> My Little Pony: Film is Magic (Who Framed Roger Rabbit?) > by MLPstories101 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > A Joyful Time in Equestria/A Baby’s Cartoon > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Equestria- The sun shone bright above the wonderful land of Equestria, everyone was doing they're daily routine, mainly baking, playing, talking, or just random stuff ponies do. The Cutie-Mark Crusaders are about to try a new trick to get their cutie-marks, until a familiar farm pony scolded them for trying the trick. "What the hay do you youngin's think yer doin'?" Applejack asked, the crusaders were startled by this and they all decided to tell her. "we're trying to get our cutie-marks in rocket science!" Scootaloo said. "Well you could get badly hurt you hear? Now put all this away before I tell your sisters, and as for you Applebloom, if you get into something like this again, you'll be grounded for a year. You understand?" "Yes ma'am." Applebloom said nervously. They all then tidied up the stuff and went to their clubhouse. "Well girls, what are we gonna do now? We can't try rocket science because it's too dangerous, so what are we gonna do now?" Sweetie Belle said. "Ah have no idea." Applebloom answered. They then went to Twilight's castle to ask her how they can get their cutie-marks. When they arrived at the castle, they walked around, trying to find the library because that's where Twilight was usually at most of the time. When they got to the room, they saw Twilight reading one of her books as usual. They got a glimpse of the cover and it said "The Apple Experiment" by Grimdark Tales. Twilight then heard the girls behind her and greeted them. “Hi girls, what are you doing here?” Twilight asked. “We’re here to see if you got a feather and some ink and paper, we decided to get our cutie-marks as book artists.” Sweetie Belle said. “Yeah, CUTIE-MARK CRUSADER BOOK AUTHORS!!!!” They all yelled in unison. “Well that great girls! I might find some for ya-“ just when Twilight was about to finish her sentence, her cutie-mark started to glow. Then the rest of her friends burst through the door and went towards Twilight’s library. “Hey Twi!” Rainbow Dash said, her cutie-mark glowing as well. Twilight then gave a nod indicating a greeting. She then went to the cutie-map to find out where they have all been sent. The crusaders decided it was none of their business and left the castle. The ponies then went to the cutie-map but realized none of their cutie-marks were calling them there. -RK Maroon Studios- “CUT!!” A man said loudly, presumably the director. “Alright that’s the shot.” Another man called out, presumably a cameraman. “CUT CUT CUT CUT CUT!!!” “What the hell was wrong with that take?!” A baby called out. “Nothing with you Baby Herman, you were great, you were perfect, you were better than perfect! It’s Roger, he keeps blowing his lines.” The director said, Roger was sitting in the fridge his mind broken at this point from it dropping on his head 23 times. “Roger, what is this?” “Tweeting birds..” Roger says all ditzy. “Tweeting birds? Roger read the script, look what it says, it says ‘Rabbit gets clumped, rabbit sees stars.’ Not birds, STARS!!” The director says angrily, while Baby Herman rambles on about whatever he’s talking about. A sound plays back and the director notices. “CAN WE LOSE THE PLAYBACK PLEASE?! Roger you’re killing me, KILLING ME!!” “FOR CRYING OUT LOUD ROGER, HOW THE HELL MANY TIMES DO WE HAVE TO DO THIS DAMN SCENE?!” Baby Herman says angrily. “RAOUL!! I’LL BE IN MY TRAILER, TAKING A NAP!!!!” Baby Herman shouts before bumping into a lady. “Scuse me toots.” “My stomach can’t take this, this set is a mess-CEAN THIS SETUP, Get him out of there or seal him up in it, Lose the lights, SAY LUNCH!!” Raoul orders everyone. “LUNCH!!!!!” A man calls out. “THAT’S LUNCH WE’RE ON A HALF!!!” Raoul says while a bell rings in the background indicating lunch. “P-Please Raoul, I can give you stars!” Roger pleaded running after him. “Just drop the refrigerator in my head one more time!” Roger said grabbing the jacket Raoul was holding. “Roger I dropped it on your head 23 times already.” Raoul said making the rabbit lose his grip on the jacket. “I can take it don’t worry about me!!” “I’m not worried about you, I’m worried about the REFRIGERATOR!!” “I can give you stars, LOOK!!” Roger said grabbing a pan and bashing it against his head. “LOOK!!!!” He then proceeded to run after Raoul hitting his head repeatedly while chatting went on in the trailer they were in. “Toons.” A grumpy detective scoffed before taking a drink. -Twilight’s Room- Twilight then found where the cutie-marks were calling them. It was from the TV. “Why is the TV calling us and not the map?” Rarity asked. Twilight then proceeded to turn it on. “Which film should we do next girls?” Twilight asked. Spike then proceeded to go to the next film, the film being “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?” Twilight then clicked on the film and the portal opened up again. This time it didn’t suck them in, but opened so they can enter at free will. “Well, you girl ready?” Twilight asked. “Yeah! Let’s do this!” Rainbow said excitedly. They then proceeded to jump through, not knowing that everything will be different from the other side. > An Offer You Can’t Refuse/Toon Horses? > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -RK Maroon Studios- Before Twilight and her friends found where their cutie-marks were calling them, the detective then went to Maroon’s office for a chat. “Mr. Maroon, Mr. Valiant’s here to-“ a lady said before realizing they were in the middle of editing a cartoon. “He’ll be right with you.” The lady said closing the door. “No no no, wait until he gets to his feet, then hit him with the boulder. Maroon said while the man dealing with the film agreed and grabbed it, editing it again. RK then turned to Valiant and gave him an offer he almost refused but went with anyway. “How much do you know about show business, Mr. Valiant?” “Only there’s no business like it, no business I know.” “Yeah and there’s no business more expensive. I’m 20 grand over budget on the latest Baby Herman cartoon. You saw the rabbit blowing his lines, he can’t keep his mind on his work you know why?” “One too many refrigerators dropped on his head?” “Nah, he’s a toon. You can drop whatever you want on his head, he’ll shake it off.” They then chatted before a portal opened up in the room. They then investigated the portal before 6 colorful equines and a purple dragon came out of it and flopped to the floor. “What the heck kind of toons are these?” Maroon said confused. Twilight then got up and examined her surroundings. She and her friends were in an office of some kind. “Hey, I can probably get these guys in some of my cartoons! I’ll be rich!” Maroon said greedily. “Uhhh who are you two?” Twilight spoke. They were entirely unfazed. The others then got up and realized that they both weren’t afraid at a talking horse. Usually people would be scared about horses talking to them. “Wow, you two aren’t creeped out or scared at all?” Rainbow said with a surprised look on her face. “No not really, the world you’re in right now has more talking animals than you can ever conceive.” Valiant said. “My name is Twilight Sparkle, and these are my friends: Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Rarity, and Spike.” Twilight finished introducing her friends to the two men standing in front of them. “Pleasure to meet you, my names RK Maroon, cartoon maker and this here is Eddie Valiant, private detective.” “Sup!” Eddie said greeting the equines. RK Maroon then gave the ponies an offer. “Hey ponies, how would you like to star in your own cartoon? We got room for a few more actors!” Maroon offered. Twilight then shook her head. “Why?” Maroon asked. “Sorry but we’re not interested in show business.” Pinkie Pie said. Eddie then took a look at the dragon standing next to Twilight. “Hey Twilight, Who’s your purple scaly friend? Is that suppose to be a lizard?” Eddie asked. “WHY DOES EVERYONE KEEP CALLING ME A LIZARD!?!?!” Spike yelled before smoke came out of his nostrils. This creeped the men out a bit. “Woah, sorry. What even are you anyway?” “I’m a dragon.” Spike answered. “Huh. A cartoon dragon. Never see any of those anymore.” Eddie said bluntly. Maroon then finished his offer to Eddie that the ponies were allowed to partake in too. “But break his heart, he goes to pieces, just like you and me.” Maroon said. This broke Fluttershy’s heart too. “Why would you wanna do something like that?” Fluttershy said a tear forming in her eye. Maroon then handed her a newspaper. “Read that.” “Seen cooing over Calamari, with not-so-new sugar daddy was Jessica Rabbit, wife of Maroon Cartoon star Roger.” Fluttershy read the text out loud. “What’s this gotta do with us?” Eddie asked. “I’m quite confused too.” Twilight then added. “You’re the private detective with a bunch of colorful equines and a cartoon dragon, you figure it out.” Maroon said bluntly. Rarity then got a bit of a sour look on her face, but decided not to interfere. “Look we don’t have time for this.” Eddie said. “Look, his wife’s poison but he thinks she’s Betty Crocker.” Maroon then looked at the equines and dragon then back to Valiant. “I want you and the ponies to follow her. Give me a couple of nice, juicy pictures I can wise the rabbit up with.” Maroon then said. “Forget it, I don’t work ToonTown.” Eddie then said. This got Twilight to react to the statement. “Uh wait, what’s ‘ToonTown’? I’ve never heard of it.” Twilight asked. “It’s a town where all the famous cartoons live. For example: Snow White, Pinocchio, Mickey Mouse, Bugs Bunny, You name it.” Maroon listed. As soon as she heard Snow White and Pinocchio, she got a twinkle in her eye. She missed them both and hoped that they were in this world too. “What year are you guys from?” Eddie asked. “We’re from 857 AD partner.” Applejack said. “What about y’all?” “Currently it’s 1947, an era where cartoons went into movies.” Maroon said. “Well I ain’t going to ToonTown so bye.” Eddie said walking out before Maroon stopped him. “Woah woah, what’s wrong with ToonTown? Every Joe loves ToonTown!” Maroon said. “Then get Joe to do the job because I ain’t going.” Eddie said. The ponies were trying so hard to not laugh at the situation. Pinkie let out an adorable giggle that got Eddie’s reaction almost immediately. “What’s so funny pink horse?!” Eddie said picking her up by her mane. “It’s just you said you weren’t going to ToonTown and he said Every Joe loves ToonTown then you said ‘get Joe to do the job’ but where’s Joe?” Pinkie said jokingly as she laughed her head off, literally. Eddie then freaked out and dropped her head which Pinkie took and screwed back on. “HOW THE HELL DID YOU DO THAT?!?!?!???!” Eddie asked scared. “We’re toons remember?” Pinkie said. Eddie then got his bearings and stood up. “It’s just Pinkie Pie being Pinkie Pie. You’ll get used to it partner.” Applejack said comforting Eddie. He then tried to leave before Maroon caught him again. “Woah fella, you don’t wanna go to ToonTown you don’t have to go to ToonTown. Nobody said you had to go to ToonTown anyway.” Maroon said. “This is kinda weird, seeing two grown men act like children.” Spike said before Twilight slapped him behind the head. Maroon then walked him towards a chair. “Have a seat, Valiant, you girls have a seat too.” Maroon said. “Well thank ya, that’s mighty kind of ya mister……” “Maroon.” Maroon said. “Right.” Maroon then explained the situation to Valiant and the ponies. “The rabbit’s wife sings at a joint called The Ink and Paint Club.” Maroon said. “What’s an ink and paint club darling?” Rarity asked. “It’s a bar. Toon revue, strictly humans only, okay?” Maroon answered. “Well girls, time to transform, everyone get around me.” Twilight said. Once everyone was around her, she then used her magic to transform them which Eddie and Maroon watched with curiosity. “Well girls, there we are.” Twilight said. Everyone was trying to get used to their bodies. (Y’all get how it goes when a pony turns into a human I don’t need to explain it.) They all then got their bearings and walked towards a chair and sat down. “Wow, you all look magnificent!” Eddie complimented. “Aww, thank you!” Twilight said. “So what do you think Valiant?” Maroon asked Eddie. Eddie thought for a moment before getting up to get a drink. “Jobs gonna cost ya 100 bucks. Plus expenses.” “A HUNDRED BUCKS?! THATS RIDICULOUS!!” Maroon said with a shocked look. “So is the job.” Valiant said back. Twilight then decided to side with Maroon. “I have to agree with Maroon here, Eddie. 100 bucks is too ridiculous.” Twilight said. “And I said, so is the job.” Eddie said back. “Alright, alright, you got your hundred bucks. Have a drink Eddie.” Maroon said. “Don’t mind if I do.” Eddie said pouring himself a drink. Maroon then turned to the girls. “You girls want a drink too?” “Sure thing!” Rainbow Dash said. Maroon then got up and poured all 6 of them a glass. The girls then drank it all in one sip. “Wow, that was pretty good!” Pinkie said. “What is this?” “Champagne.” Maroon answered. “Tastes like Cider.” Applejack said. “What’s a ‘Cider?’” Eddie asked Applejack. Applejack then took out a bottle of Apple Cider and handed it to Eddie, which Eddie drank. He loved it. He loved it so much that he paid Applejack 25 cents for a few more bottles. Applejack looked at it and got a confused look on her face, but decided to give the cider bottles to Eddie anyway. “Thanks Applejack!” Eddie said. “No problem partner.” Applejack said. “Careful Dave, you’re gonna drop it.” A man said, the ponies (now humans) and Eddie decided to go to the window for a closer look. “I got it, I’m not gonna drop it.” “You’re dropping it! Watch it!” The man said dropping the box which flew out chairs playing with instruments. The girls laughed their heads off but Rainbow Dash laughed so hard she literally died laughing. She fell to the floor and the girls heard, they were shocked by the sight. “RAINBOW DASH!!!!” The girls said in unison. “OH NO THE CHAIRS ARE OUT!!!!” The men started shouting and the chairs were playing “Stars and Stripes forever”. Twilight and her friends all circled Rainbow Dash and all started to cry. Fluttershy smushed her face into Rainbow Dash’s chest. Eddie then got a little bit of a remorseful look on his face while Maroon just looked neutral. Eddie then looked out the window again but was startled by loud trumpeting and hid under the window sill. Maroon and the girls caught him. “Kinda jumpy, aren’t ya Valiant?” Maroon said to Eddie. “It’s just Dumbo!” “I know who he is!” Eddie said getting up and grabbing the piece of paper in Maroon’s hand that was a check. “I got him on loan from Disney-him and half the cast of Fantasia.” Maroon said. “And the best part is, they work for peanuts!” Maroon said throwing a peanut out the window which Dumbo tried to catch. “Well I don’t work for peanuts.” Eddie said, Twilight then got up and wiped her tears away, along with the rest of the girls. “Done mourning over your friend?” Maroon said cockily. Twilight slapped him for that sentence. “Ow.” Maroon said wiping his face. “Where’s the other 50?” Eddie said. “Let’s call the other 50 a carrot to finish the job.” Maroon said putting a hand on Eddie’s back. “You’ve been hanging around rabbits too long.” Eddie said. Pinkie giggled before Twilight stopped her. “ARE YOU CRAZY PINKIE?!? DO YOU WANNA END UP LIKE RAINBOW DASH?!” Twilight whispered to Pinkie. Pinkie shook her head and followed Eddie out the door. > Hollywood > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Outside- Twilight and her friends (minus Rainbow Dash because she’s dead) followed Eddie out the door down the steps past a walking bird. They then saw a girl running up the steps along with a frog with a TopHat. Twilight was gonna say something to her but decided not to. They then saw brooms with brooms sweeping up some garbage. “Now I see what you mean by this world being filled with cartoons.” Twilight whispered to Eddie. “Yeah. I done even know how they all got out of their respective cartoons.” Eddie said. A duck on a bicycle came out and started riding across the street with a fish in its mouth and it’s eyes looking like it was hypnotized. A hippo then came from atop the stairs and started to go down them. The duck then crashed which caused the hippo and the girls to gasp. Eddie was unfazed tho. “Oh, excuse me.” The hippo said. Eddie then walked down and the girls followed suit. The duck crashed into a bunch of mail and has a bag over its eyes and it seemed like he was trying to pick up the mail. “That duck acts a lot like Derpy at home.” Pinkie Pie said. “Who’s Derpy?” Eddie asked, “We’ll tell you later.” Twilight said. 3 cows were checking themselves out. One was reading a book, one was putting on lipstick, and the other was eating a piece of paper. Another cow had an expression that told everyone it was done with their shenanigans. As they were walking around, more cartoon animals were just going by their daily life then a guy with a light was walking towards the cows. The hippo then sat on the bench but it broke and it caused the guy next to her to fly into the sky screaming. The girls and Eddie looked up and saw him flying and he landed in a dumpster. “I hope that guys ok.” Fluttershy said worried. A guy was trying to help the hippo up but was unsure of what to do. They then looked down to see a bunch of utensils and pitchforks walking along the road and going where every they were going. The man helped the hippo up and the hippo thanked him. We then see a red bud going somewhere named Sunset Blvd. Eddie and the girls ran towards the bus and almost got hit by a car. The other passengers went into the car and Eddie showed the guy his check which the man didn’t take too fondly. “What do I look like a bank?” The man said before shutting the door in Eddie’s face. The girls saw an empty car and decided to go in it. They left the key in the car and Twilight started it. Eddie however was running towards the back of the bus and sat on the bumper with 3 kids. “Hey mister, ain’t you gotta car?” One of the boys said to him. “Who needs a car in LA? We got the best public transportation system in the world.” Eddie answered back. Eddie then jumped off the bus while the girls parked the car they were in and the boys said goodbye to him. “Thanks for the cigarettes!” He said to the boys. Eddie then walked up some steps while the girls followed suit. A mailman who seemed to know who Eddie was ran towards him. “Hi Harry.” Eddie said. “Hi Eddie.” Harry said back. He then handed Eddie the mail. “Whatcha got for me?” “The usual bills.” Harry then gave Eddie the bills. They then saw two kids running on the side walk when one of them had a ball in his possession. “Hey, give me back my ball!” The kid said to the kid he was running after. Twilight then noticed her geode and grabbed the ball with her geode’s magic and handed it to the kid that was chasing him. The kid gave her a thanks and they walked down the steps. Eddie then threw his bills in the trash which Twilight noticed but she decided that fighting over it wasn’t a concern right now. Eddie then ran across the street while the girls followed suit and went into a bar. Find out more in the next chapter. > The Bar/Cutie-Marks in LA > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- “Hi Harry, you okay?” Eddie told Harry. “Hi Eddie” Harry greeted. Twilight still couldn’t get over the fact that they know each other. Sure she and her friends knew Derpy, and she was a mail pony just like this guy was a mailman. They then walked towards the stand before the trolley rumbled the building causing them all to lose balance and fall over. Everyone laughed at the silliness. The girls got up and followed Eddie to the bar stand where Eddie’s girlfriend worked. Eddie then walked past an unconscious man and put his hat back on his head. “What’s with Earl?” Eddie said. Fluttershy saw the man and was worried about him. “Yeah, what’s wrong with him?” She said. A guy next to Eddie wrote something down on a piece of paper that said ‘laid off’. The girls gasped and Rarity almost fainted. “Laid off?” Eddie said confused. “A new outfit bought The Red Car. Some big company called ‘Cloverleaf’.” A guy said walking towards Eddie and the girls. The guy took a look at Rarity and got a swoon feeling. “Ooooh, hey girl! How are you doing today?” The guy said walking towards Rarity. “If you’re trying to flirt with me it isn’t working.” Rarity said. “No kiddin’. They bought The Red Car?” Eddie asked confused. The guy turned his attention back to Eddie. “Yeah. Put the poor guy on two weeks notice. Cutbacks they said.” The guy said to Eddie. Twilight then decided now would be a good time to ask someone about Cloverleaf. “Uhh excuse me sir, who owns this ‘Cloverleaf’?” Twilight asked the man. “No idea, I don’t work for Cloverleaf, so how should I know?” The man said. Eddie then looked at him and sighed. “Oh well Earl.” He said. He then took a drink. “Here’s to the pencil pushers, may they all get lead poisoning eh?” Eddie said. Twilight looked at him with a stern face. “What?” Eddie asked. Twilight just looked away. He was then about to finish his drink before a hand stopped him from doing so. Eddie and the girls looked and saw who the hand belonged to. “Tomorrows Friday, Eddie. You know what happens here on Friday?” The girl said. Eddie thought for a moment. “Fish special?” Eddie said. Pinkie held back a laugh. “My boss checks the books on Friday. If you don’t give me the money I gave you back at the till I’m gonna lose my job.” The girl said ti Eddie. “Don’t push a button Dolores.” Eddie said. Twilight took notice of the girl and she looked nothing like a Dolores. “You’ve only got one left.” Eddie then showed Dolores the check he had. “50 bucks?” Dolores asked. Eddie replied with a ‘yeah’. “Where’s the rest?” Dolores asked. “Well it’s only a snoop job away.” Eddie said. -Twilight’s castle- The Cutie-Mark Crusaders went to Twilights castle to get the quill and pen for their books. But when they got to the library however, they saw a mysterious device. A TV which the crusaders took notice of. “What the hay is that thing?” Applebloom asked. “I think Rarity told me about this and the adventure she and her friends went on the last time they used it.” Sweetie Belle said. “Well, what is it Sweetie Belle?” Scootaloo asked. “I think Rarity said it was a ‘Television’.” Sweetie Belle said before turning it on. Once they turned it on, a vortex came out of the TV and sucked the 3 fillies in. They screamed as they didn’t know what was on the other side. -RK Maroon Studios- Maroon was sitting in his office doing some paperwork when he noticed the portal again. This time it spat out 3 young fillies who all had different skin than the other girls he saw. “How many more equines are gonna keep coming out of the portal?” He said. Applebloom and the others then got up and got their surroundings. They were in an office just like their sisters. They then noticed a man standing next to them. They all screamed in fright. “Woah woah take it easy I’m not gonna hurt ya.” Maroon said. Applebloom saw the look on his face and realized he wasn’t lying, however, that look of attire doesn’t look trustworthy but she decided it wasn’t important. She then walked up to the man and introduced herself. “Ahm Applebloom, and this here’s Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo, we’re known as the-“ then all 3 of them shouted. “THE CUTIE-MARK CRUSADERS!!!” Maroon then felt a ringing in his ears when the filled screamed. Scootaloo then looked around the room before noticing a cyan skinned girl laying on the floor. She immediately knew who this was and ran over to her. “RAINBOW DASH!!!! ARE YOU OK?!” Scootaloo shouted. Maroon then broke her heart even more. “She’s dead Scootaloo.” Maroon said out of the gates. “No.. NO!! SHE CAN’T BE DEAD!!!! THERE’S NO WAY!!!!! RAINBOW DASH WAKE UP!!!!” Scootaloo shouted crying her eyes out poking Rainbow Dash, but she didn’t respond. She then felt for a pulse but only broke down into more tears as to what she discovered. “She doesn’t have a pulse….” “Uhh Scootaloo? You alright?” Applebloom said. Scootaloo then started to cry like she’s never cried before. “NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! RAINBOW DASH!!!!!!!!!!! *sniff* *sniff* I’M GONNA MISS YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!” Scootaloo then huddled up to her crying her eyes out even more. Seeing this broke Applebloom and Sweetie Belle’s hearts too and they went over and hugged her and Rainbow Dash. Maroon however was just in a neutral phase. “Are you her sister?” Maroon asked the filly. “*sniff* yes I am.” Scootaloo said. “How did she die mister?” Applebloom asked. “She and her friends along with someone named Eddie Valiant were watching some chairs out the window and they were all laughing until Rainbow Dash laughed so hard she died right on the spot.” Maroon explained. Scootaloo only cried into her sister’s arms even more. “Well where are the others then? I know they’re here since Rainbow Dash is.” Sweetie Belle said. Maroon decided not to tell them until it was the right time. However, he did give them an offer. “How would you girls like to be a part of some of my cartoons? We got room for a few more actors!” Maroon offered. Applebloom then got ecstatic. Being an actor for a cartoon? That was her dream come true! She happily nodded her head. Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo (still having tears in her eyes) did the same thing. Maroon then decided to show them around the set. When they got to the set, they were already filming a cartoon. The director Raoul, saw the fillies and said ‘Cut’. “Maroon what is this?” Raoul asked. “Raoul I would like to introduce you to our 3 new actors! Applebloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo!” Maroon said introducing them to Raoul. “You guys can appear in the next scene, we’re already shooting one right now.” Raoul said. The fillies then followed Raoul and sat down next to him. “Hey Mr. Raoul, who are those guys?” Applebloom asked. “They’re Baby Herman and Roger Rabbit. Baby Herman is the best one, Roger however, keeps on blowing his lines when he gets something dropped on his head.” Raoul said. “ACTION!!!” Raoul shouted. The fillies then watched the cartoon scene play out. They all laughed very much at the scene. Their adorable laughter even caused Raoul to smile. When they got to the refrigerator, Roger finally showed stars like the director wanted to happen. When he saw this, he was ecstatic. “CUT! CUT! OH MY GOD HE FINALLY DID IT!!! ROGER YOU FINALLY FOLLOWED THE SCRIPT!!!” Raoul shouted excited. “Finally, Roger. I thought we would never finish the scene!” Baby Herman said, shaking Roger’s hand. Roger then noticed 3 equines sitting next to the director’s chair. “Hey Raoul, who are those?” Roger asked. “Huh? Oh those. They’re our new actors. Come let me introduce you to them.” Raoul said signaling the ponies to come closer. “Roger, Baby Herman, I would like to introduce you to our new actors! Applebloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo!” Raoul said, introducing the fillies. “Wow, they’re colorful. So much life put into them!” Baby Herman said. “Aww, thank you Herman!” Applebloom said. “So Raoul, what cartoon are we doing next?” Roger asked Raoul. “Next week is gonna be a walking home type of scene. Where you walk home and meet these 3 on the way while carrying Baby Herman.” Raoul explained. -The Bar- “Have you got that camera of yours? Mines in the shop.” Eddie asked Dolores. The girls were talking to some of the locals about their daily life while the guy who talked about Cloverleaf was creeping Rarity out a bit. She then had enough and decided to slap him in the face, indicating she didn’t want anything to do with him. “Wouldn’t be the pawn shop by any chance, would it?” Dolores answered back. “Aw, come on Dolores, you need the other 50, I need the camera.” Eddie said annoyed. Dolores then looked around and saw the camera. “Any film in there?” Dolores walked up to him and handed him the camera. “Should be.” She said. “I haven’t had that roll developed since our trip to Catalina. That sure was a long time ago.” “Yeah, that was a long time ago, we oughta do it again sometime.” “Yeah sure, Eddie.” The Red Car then ran along the road causing the building to rumble again. The girls lost their balance again and fell. Everyone laughed again at the scene, even Dolores couldn’t help but giggle. “Paper even good?” “Just check the scrawl.” Spike then asked someone else about Cloverleaf, but to no avail. “RK Maroon? As in Maroon Cartoons?” Dolores asked. Twilight then walked up to Eddie and asked him about Dolores. “Hey Eddie, how do you know Dolores?” Twilight asked. Eddie then got his attention to Twilight. “She’s my girlfriend. We met a long time ago, was when I was just a kid. Ah, those were the good times.” Eddie said. Twilight couldn’t help but have a warm feeling in her heart. “So, who’s your purple friend, Eddie?” Dolores asked. “Oh, Dolores, this here is Twilight Sparkle. She’s from another world.” Eddie introduced. Dolores then looked kinda surprised. “Maroon Cartoons?” A voice then ran from behind them. “Hey! So who’s your client, Mr. Detective to the stars?” The man said before chuckling. “Chilly Willy? Or Screwy Squirrel?” He then laughed some more. Twilight couldn’t help but smile at the scene. “What do you want to drink?” Dolores said to the man. “I’ll take a beer, doll.” He ordered. “So what happened huh? Somebody kidnap Dinky Doodle?” “Cut it out, Angelo.” “Hey wait a minute, wait a minute I know!” Eddie then got an annoyed look on his face. “You’re working for Little Bo Peep. She’s lost her sheep and you’re gonna help her find them. Eh?” Angelo then laughed his head off some more. Twilight got a little scared. Eddie then kicked the stool from the guys bottom and he fell on the counter. Twilight and her friends all turned their attention towards the scene. They were all shocked. Eventually, everyone in the bar did the same thing. “Ow!” Angelo said. “Get this straight, meatball.” Eddie said before grabbing his face. “I. DON’T. WORK. FOR TOONS!!!!” He said before shoving an egg in his mouth. He grunted and spat out some of the egg. Rarity then got a sour look on her face and decided to scold him. “WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING EDDIE?!” Rarity asked loudly. “I DON’T WORK FOR TOONS, RARITY!!! END OF STORY!!!” Eddie shouted before storming out. “What’s his problem?” Angelo said. Twilight and the others were already out but Fluttershy decided to stay behind to find out what his deal was. Dolores got a bit of a remorseful look on her face. “Toon killed his brother.” Dolores said. Everyone (including Fluttershy) gasped and turned towards her. “Oh gosh, that’s horrible! How did he die?” Fluttershy asked Dolores. “Dropped a piano on his head.” Fluttershy then felt her heart break. She never heard something so sad in all her life. She then ran out to go with Eddie and the girls to The Ink and Paint Club. Find out more in Chapter 5 coming soon! > Web of Song/An Evil Plan > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Twilight’s Castle- You guys know the portal that Twilight has to get to the human world? Well I do. The portal started to spark and out came 3 girls now ponies. They then looked around a little bit confused. “What is this place?” A cyan pony said. An orange pony, presumably the leader, had enough of her questions. “I don’t know where we are Sonata. Don’t ask anymore questions.” The orange pony said. “So what are we gonna do? Stir up some trouble and feed off the negative energy of the ponies here? Some plan Adagio.” A purple pony said, presumably the cocky one. “No Aria. It won’t be the same as the times before.” Adagio said. They then walked around the room before noticing a strange device in the middle of the room. They then got another look at it from the backside and Adagio knew what this was. “Well, I didn’t know that a TV came to Equestria, wanna watch a show girls?” “Sure, Dagi, let’s watch one.” Aria said. Sonata then turned on the TV before a vortex came out of it. They all then got sucked into the TV screaming. -???- A man with a black fedora and presumably all black was walking up and down the hallway figuring out what to do. 5 toons that are his weasels, all noticed this and decided to ask what was happening. “What’s wrong judge? Got something on your mind?” The leader said. “No Smarty, I’m just figuring out what we should do today.” The judge said. They then noticed a portal open up spitting out 3 other toons. The Judge noticed and decided to do something about it. “Oi, what are you 3 doing here?” The Judge said. Adagio then noticed his attire and got a bit of an interesting look on her face. “Oh sorry about that, allow us to introduce ourselves. My name is Adagio Dazzle, and these are my two sisters: Aria Blaze and Sonata Dusk.” Adagio said introducing her and her sisters. “My name’s Judge Doom, and these are my weasel henchmen: Psycho, Greasy, Wheezy, Stupid, and Smarty.” He said introducing himself and his henchmen. Sonata then got a bit of a remorseful look on her face. “Why name them that? That’s just heartbreaking.” Sonata said. “I didn’t name them that, they were already their names when I met them.” Judge Doom said. Adagio noticed a poster that said “All Toons must perish. “Hey Mr. Doom, what’s that poster for?” Adagio asked. Judge Doom then turned around and told her. “I don’t like Toons. They always get in the way of my financial business.” Doom said. Adagio then got interested. “Hey Doom. We can work for you for a while. We know how to get people to come to us with the power of music. I think it works on Toons as well.” Adagio said. “Alright, I’ll watch your progress when we catch a toon. If you do well, you’re in the crew. If you do bad, then you leave and I never see your faces again, got it?” Doom said. The Dazzlings all nodded in agreement. Eddie and the girls are still on the case about Jessica Rabbit’s cheating problem. Find out more in Chapter 6. > The Ink & Paint Club > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -Outside Alleyway- Meanwhile, our heroes were walking in an alleyway that was apparently the way to The Ink & Paint club. The girls felt a sense of dread walking down the alley while Eddie just looked neutral. Twilight was still reminiscing about Rainbow Dash. She missed her a lot, so much so she began to silently cry. Eddie heard and tried to calm her down. "Still reminiscing about Rainbow Dash?" Eddie said to Twilight. She perked her head up and looked at Eddie. She just simply nodded. "Well, it's not easy losing someone you care about. At least you got 4 other friends who care about you. And, well, me too. I may not like cartoons anymore but you all are a pretty nice group." Eddie said. Everyone simply smiled. Twilight felt a little better. "Hey, even tho she might not be here right now, she's still with you, in your heart." Eddie then planted a hand on Twilight's chest. She smiled and hugged him. "As much as I loves this heartwarming scene, we should really be getting to the Ink & Paint Club." Pinkie Pie said. "Oh yeah, we can talk about her more later." The girls and Eddie then went on to the entrance. When Eddie knocked, a pair of eyes was peeping through the slot in the door. "Got the password?" The man said behind the door. "Walt sent me." Eddie said. The man behind the door closed the slot and opened the door. When they got through the door however, the turned to see the man, when they realized, it wasn't a man at all. it was a monkey! "Nice monkey suit." Eddie said sarcastically. The monkey responded with a "Wise-ass". Twilight then got so mad inside, she wanted to smack him. But she retracted. They then walked down the hallway towards a door. They opened it and they were greeted with a bar of people. Hungarian Rhaspody was also playing on the piano by two ducks who were in a piano competition. Eddie looked around and so did the rest of the group. They were in sheer awe at the place. Eddie just looked at a penguin waiter holding a tray. "Hey look at that." A man said pointing towards the ducks. "Hey, Cut it out." The white duck said. (I'M NOT RACIST, DON'T SAY I AM!!!!) "Anyone understand what this duck is saying?" The black one said. Eddie then smirked at them. The girls then go their seats and sat down. Eddie joining in too. "I worked with a lot of wise-quackers, but you are despicable." The black duck said. The white one heard and got mad. "Doggone, stubborn, nitwit, THAT DID IT!!" The white one said while quacking angrily. The girls were trying their best to not laugh at the scene. "This is the last time I work with somebody with a speech impediment!" "OH YEAH?!?!" The white one then grabbed the black one and shoved him into the piano and closed it vigorously. The girls and everyone else in the bar winced at the site. "This means war." The black duck said. Eddie then took his seat but not before a man squirted ink on his shirt. The man simply laughed. "What do you think that's funny?" Eddie said angrily. "It's a panic!" The man said all happy go-lucky. Eddie then grabbed him by his shirt. "You won't think it's funny when I shove that pen up your nose!" "Now, calm down son, will ya? Look! The ink's gone, it's disappearing ink!" The man said. Pinkie got the joke and laughed. "OH I GET IT!! Disappearing ink! I used that on Twilight when I pranked her with Rainbow Das-" Pinkie then covered her mouth when she mentioned Rainbow Dash. Twilight, of course, heard the name and placed her face in her hands, and silently cried again. "Dag-nabbit Pinkie, stop mentioning Rainbow Dash, it's only gonna make her cry." Applejack said to Pinkie. "What's wrong with her, son?" The man said. "Lost a dear friend of hers, laughed herself to death." Eddie said. "Anyway, no hard feelings for the ink prank I suppose. Look, I-" The man said before getting interrupted by Eddie. "I know who you are. Marvin Acme, the guy that owns ToonTown, the gag king." Eddie said. "If it's Acme, it's a gasser.' Put her there, pal!" Acme then grabbed Eddie's hand and put it against his other one. The girls thought it was a handshake but quickly retracted their thoughts when Eddie shook violently. “The hand buzzer! Still my best seller!” Acme said. A penguin came up to Eddie and the girls. "Scotch on the rocks.." Eddie said. The penguin was about to take the other girl's orders but not before Eddie shouted back to the penguin. "AND I MEAN ICE!!!!!" Eddie yelled. Twilight got confused by the statement. "What was the part about "'And I mean ice'"?" Twilight asked. "I briefly forgot how literal minded toons tend to get." Eddie said. The girls then placed their orders too. "Well, I'll have a tea with a cream and two sugars." Twilight ordered. "And I'll have an Apple Cider" Applejack ordered. "Chocolate milkshake for me." Pinkie ordered. "Tea for me as well. Cream but no sugar." Fluttershy ordered. "Hot chocolate, but no marshmallows. I get enough "Marshmallow" jokes as it is." Rarity ordered. Eddie got confused by the statement and decided to ask her about it. "The hell do you mean by "I get enough "marshmallow jokes as it is"?" Eddie asked. "Well, Eddie. Take a look at what color I am." Rarity said. Eddie looked closely before finally getting the joke. He gave a good chuckle from that. "Don't laugh at that, Eddie, she gets sensitive about that." Twilight said. "Well sorry." Eddie said. More shenanigans ensue with Donald and Daffy like them throwing each other into their own pianos, trying to fight each other, you name it. Then Donald shot a cannon ball at Daffy. Everyone in the bar got shocked from that, the girls respectively. Even Eddie couldn't help but jump. Everyone in the bar laughed at that while the girls just looked like they witnessed a murder. Two pull craned came up on the duo and swooshed them away. "Well, that was uncalled for..." Rarity said. Everyone nodded in agreement while Fluttershy looked like she was about to cry. "hey, those ducks are funny! They never got to finish the act!!!" Acme told Eddie and the girls, then laughed about it. Fluttershy couldn't believe her ears though. "Funny?! You call getting shot with a cannon and getting pushed into a piano funny!??!" Fluttershy scolded. Acme then stopped laughing when hhe saw the anger in her eyes. "Hey, woah calm down, will ya? They're just cartoons. They'll be fine." Acme said before sitting down again. "Great.." Eddie said. The penguin waiter came up and gave the girls and Eddie their orders. The girls got their orders right while Eddie just looked in disappointment. He then sighed. Another voice could be heard. "Cigars, Cigarettes? Eddie Valiant!" The voice said. Eddie turned around and noticed a familiar black and white face. "Betty?" Eddie said. "Long time no see! I see you made some new friends too!" Betty said. "Ah yes, Betty, this here's Twilight Sparkle, Rarity, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, and Fluttershy! Girls, meet Betty Boop!" Eddie introduced. The girls took a rather liking to Betty really quickly. "Well hi there, Betty. nice to see some of Eddie's old friends!" Twilight said. "Always nice meeting someone new 'ere!" Applejack said. Pinkie Pie was the most confused by her appearance though. "Hey Betty, why are you Black and White unlike the rest of us?" Pinkie asked. "Well Ms. Pie, works been kinda slow since cartoons went to color.. But I still got it! Boop be bedoop *noise*" Betty presented. The girls were immediately charmed by her performance, Pinkie Pie especially. "Oh what a charming little gesture!" Rarity said. "Yeah, you still got it!" Eddie said. Applause can be heard and from Acme himself. Everyone then went up to the runway while the girls were confused. "What's going on? Fluttershy said. "It's always a good time when Jessica come on stage!" Acme told her. That got Twilight's reaction almost immediately. "Jessica? Isn't that who Maroon told us to follow and get pictures on?" Twilight asked. Eddie just gave a shrug. "Well let's hope we're met with something at least a little salvageable." Rarity said. "Got a thing for rabbits huh?" Eddie said. They then watched as Jessica showed herself to the crowd. Everyone was whistling and cheering. The girls were almost completely speechless with her appearance. Then 3 ducks playing instruments can be seen when the curtains pull back. "That's who Roger is married to? How is she not a fashion model yet?" Rarity said. "How should I know? Maybe they weren't hiring fashion models yet." Twilight asked. Jessica then kept singing, staying at the stage. Eddie was the most shocked with her appearance as he couldn't keep his eyes off her. He then leaned up to Betty while Jessica kept singing and being seductive. That wasn't until Jessica put her heel up to a man and pushed him with it causing him to fall. "She's married to Roger Rabbit?" Eddie asked, still shocked with the reveal.