revolting things. Come on. You can trust me.”
Plankton leapt off the bed as Starlight began to follow. “You know,” Starlight said. “I think I’m starting to get why you’re an occasional friend, Plankton.” She winked.
Plankton grinned. “Yeah, on occasions…” But to Starlight’s surprise, Plankton pulled out his zapper from behind his back. “But not THIS TIME!”
“What?!” Starlight exclaimed, but it was too late! With an evil laugh, Plankton then fired at Starlight’s horn as she began to glow. She groaned in agony as she felt energy being sucked out of her!
Twilight was still concerned for Starlight while the party was going on, after all Starlight had never showed up like she promised. But Pinkie walked up behind her.
“Hey, Twily-Twi!” Pinkie chirped. “You enjoying the party?”
Twilight nodded. “Of course,” She then looked down. “I wish Starlight would come down soon. She’s been up there a long time, I’m starting to get worried.”
“Aww, don’t worry, Twilight!” Pinkie spoke, not noting Flurry Heart playfully fly out of her mane. “I’m sure Starlight will be ready to shake her groove thing sooner or later! She never misses a party!”
Suddenly, there was a loud thunder clap that shook the whole castle! Gusts of wind began blowing as silverware began flying! Everyone looked and saw the cause was a green puff of electrical smoke.
Twilight quickly wrapped her wing around Spike to hold him close. “What’s going on?!”
POOF!
The smoke poofed away as emerging from it was a glowing Plankton, who was floating in mid-air.
SpongeBob gasped. “Plankton?! H-how did you get here?!”
“So glad you asked, Sponge-Boob.” Plankton grinned, evilly. “All this talk of returning here, I simply couldn’t help but join in the fun. All I had to do was to hitch a ride, And I can see a lot of your friends missed me!” He then pinched Spike’s cheek before Twilight swatted him away.
“W-why is he floating and glowing?” Fluttershy timidly asked while hiding behind Applejack.
“Oh, so glad you noticed!” Plankton responded gleefully as he floated over to Fluttershy, making her more afraid. “It’s part of the new magic I have in this world. Neat, isn’t it?”
“New magic?” Twilight whispered.
“Oh yeah?” Rainbow Dash called out as she and Rarity were about to charge. “If you have new magic, why don’t you pick a fight?”
“Gladly, ladies!” Plankton then zapped from his hands towards Rainbow Dash and Rarity. As they were zapped, they’re horn and wings began glowing strangely. As they fell over, Rainbow Dash looked at her back. “MY WINGS!!” Her wings had now been transformed into small butterfly wings, barely carrying her.
Rarity slowly reached for her head and to her horror, saw it was turned into a candy cane. “Agh! MY HORN!!” Pinkie slowly reached for it with her tongue hanging out. “Do. Not. Touch.” Rarity spoke as Pinkie slowly stood back, giggling nervously.
“But this is childs’ play,” Plankton cracked his knuckles. “Let’s see what my new powers can REALLY do!”
Plankton raised his sparkly and electrical hands high as he suddenly began to grow in size. Everyone inside ran back and some even ran out of the castle as Plankton crashed through the ceiling, causing part of the castle to crash down.
“OH YEAH!!!!” Plankton laughed evilly, gazing upon his new gigantic size in a booming voice. “NOW THIS IS WHAT I’M TALKING ABOUT!”
Even Mr. Krabs was in shock eyes shrunk into his body. “Okay, Plankton!” He spoke in a high pitch. “Let’s not get carried away, alright?”
Plankton looked down to Mr. Krabs. “DON’T THINK I FORGOT ABOUT YOU, EUGENE! IF YOU STILL THINK THIS ABOUT THE SECRET FORMULA, WELL YOU’RE WRONG! THIS IS BIGGER THAN THE BOTH OF US!” Plankton reached down and grabbed Mr. Krabs.
“SpongeBob!” Mr. Krabs called out as he was snatched up!
“Mr. Krabs!” SpongeBob jumped up and grabbed Mr. Krabs by the claws, trying to pull him from Plankton’s grasp.
“Heave, boy! Heave!” Mr. Krabs yelled. “Come on, lad!”
But it was no use, SpongeBob fell back with Mr. Krabs’ arms.
“Ah! Me arrrrrrms!!!!” Mr. Krabs called as Plankton lifted him into the air.
“QUITE A GRAND SIGHT, EH, KRABS?” Plankton taunted as all the ponies began screaming and scrambling in fear. “AND TO THINK, ALL THIS MAGIC WAS FROM ONE PONY!”
Twilight paused. “One pony? What’s he-”
“Twilight!”
Twilight turned at the mention of her name and gasped. Starlight was on the stairs looking pale and weak. “Plankton took my-!” But Starlight tripped and tumbled down the rest of the stairs.
“Starlight!” Twilight ran over and tried to help Starlight up. “What happened to you?!”
Starlight weakly looked up at Twilight. “Twilight, I...I’m sorry.”
Twilight looked horrified at the state that her student was in as she glared at Plankton in the distance, she now knew how Plankton got his ultimate power. She immediately turned to Spike, SpongeBob and Patrick. “Boys, get Starlight to safety! I'll get everypony else out of here!”
“You got it, Twi!” Spike saluted as Twilight flew away. He then ran to help SpongeBob and Patrick with the weakened Starlight.
“Okay, easy does it!” SpongeBob spoke, trying to lift Starlight. He then yelped as Patrick held all three easily in the air with his strength.
Spike and SpongeBob both looked at each other in surprise. “Alright, Patrick! We got her!” SpongeBob spoke determined. “Now let’s move slowly, and gently an-”
“TO SAFETY!!!!!!” Patrick yelled as he ran towards the gate carrying his friends, much to their terror. But to their surprise, Patrick stopped at the stairs and slowly walked down them. SpongeBob and Spike both sighed in relief.
“TO SAFETY!!!!!!” Patrick yelled again, running off into Ponyville as SpongeBob and Spike struggled to hang on.
Meanwhile, everypony was evacuating the castle with the help of Twilight and her friends. Applejack and Rainbow Dash were helping families a safe way out of the castle to avoid Plankton.
“Reporting for duty, Ms. Twilight!” Pinkie spoke as she appeared next to Twilight.
“Pinkie, I need you to-” Twilight’s eyes widened. “Pinkie...where’s Flurry Heart?”
“Where’s Flurry Heart?” Pinkie giggled. “Oh, she’s fine. She’s up here in my-” Pinkie felt her mane, but to her surprise, felt nothing. She gasped in horror as she began shaking Twilight. “TWILIGHTWHERE’SFLURRYHEART?!”
“YES! YES! COWER YOU FOOLS!!!!” Plankton laughed as he towered over the ponyfolk. “COWER BEFORE YOUR NEW SUPREME RULER, PLANKTON!!!!" He then spotted a familiar sight. He saw Flurry Heart, staring at him curiously. Plankton grinned evilly. “WELL, WELL. LOOK WHO’S THE BIG ONE NOW!!!!” He then reached out to grab the alicorn infant.
Twilight and Pinkie were still looking for Flurry Heart until the party pony saw Plankton in the distance. Pinkie gasped in horror. “Twilight, look!” Pinkie pointed to the giant Plankton with Flurry Heart in his grasp, grunting and struggling to break free.
“Flurry Heart, NO!!!!” Twilight without a second thought, flew off in their direction to rescue her niece.
“WHAT’S THE MATTER, CUTIE?” Plankton teased as he held the baby alicorn in his grap. “DON’T YOU LIKE BEING AROUND YOUR UNCLE PLANKTON?”
Flurry Heart glared at the laughing giant as her horn glowed. A powerful beam then shot out of her horn and right into Plankton’s eye, causing him to scream and drop Flurry Heart. Before Flurry’s wings could do their thing, Twilight immediately caught her niece in her hooves.
Twilight saw Plankton yelling in pain and covering his eye, and looked down at Flurry Heart, whose horn was steaming and she was blowing a raspberry to the villain. “That’s right, Flurry Heart!” Twilight cooed. “You sure showed him! You’re auntie’s so proud! Don’t tell your mommy I said that.”
“You got lotsa nerve, Mr. Plankton!” Pinkie called out to Plankton. “I’ve heard of party crashers, but you take the cake! And you don’t deserve a piece!”
“SILENCE!!!!” Plankton shot an electrical beam from his finger towards Pinkie, as Twilight flew in and pulled her out of the way.
“ENOUGH OF THIS!” Plankton turned to Krabs. “COME, KRABS. WHAT DO YOU SAY WE HAVE SOME REAL FUN, OLD PAL?”
“No, no! I say we don’t! Where are we going?! Put me down! NOOOO! STOOOOP! PLAAAAANKTOOOOOOOON!” Mr. Krabs yelled out as Plankton walked away with Mr. Kabs in his grasp.
Twilight turned to Pinkie. “Pinkie, you take Flurry Heart somewhere safe! I have to find Starlight!”
Pinkie saluted as Twilight flew away.
Meanwhile, Discord and Strife were setting up another prank.
“Any ideas how we should set this up, brother?” Discord asked.
“Well, I know this is kinda first draft, but I was thinking,” Strife started to explain. “Instead of just a plain old whoopee cushion, it’s one that shoots out whoopie pies?...Again, kinda first draft.”
“Hmm,” Discord started. “Not a bad start, but we’re getting there. What else?”
But then suddenly, an aurora glow in the distance caught Discord and Strife’s attention. “What’s that down there?” Strife asked.
Discord and Strife both began to fly where the glow was coming from, and they both saw the giant Plankton laughing evilly, flicking Mr. Krabs in the air. They both watched from a building, watching the villain continue his torment by preparing another mighty flick.
“No! No! Not again! I’m beggin’ ya, Plankton!” Mr. Krabs pleaded. But it was too late, Plankton flicked him in the air again, sending him high in the sky.
“MY, HOW THE TABLES HAVE TURNED! NOW YOU’RE AT MY MERCY!” Plankton laughed as Mr. Krabs landed on his other palm.
“Ugh…” Mr. Krabs got up feeling dizzy. “I think I’m gonna be sick…”
“HAD ENOUGH, EUGENE?” Plankton stared down at his rival. “HOW’S ABOUT THAT SECRET FORMULA?”
“...Never…!” Mr. Krabs weakly protested.
Plankton growled, but it was followed shortly by a grin. “OKAY, KRABS. YOU ASKED FOR IT!” Plankton then turned Mr. Krabs upside down.
Mr. Krabs’ eyes widened as he realized what Plankton was about to do. “No! No, Plankton! You wouldn’t dare!”
“I WOULD!” Plankton laughed as he began to shake Mr. Krabs, causing all of his money to fall out.
A couple ponies came out of hiding to look at what was on the ground. “Hey,” One stallion asked, picking up a dollar bill. “What’s this stuff?”
“No-no-no!!! Don’t touch me money! IT’S MINE!” Mr. Krabs yelled.
“Wait,” The stallion said. “This is money?”
Mr. Krabs turned white as more ponies began to appear out of hiding to look at and take his money.
“AAAAAAUGH!!!! AAAAAAUGH!!!!” Mr. Krabs began screaming in various poses while in Plankton’s grasp, even exhaling heavily to scream more, much to Plankton’s enjoyment.
Discord and Strife were continuing to watch. “So, he’s really doing all of this for a sandwich?”
Strike spoke in an uneasy tone, remembering his alliance with him in the past. “...Yes…”
“Goodness,” Discord spoke. “And I thought I was wacky in the Season 2 Premiere!”
Plankton looked over and saw the two draconequui. “WELL, WELL, WELL!” Plankton spoke, staring down at them. “IF IT ISN’T MY OLD PARTNER IN EVIL!” Plankton then grabbed Strife in his clutches. “QUITE A SHAME, STRIFEY. WE COULD’VE HAD IT ALL! AND RIGHT NOW, YOU OR NOTHING ELSE CAN STAND IN THE WAY OF THE MOST POWERFUL CREATURE IN THE UNIVERSE!!!!”
“I’ll be the judge of that,” Plankton turned and saw a shadowed Discord upon a higher building in a superhero outfit against red, thundering skies. “But enough of this kind of intimidation,” Discord pushed the background behind him out of the way. “I’ll just simply ask. Put those two down...or else.”
Plankton laughed at the creature of Chaos. “OH, I’M SO SCARED BY A DONKEY IN UNDERWEAR!”
“Underwear?” Discord smirked. “You’re one to talk.” Upon the snapping of his fingers, large underwear poofed on Plankton as the citizens of Ponyville began laughing.
“YAAUGH!!!!” Plankton quickly tried to cover himself, letting go of Mr. Krabs and Strife in the process.
Mr. Krabs screamed in terror as he was falling, until Strife flew up, having him land on his back. Mr. Krabs sighed in relief. “By Neptune’s beard, what a day.” Mr. Krabs noticed there was something missing. “Uh...could someone get my arms?”
“But enough of this,” Discord flew up to Plankton’s eyes. “What do you say we fight like big boys?”
In a flash of light, Discord suddenly transformed into a giant beast and roared at Plankton.
Plankton was surprised, but he wasn’t giving up. He raised his hands as they ignited in an aura flame. “BRING IT ON, FREAKSHOW!” Plankton then tackled Discord as they began to fight in the town!
Meanwhile, Trixie had just walked into Ponyville, brushing her mane. “Ugh, finally! It’s about time I got out of that-”
Trixie looked up and saw Discord and Plankton battling, and the draconequus lifted a cement tower to throw, causing some to fall out.
“Oh, noooOOOO!” Trixie yelled as cement once again fell on her, trapping her in it! Trixie grunted, then she flailed her arms screaming, before folding her arms and pouting stubbornly.
Twilight was now with SpongeBob, Spike, Patrick and Starlight in hiding. Starlight, was starting to feel more stable. So she was explaining the situation to Twilight.
“And that’s how it all happened, Twilight.” Starlight looked down.
“So, Plankton pretty much zapped all your magic away?” Spike asked.
“Yeah. And it’s all my fault,” Starlight spoke in shame. “I never should’ve listened to him.”
Twilight put her hoof on Starlight’s shoulder. “No. Don’t blame yourself, Starlight. It’s Plankton’s fault.”
“But he tricked me,” Starlight spoke. “If I didn’t have the big idea to trust him...”
SpongeBob felt bad for Starlight, getting manipulated like that. But he stood up, smiling, knowing what could make her feel better. “I believe we haven’t been introduced,” He held out his hand. “I’m SpongeBob SquarePants, former student in magic.”
Starlight smiled upon that as she shook SpongeBob’s hand with her hoof. “Uh… I’m Starlight Glimmer... current student in magic.”
SpongeBob spoke. “And I have to say, we can’t just stay in here, hiding! There’s gotta be a way to get your magic back.”
“Maybe with that device Plankton used,” Twilight nodded. “If we could find it.”
“That would work,” Starlight realized briefly, before an awful thought struck her. “But I last saw it in the castle. And right now,” Starlight looked over to the broken castle. “I doubt it made it out.”
“Yeah,” Patrick sadly looked down. “All that made it was this souvenieur I tripped over.” Patrick pulled out a strange looking object.
Twilight, SpongeBob, Spike and Starlight’s eyes widened! There was no mistaking what it was! “The device!” SpongeBob grinned. “Patrick, you’ve wearing pure genius!”
“Actually, I just wear shorts.” Patrick spoke. Twilight, SpongeBob, Spike and Starlight all glanced at each other upon that.
“We gotta find some way to shoot that at Plankton!” Spike spoke up.
Twilight looked at Discord and Plankton battling. Plankton pounded on his chest like a gorilla, while Discord shot blue fire from his mouth.
“I can’t aim it right!” Twilight struggled as she grit her teeth. “They’re moving around too much!”
Suddenly, Starlight got an idea. “I think I know of a way we can get the proper aim!”
“Really? How?” SpongeBob asked.
Starlight grinned as she lowered her back. “Hop on and I’ll show you.” SpongeBob grew excited as he jumped on Starlight’s back.
“Are you two gonna be okay?” Twilight asked.
“No worries, Twilight!” SpongeBob began
“Student business, we got this!” Starlight spoke proudly as she rode off with SpongeBob.
While the battle was still going on, two different Discords were sitting in two chairs. One was tall and skinny with a bald haircut, while the second one was shorter and chubbier with white hair and large glasses.
“Well, I for one think this battle is going splendidly, Discord.” The tall Discord said. “Mostly because Discord just keeps surprising us.
“I highly agree, Discord.” The small Discord nodded his head. “Discord just never fails to surprise us.
Plankton was searching for Discord in the mist of smoke. Until he saw Discord, back to his original size looking up at him.
“I’m quite impressed with how we’re doing.” Discord spoke. “And what’s more...I’m not even trying.”
“OH YEAH?!” Plankton raised his hand and formed a fist. “TRY THIS ON FOR SIZE!” Plankton then brought it down to crush Discord leaving a loud KABOOM!
There was a huge hole where Discord once was as Plankton laughed. “I WIN! I’VE BEATEN YOU!”
But to Plankton’s surprise, Discord was at the bottom of the hole, simply stopping Plankton’s fist with his finger.
After a casual yawn, Discord turned with a smirk. “Missed me.”
Plankton growled before screaming in fury. “NAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUGH!!!!!!”
“Oh. Wow!” The tall Discord spoke before he applauded. “He just keeps surprising us.”
“Tell me about it! This is amazing! And me without my popcorn.” The short Discord joined in.
Discord’s voice than spoke as an announcer. “We’ll be right back to At The Climatic Battles With Discord & Discord after these toy commercials!”
The two Discords looked up to see Plankton’s fist. “Yipe!” They both disappeared before he could smash it down.
Both SpongeBob and Starlight flew around, in search of what the unicorn was talking about, Pinkie’s special party cannon that rested on a nearby hill.
“Wow! With this, one of us could fire right at Plankton! We wouldn’t have to aim!” SpongeBob eagerly spoke.
“You should probably go inside the cannon,” Starlight spoke as she handed him the device. “You can take shape right?”
“Can do!” SpongeBob shaped himself to look more round, not unlike a cannon ball as he jumped inside the cannon.
Starlight made sure to aim right in the distance of Plankton. “Ready...aim...FIRE!” Starlight pressed the button on Pinkie’s cannon to fire, it shot SpongeBob out in confetti!
“Huh,” Starlight commented. “Festive. But with Pinkie Pie, anything’s possible.”
In the air, SpongeBob took on his regular form as he got out the device. But suddenly, the giant Plankton looked up with a sinister grin, much to SpongeBob’s horror! Plankton held out his hand as SpongeBob landed in it, only to harshly grab him!
“SO MANY OF YOU KEEP LANDING IN MY GRASP!” Plankton laughed. “DON’T YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN’T STOP ME, SQUIRT?”
SpongeBob smirked. “Well, not to brag, Plankton, but…” SpongeBob pulled out the device.
Plankton’s eye widened in horror as he recognized his device from earlier, still intact! “NOW-NOW-NOW-NOW! DON’T DO ANYTHING HASTY, SPONGEBOB! I MEAN WE’RE BUDDIES! BUDDIES ON OCCASION!...LIKE RIGHT NOW?...”
“Hmm…” SpongeBob thought for a moment. “...Nope, not right now.” SpongeBob then activated the device and zapped at Plankton.
The giant could feel the magical energy sucked out of him as he began shrinking. “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!” Plankton threw SpongeBob in the air due to his shrinking, as the sponge began plummeting while yelling.
Rainbow Dash heard SpongeBob’s yells. “Whoa! Hold on! I gotcha, SpongeBob!” She tried to fly up with her butterfly wings. “I gotcha! I gotcha!”
SpongeBob then landed on Rainbow Dash as they both fell to the ground. SpongeBob got up, smiling. “Whew! Thanks for breaking my fall, Dashie!”
Rainbow chuckled sheepishly. “Anytime, kiddo.”
Plankton continued screaming and shrinking until he was down to his original size, and the stolen magic from Starlight was back in the device. SpongeBob saw the glowing energy in the device and looked over to Starlight. “I think I know who this belongs to.” SpongeBob proudly aimed the device at Starlight and zapped.
Starlight glowed as her magic began to return. Once she’d stopped glowing, she looked at herself. She was no longer pale, and her horn was sparking, surging with magic. “Guys, I’m back!” Starlight spoke, filled with life and energy. “My magic’s back!”
Everyone cheered for their victory and Twilight ran up to embrace Starlight as Spike did the same!
Plankton however, wasn’t happy. “It’s not fair! It’s not fair! My beautiful, malicious world was taken, just when it was created!” Plankton pounded his fists on the ground in frustration. Then Plankton noticed a couple shadows over him and looked up. Twilight, Spike and Starlight were all staring down at him with glares.
Plankton was afraid, but quickly thought up something. “I-uh-Oh! Where am I? Oh, hi, there!” He laughed, nervously. “Funny story, there was this guy who looked just like me and took your magic! You know, he also sounded like me! And he may have had my exact name! And he-”
“I think you better take it up with him.” Starlight shoved Plankton towards someone else. Plankton looked up and gasped at an angry Mr. Krabs.
“Eugene!” Plankton grinned, innocently. “Heeeey, how you doing?”
Mr. Krabs grabbed Plankton looked him in the eye. “There’s green stuff in my pocket missing! And I know just how to fill it up!” Mr. Krabs then stuffed Plankton in his pocket and zipped it twice.
Twilight and Starlight chuckled at that. But Starlight looked up at the destroyed castle, and felt guilty. “But what are we gonna do about-”
Suddenly, magical wind blew around Ponyville, returning the town back to its original state, even returning Rainbow Dash and Rarity’s wings and horns. And even Twilight’s castle was back to the way it was. Everyone turned to Discord, sitting in a beach chair reading a Nickelodeon magazine. “You’re welcome,” He spoke before continuing to read. “Now, what’s this sleazy company up to today?”
Starlight smiled at that, but turned back to SpongeBob. “I’m still sorry all this happened, Spongebob,” She spoke with a blush. “I guess I kinda thought you were gonna replace me when you returned.”
“What?” SpongeBob asked. “No, I wouldn’t do that! To tell the truth, I was kinda nervous about meeting you. Hearing that Twilight has another student, those were some big shoes to fill.”
“Well, I can say you made a better impression than you might have thought. You certainly filled those shoes, whatever they are.” Starlight giggled.
“Oh,” SpongeBob grinned. “That reminds me! You wanna see a magic trick I’ve been working on?” SpongeBob pulled out his wand, and began waving it around doing many poses.
“Hit the deck!” Patrick yelled as everyone ran into hiding. Starlight however, noticed SpongeBob was going to slip, and used her magic to keep his legs straight. With that, SpongeBob shot out beautiful fireworks out of his wand!
Everyone was in awe as they then cheered at the sight. “Woo-hoo! Right on, SpongeBob!”
SpongeBob himself was surprised. “Whoa! That’s the first time it worked!”
Starlight walked over to him and rubbed his head, affectionately. “Guess you can say it was the magic touch?”
SpongeBob smiled upon that, as Pinkie Pie spoke up. “Hey, everyone! Isn’t this supposed to be a party?”
Everyone cheered as music began playing, everyone started dancing, talking, making fun, and just having an all around good time.
“And so, with Plankton defeated and Starlight Glimmer’s magic returning to where it belongs, the party could continue, with both students now becoming very good friends.”
“Hey,” Patrick said. “That’s Frenchie! Where have you been? We haven’t heard from you in a while!”
“Well, Patrick, let me explain everything…”
Discord and Strife continued to watch from the roof of a building. “You much of a dancer?” Strife asked.
“Who, me? Nah.” Discord shook his head. “But, it was great to see you again, though.”
Strife smiled. “Same…” He then thought for a second. “Does this mean we have to hug?”
“Well, around here it would look awkward.” Discord spoke.
“Agreed.” Strife nodded. “...Quick one?”
Discord and Strife hugged for half a second before sitting back down and whistling.
“But you know,” Discord spoke. “I can’t help but feel we forgot something.”
“Hello! HELLO! Is anypony around?!” Trixie yelled, still stuck in cement. Suddenly, Discord and Strife appeared.
“Stuck I see?” Discord asked.
“Yes!” Trixie snapped. “Now get me out of this cement!”
“Oh, but Trixie, who said it was cement?” Discord asked.
Trixie looked down and saw it was water as she was released in a splash.
Discord pulled out a camera and got in with Strife and Trixie. “Smile, everyone!” Discord took a picture of him, Strife, and an irritated Trixie.
In loving memory of Stephen Hillenburg, he was number one. (1961-2018)
And in loving memory of Tim Conway, our Barnacle Man. (1933-2019)
