On a beautiful day with the birds chirping and flying with the butterflies it was also a preperation day as well for the arrival of Princess Celestia meeting in Ponyville. Fluttershy was in charge of finding the best looking flowers around. She picks another good healthy looking flower in an open field and adds it to her collection in her basket on her back. She moves to another location while 'la'ing a melody. A squirrel comes over and tugs on Fluttershy's tail so it can show her a dandelion weed. Fluttershy notices and crouches down to eye level with it.

"Thank you little squirrel, but remember: these flowers are for Princess Celestia. Only the prettiest ones will do." Fluttershy kindly said and watches the wind blow off the small fluffy bits of the weed and droops down. The squirrel hid it behind it's back and rushed off. Fluttershy continued back up to a small hill with another basket of apples on a stump continuing to 'la' a melody. All of a sudden she heard a small chirp from a rock that moved and startled Fluttershy and moved behind the basket of apples dropping her basket of flowers she worked so hard to finding. She peeked out a little to see what it was. Small string sized legs appeared out of the rock to reveal a ball like insect with huge green eyes and insect wings on it's back and made a cute little chirp the same one Fluttershy heard.

"Hello little guy. I've never seen anything like you before." Fluttershy approached watching it fly near an apple and sniffed it.

"Oh, are you hungry?" Fluttershy asked and smashed the apple

"Here you go." Fluttershy kindly said and moved it to the insect. The insect then turned it's attention to the apple basket and without hesitation chomped down on the apples in just seconds.

"[gasp] I guess you were hungry." Fluttershy assumed and the creature came up and nuzzled her sweetly and tucked itself into Fluttershy's mane purring.

"You're the cutest thing ever. I can't wait to show you to my friends." Fluttershy said adoring the creature and leaves for town. Although she should've thought about how fast the creature ate those apples because even though it seems cute and friendly it can also be a dangerous threat to society.

-Main music plays-

Meanwhile at the library, Zach Lanson, Twilight Sparkle, and Spike also prepare for Princess Celestia's visit to Ponyville as they spruce up the place to make sure they look decent.

"Oh! Hurry up guys! This place isn't gonna clean itself." Twilight urged nervously as Zach and Spike clean up the books Twilight made a mess of.

"It also didn't mess itself up." Spike mentioned.

"Especially when it was her who started this mess." Zach added as he uses his unicorn magic to put away the books in their proper place.

"Princess Celestia will be here tomorrow!" Twilight reminded as she dusts each inch of the library.

"I thought this was just an unofficial casual visit." Spike thought.

"Yeah, you know, a teacher to student casual visit." Zach pointed out.

"There's nothing casual about a visit from royalty. I want this place to be spotless, and you've barely made a dent in the clutter." Twilight complained.

"Maybe you should, ugh, start reading them [groan] one at a time-wooah hoaw! Aw." Spike argued back as he tries to take a handfull of books to the upper shelves but accidentally falls off the ladder and landed on Zach's back. Twilight came over and dusted the two for some reason.

"Everything's gotta be perfect. No time for fooling around." Twilight said.

"You know, this would be an awful lot easier if there weren't three of us here, getting under each other's feet." Spike suggested.

"Great idea. You two clean, I'll go see how everyone else's preparations are coming." Twilight said as she gives the feather duster to Spike and makes her way out of the library.

"Or maybe we should... [groan]" Zach and Spike groaned irritatedly as Twilight shuts the door. Twilight trots in the Ponyville park looking at the trees with a smile on her face approving the hard worked decorations. There were ribbonsn, flowers, and bells tied on the trees that stack in rows by the park road. As she crosses a bridge which also was decorated working ponies continued their work on the other side either it be tying more ribbons on trees, raking, watering flowers, and putting up a banner which is suppose to say 'Welcome Princess Celestia'. Twilight however noticed that the 'I' and 'A' were cut off from the end of the fabric.

"What happened to the rest of her name?" Twilight asked curiously.

"We couldn't fit it all in." a yellow pony with an orange curly mane and tail said.

"You can't hang a banner that says "Welcome Princess Celest". Take it down and try again." Twilight ordered and rushed to inspect the next jobs leaving the two banner makers rolling their eyes. Twilight then came across a pony who is watering a flower bed.

"That looks perfect. Keep up the good work." Twilight commented and continued to town. She then comes across Sugarcube Corner where the Cakes are in charge of the baking goods.

"Hello Mr. and Mrs. Cake. How's the banquet coming?" Twilight asked.

"[sigh] It would be coming a little better if..." Mrs. Cake pointed at a table of finished sweets but seemed to have bite marks on each of them. Pinkie Pie comes out from behind the table and eats another cake like a pig and a crown lands on her head. A foamy frosting beard appears on her chin and licks it off.

"Pinkie! What are you doing? Those sweets are supposed to be for the princess." Twilight reminded urgently.

"Aaaaa... I know. That's why I'm tasting them. Somepony needs to make sure that everything is tasty enough to tosh th' royal thung, and I, Pinkie Pie, declare that these treats are fit for a king, or a queen, or a princess." Pinkie spoke in a royal accent and was about to eat another cake but Twilight glared at her and warned her not to eat it.

"Twilight, Pinkie, you won't believe... oh, I'm sorry. Uh, am I interrupting?" Fluttershy comes in bashfully.

"No, not at all. Come on in and make yourself at home. [slurp]" Pinkie ate the cake with her strangly long tongue and swallowed it in whole. Twilight gave her an unamused glare and in return gives a sheepish smile.

"What's going on, Fluttershy?" Pinkie asked.

"You won't believe what I found at the edge of the Everfree Forest. Come on out, little guy. It's okay." Fluttershy looked at her mane. Out comes the blue chirping insect from earlier but a bigger surprise comes as two more come out in different colors yellow and brown.

"Three?" Fluttershy questioned in surprise.

"They're amazing. What are they?" Twilight commented in wonder as she comes up to get closer to them.

"I'm not sure. I'm also not sure where these other two came from." Fluttershy admitted.

"I'll take one off your hooves. I've never seen anything so... adorable." Twilight said taking the yellow insect and nuzzling it with her cheek in her hooves adoring the cute sight. She then realized her actions and stopped with a blush in her cheeks.

"Besides, it'll be nice to have another companion for Spike so he won't bother me so much while I'm studying." Twilight said with an embarassed grin.

"Pinkie, do you want the other one?" Fluttershy offered.

"UGH! A parasprite? Are you kidding?" Pinkie said in a disgusted manner.

"Ugh?" Fluttershy questioned in surprise.

"A para-what?" Twilight asked again.

"How could you not like..." Fluttershy said in confusion.

"Now I gotta find a trombone." Pinkie said in frustration. Twilight and Fluttershy looked at each other in confusion.

"A what?" Twilight asked confusingly.

"A trombone, you know: [trombone imitation]" Pinkie imitated and acted the action of a trombone playing and left the bakery in a hurry.

"Ahhh, typical Pinkie." Twilight shook her head and looked at her new insect pet who gave out a cute chirp and smile. At Carousel Boutique Rarity prepares Rainbow Dash by dressing her in a 18th century like womans gown. Dash however was not in the mood to standing in one spot getting dressed on the ground.

"Stand still, Rainbow Dash." Rarity ordered with pins in her mouth as Dash impatiently trots in one place.

"Ugh, I caaan't, I need to fly. This is waaay too boring for me." Dash complained.

"Do you want to look nice for Princess Celestia or not?" Rarity reminded and Dash sat down obediently taking her point with an irritated look on her face. Twilight shows up looking at the finished attires Rarity made.

"Wow, Rarity, those outfits are gorgeous." Twilight complimented.

"[flattered laughter] Thank you Twilight. Nice to know someone appreciates my talents." Rarity said thankfully and Dash rolled her eyes knowing what she is talking about.

"Ugh, sooo boooring." Dash said stretching the bottom lids of her eyes to express her point. They then heard a chirp coming from Twilight and were curious to know what it was.

"Huh?" Rarity said looking at Twilight's mane.

"What's that sound, Twilight?" Dash asked flying above her. Twilight's insect pet comes out but something strange happens the same way back at the bakery. Two more sets of wings appeared on each side and out comes two more different colored insects.

"Wow, what are they?" Dash asked.

"The better question is, where did they come from? I only had one a minute ago." Twilight said apparently surprised as they are.

"Uh, I'll take one." Dash said and swiped one away cuddling it like a baby.

"Me too, oh, they're perfect." Rarity said in a adoring tone. Pinkie comes in unexpectedly and still does her random talking.

"Does anypony know where I can find an accordion?" Pinkie randomly asked and everyone ignores her while cooing at the cute little creatures like babies.

"Girls! Hello! This is important. Durgh! Thanks a lot." Pinkie growled frustratedly and storms off. Later that night Zach and Spike finally finished cleaning the interior of the library.

"It took us awhile but we manged to work ourselves to the bone and cleaned everything until it was sparkling clean." Zach said proudly.

"And you two did a marvelous job. I am truly grateful." Twilight complimented. Twilight's smile then turns into worry and it didn't take long for Zach to notice.

"Is something troubling you, Twilight?" Zach asked curiously.

"[sigh] I'm just not sure if everything is right. The decorations, the banquet, I really hope everything comes together in time for tomorrow." Twilight said worriedly. The two then noticed the two snoring baby's in Spike's bed snoring in unison. The two couldn't help but smile at the sight.

"Don't worry your little head about it, I'm sure everything will work out perfectly in the morning." Zach assured.

"Yeah, you're right. [yawn] What's there to worry about?" Twilight yawned tiredly.

"Why don't you get some sleep, I think I'm going to do some research on this... para-thing." Zach said.

"Alrighty then, just make sure you clean up your mess. Goodnight, Zach." Twilight said and tucked herself to bed.

"Goodnight, Twilight." Zach said back and went down to the library section. With his unicorn magic he levitates a book that was titled: 'Animals and a Variety of Others in Order'. Zach takes it to the desk and flips it open to find out more about their mysterious newcomer.

"Let's see, P,P,P,P. [moan] What was it Pinkie named it again? Honestly, I'll never understand that pony and her random words." Zach muttered quietly. As he flips open the pages he suddenly hears a gagging sound like someone was about to throw up. He turned his head quickly to see if anyone was behind him. He didn't see anything and shrugged his shoulders and returned his attention to the book. Seconds later he hears the same gagging sound and turns his head again. He looks up at Twilight and Spike to make sure their okay. There appears to be nothing wrong with either of them.

"Huh, must be hearing things." Zach mutters to himself and returns to the book. He tried to find the insects name and origin but was unsuccessful. His eye lids became heavy and couldn't stay up any longer. He let the weight of his head fall on the book and with a little bang which sounded like it hurt which it did to Zach but he didn't care. He was tired to the bone after working all day. The next morning Zach and Twilight heard multiple chirping noises and quickly opened their eyes and looked around to find an unexpected surprise. There were now hundreds of these insect creatures everywhere sleeping anywhere that has room for them. They were shocked and didn't know what was going on.

"Twilight!" Zach called out.

"I know! Spike! Wake up! What happened?" Twilight falls off her bed and gets to Spike who also has insects on his eyes and surrounded his bed.

"Huh? Whaaa! What's going on?" Spike wakes up in surprise and takes off the bugs from his eyes. The bugs all woke up and started flying around as Zach meets with them upstairs.

"Where did they come from?" Twilight asked in shock.

"The little guy got hungry in the night, so I gave him a snack, but... I have no idea where these others came from." Spike admitted and heard a crashing sound. The insects began making a mess by throwing books and scrolls out of their shelves and ruining the hard work Zach and Spike worked so hard at.

"Oh no! They're messing up all our hard work!" Spike noted as they watched the flying creatures make more of a mess of everything.

"The princess will be here in a few hours." Twilight remembered and she and Zach went downstairs to stop the mess. Spike notices one bug is carrying a scroll and he jumped at it but missed thus landing on the ground. Twilight gets her duster to swipe away the bugs while Zach uses his mind control power to get only a handfull of them. He maybe strong but he isn't strong enough to compare to his teacher who will soon be at Ponyville.

"Spike, help us round up these little guys." Twilight ordered.

"Ugh, what does it look like I'm doin'?" Spike asked as he struggles to hold on a basket of insects that he already got a hand on. He then loses his balance and drops the basket of bugs on himself. Twilight came over swiping the bugs away to see Spike and she had an unamused look on her face.

"I know, I know, 'stop fooling around'." Spike said rolling his eyes. Meanwhile high in the sky in Dash's house she is still sleeping peacefully and didn't care in the world when she'll wake up. Until her bug pet pops out of her cloud bed and waked her up. Things got even weirder until another popped out by her side then another then another until she was surrounded by these insects. They stick themselves onto her but she shakes them off. They came back on her and Dash screams in desperation and tries to fly away as they follow her. She shakes her arms at them gesturing to go away. They then sticked under arms like bats.

"Get off me!" Dash shakes them off her arms but they stick themselves on her again only this time on the head like a hat. Then they reattatched on her in the mid section of the body shaping like a bikini and a bra. Once again she shakes the off and they come back on her and shaped hilariously like a beard on her chin. She tried to shake them off again but they were stuck on her this time. She tried again but nothing. She screams and flys out of her house to try to hide somewhere else. At the boutique however Rarity started out smoothly as the multiplied creatures didn't startle her but rather delighted her to see that they were helping spruce up the place.

"Not only are you adorable, but you're also quite useful." Rarity complimented as she rubs the chin of one of her helpers and in return purred. The insect suddenly started gagging like it was ready to throw up.

"Oh! Are you okay?" Rarity asked worriedly just the moment the bug did throw up on her eye.

"Eewww." Rarity said disgustedly as he wipes off the gunk from her eye. Then the glob started moving and incredibly turned into one of those insects. Rarity discovered how they multiply.

"Aaah! Gross gross gross. No creature that behaves so revoltingly is allowed in my boutique." Rarity said disgustedly. Then the insect that was thrown up threw up another insect. Rarity screeched in horror and can't stand the sight. Later she was able to gather all of the bugs and loaded them into her saddle bags. Pinkie then shows up hopping to her boutique.

"Look Rarity, Applejack loaned me a harmonica. [plays harmonica] Isn't that great?" Pinkie said happily. One of the insects chirped trying to get out of the saddle bag but Rarity closes it just before it could happen.

"[gasp] And not a moment too soon." Pinkie notices.

"Ugh, Pinkie, I'm a little busy right now." Rarity said irritably.

"And I'm not? You know how many more instruments I gotta find? A lot, that's how many. Now if we split the list between us, we might just make it in time." Pinkie encouraged.

"Please, Pinkie, I don't have time for some silly scavenger hunt. I've got a real problem." Rarity shrugged Pinkie off frustratedly and walked to Fluttershy's cottage.

"You've got a real problem alright, and a banjo is the only answer." Pinkie randomly stated and zoomed off. Rarity rolled her eyes in annoyance and kept on walking. Zach and Twilight managed to get their handfull of insects as well and gasped as they bump into Rarity on the way. Rarity also gasped and notices their stuffed up bags and knows what's in them.

"I see we're having the same problem." Rarity stated.

"Get out!" a familiar voice shouted. It was Dash finally shaking off the insect beard from her chin and tried to fly away from them.

"Fluttershy knows everything about animals, I'm sure she can tell us how to stop them from multiplying." Twilight thought as the three ran to Fluttershy's cottage. They opened the door and to their total surprise thousands of these insects were pouring out like a waterfall.

"...or not." Twilight muttered. As they looked inside it appears Fluttershy was having a harder time than they are.

"Ugh, do something Fluttershy, can't you control them?" Twilight asked urgently as Fluttershy tries to stop the insects.

" I tried everything I know: I've tried begging, and pleading, and beseeching, and asking politely and..." Fluttershy said while she dodges the pans and pots the bugs were carrying.

"If we don't get these things under control, then..." Zach said as he and Twilight widened their eyes in horror thinking the possibilities these things can do. They think when Princess Celestia arrives at town before they stopped them then they could see her being taken away screaming in horror as they eat her down.

"If we can't get them under control before the princess arrives, it'll be a total disaster." Twilight finished. An insect comes near Rarity and coughs out another one.

"Ew! If you ask me it's already a total disaster." Rarity noted.

"Eeyuck. Now I know why Pinkie went all 'ugh' over them." Zach stated in disgust after seeing how they multiply.

"Here's all those apples you wanted, Fluttershy, but I still can't figure why y'need so many. HEY!" Applejack came over with a cart full of apples and was eaten in just seconds by the swarm of bugs.

"What do we do?" Fluttershy asked worriedly.

"[gasp] I got it! No pony can herd like Applejack." Twilight pointed out.

"Yeah! We can drive 'em back into the forest." Dash agreed.

"I'l rustle 'em up, but I need everypony's help to do it. Zach, you use your mind control power thingy to help gather them up. Twilight, you and Rarity wait over there. I'll herd the little critters straight at ya like a funnel. Rainbow Dash, you and Fluttershy stay on top of 'em, don't let 'em fly away." Applejack ordered.

"Aye aye." Dash saluted and flyed to the air with Fluttershy.

"Yeeeeeee-haw!" Applejack cheered and started cornering the insects with Zach, Twilight, and Rarity as Dash and Fluttershy corner them from the skies. They soon cornered them and rolled them up into a ball.

"Alright y'all, here goes nothin'." Applejack said and they roll the ball of bugs to the forest as Applejack keeps an eye on the runaways.

"Look out Rarity, that one's fixin' to get away. Keep a lean on 'em, Rainbow Dash. Hold on boy and girls, we're almost there." Applejack noted. Pinkie then appeared next to Twilight as they run.

"Pinkie!" Twilight noticed.

"Twilight, we don't have much time." Pinkie said.

"You're telling me? The princess could arrive at any moment." Twilight agreed.

"Exactly. That's why I need you gals to drop what you're doing and help me find some maracas."

"Maracas? Pinkie, we've got much bigger problems than missing maracas."

"[gasp] You're right! Getting a tuba has to be our number one goal. Follow me." Pinkie ordered and ran the other direction but Twilight ignored her order and kept her course. Pinkie came back running backwards which surprised Twilight.

"I said, follow me!" Pinkie repeated.

"Pinkie Pie, you are so random." Dash quoted annoyingly.

"And you are all so stubborn." Pinkie countered and ran the other way.

"Forget her ladies. Focus. Head 'em up and move 'em out." Applejack said and they all continued herding them into the forest. They then stopped yards away from the forest and the rolling ball insects let themselves into the Everfree Forest.

"Alright." Dash cheered and high fived Fluttershy's hooves with a loud clop.

"Ouch." Fluttershy said looking at her hooves.

"We did it. Nice work, Applejack." Twilight commented.

"Couldn't a'done it without y'all." Applejack admitted proudly.

"Now let's get back and clean the mess they made, before the princess arrives." Twilight said and they all headed back to Fluttershy's cottage.

"Okay, everyone knows what to do, right? We gotta work extra hard to make up for lost time." Twilight said.

"Hey, with those things gone, we still got plenty of time to clean up before she arrives." Zach assured. But the worst was yet to come as Fluttershy opens her door another large swarm of insects comes out flocking the whole place.

"Where did they come from?" Twilight asked in shock.

"Uh, I may have kept just one. Heh." Fluttershy chuckled and smiled sheepishly after showing her hidden bug.

"And after ALL that work!" Zach yelled in frustration as he and the others gave her threatening glares.

"I couldn't help myself. They're just so cute." Fluttershy admitted sheepishly.

"We don't have time to keep rounding up these things. What do we do now?" Twilight asked as the group try to come up with a plan.

"We call in the weather patrol." Dash said with goggles around her neck and took for the skies again. She looks down to see the others try to round up the things as much as they could.

"Time to take out the adorable trash. YAAAAAA!" Dash shouted loudly while pounding on her chest like an ape. She then spins around the whole yard as fast as she could and formed a twister which sucks all of them in. Twilight holds on to Applejack while holding on for dear life while Zach holds on to Rarity.

"Way to go, Rainbow Dash!" Twilight cheered.

"Looks like our problems are solved." Applejack said.

"They will be with these cymbals." Pinkie said with a pair of banging symbols around her neck. But the wind was too strong that it ripped off the rope and the symbols became flying threats.

"Hey! Give me those back!" Pinkie shouted and the symbols started flying into the twister trying to cut Dash into ribbons while she dodges them.

"Whoa. Yaa! Yow! Woah! Wow! I can't hold it! She's breaking up." Dash shouted out and started flying out of the twister but Zach caught her before she could crash into a tree. As the twister ended the insects started flying into town.

"Oh no." Zach muttered.

"Pinkie Pie, what have you done?" Twilight shouted angrily as she and the others glare at her.

"I've lost a brand new pair of cymbals, that's what I've done." Pinkie yelled back.

"Will you forget about your silly instruments for one second? You're ruining our efforts to save Ponyville." Twilight said frustratedly.

"Me? Ruin? I'm not the ruiner, I'm the ruinee! Or is it ruiness? Ruinette?" Pinkie began going off topic.

"Come on guys, there's no reasoning with that one. She's a few apples short of a bushel." Applejack said and they all rushed for Ponyville.

"Hey! I'm trying to tell you all that the ruining is on the other hoof. If you just slow down and listen to me!" Pinkie shouted angrily. At Ponyville the insects started raining down on town and everypony looks up in awe. One lands on another pony's hoof and chirped making the pony adore the creature unaware on how dangerous it can actually be. Soon the the bug instantly went for the food on the table and ate it in one bite showing the pony's what they're capable of. Soon they began eating gardens and every food product they can find. The group can just stand and watch as they devour each and every last crop.

"What do we do? They're eating all the food in town." Fluttershy said in worry.

"And if this keeps up, then maybe all of Equestria will be doomed." Zach added in horror.

"[gasp] My apples!" Applejack gasped in horror and quickly rushed for her barn.

"We've gotta do something. I got it! I'll cast a spell to make them stop eating all the food." Twilight said.

"Will it work?" Zach asked just as Pinkie appears behind them but ignore what she has to say.

"I'm not sure, but hope it does." Twilight said and prepares her spell and sends waves of energy from her horn and spreads all around town as the insects halt their actions. Pinkie then appears behind the group but they ignore what she has to say.

"Look, tamborines! If you can all just... [scream]" Pinkie growled in frustration and ran off. A lone bug comes up to an apple in a basket and sniffed it. Twilight gasped tensly hoping her spell worked. Then the insect refused to eat it and Twilight sighed in relief thinking it is finally over. But it was far from over as the insect ate the whole basket but spat out the apple. The swarm of insects began eating mass objects either it be signs, lamp posts, or even food carts. An apple rolls near Dash realizing things got worse.

"Heh. Hey, it worked. They're not eating the food anymore." Dash quoted as Twilight gave out a sheepish smile.

"Hey, that's a mistake she won't make again." Zach defended Twilight.

"Oh no... if they get inside my store... Everypony for themselves!" Rarity shrieked in horror and runs to her boutique. As she got there the bugs have already began devouring her precious attires.

"My outfits! Go on, shoo! Get out of here. Naughty! Naughty!" Rarity urged one of the insects to go as it threw up another one and she starts backing away in fear unable to figure out what to do. She gets on a small chair and all she could do was scream in desperation.

"I'll save you!" Pinkie said appearing in the front door posing like a superhero. Rarity actually felt relived she was there but sees she runs from her to get a flute from one of her desks and runs out. Rarity shrieks in horror losing hope. Meanwhile at Sweet Apple Acres the Apple family were preparing themselves for the swarm of insects that were about to come.

"No woodland creature is gonna eat the Apple Family's crop." Applejack assured as the swarm approaches their territory.

"Brace yourself y'all, here they come." Applejack said and got out a bug spray while the others got out farming equipment as weapons. To their surprise the bugs ignored the orchard and chopped down the barn until it was nothing but a skeleton of wood and crumbles down.

" [gasp] Didn't see that one comin'." Applejack admitted as she and others stare in disbelief. At the library in town Zach and Twilight couldn't help but watch as their home gets destroyed by the swarm of beasts.

"Help!" Spike called out while hiding under a basket for protection. Zach and Twilight then noticed that the pages on each of the books are blank.

"[gasp] They're eating the words." Twilight pointed out seeing the bugs lick out or even slurp the words out of the books.

"[groan] Quick, grab one of them, I have an idea. We're going to meet someone in the forest." Zach ordered.

"Way ahead of ya." Twilight said and grabbed one of the bugs by the wings and and ran out the door leaving Spike to fend for himself again.

"Help..." Spike said again. Zach and Twilight were on their way to Zecora's hut to see if she has anyway of helping them. Zecora was meditating while balancing her head on a pole.

"Zecora!" Zach called out as he and Twilight forced the door open thus startling Zecora to lose her balance and fall of her pole with a thud.

"Have you gone mad?" Zecora asked slightly annoyed while rubbing her head.

"Sorry about that, but we have a problem." Zach explained as Twilight spat out the bug from her mouth.

"Zecora, these little guys are devouring Ponyville, and the princess is on her way. Can you help us, please?" Twilight begged as the insect flys onto Zecora's nose.

"Oh, monster of so little size. Is that a parasprite before my eyes?" Zecora said looking at the bug on her nose.

"I don't know! Is it?" Twilight asked as the bug leaves Zecora.

"Tales of crops and harvests consumed. If these creatures are in Ponyville... you're doomed." Zecora assured while the so called parasprite which Pinkie appears to be right about the name a day ago mulitplied another out of it's mouth.

"Gee, thanks." Zach thanked sarcastically as Twilight gulped in fear. As they exit the forest the parasprites follow them not leaving them alone.

"Go away!" Zach shouted annoyingly as he and Twilight used their tails to whip them away. Then Twilight sees something approach from Canterlot.

"Oh no, here she comes." Twilight pointed up as they see the princess ride her carriage to town. Zach and Twilight rushed to town to see the whole place going to chaos as the citezens panic in fear from the town eating beasts. Twilight then lost it making up an impossible plan.

"Okay, here's the plan. Rainbow Dash, you distract them." Twilight ordered. Dash flys by screaming from the parasprites that are chasing her.

"Good. Everyone else, we need to build an exact copy of Ponyville right over there. We've got less than a minute." Twilight said.

"Do we even have that time?" Zach asked as he watches the town gets destroyed.

"Zecora was right, we're doomed." Twilight accepted in defeat as she lowers her head in shame. Zach was about to comfort her until a nice but horrifying sound appears. It sounded like royal trumpets announcing the arrival of royalty.

"Oh no, the princess's procession is here. It's all over." Twilight said in fear. But to make yet another surprise the music changes into a different tune with more added instruments and in the streets it wasn't the princess approaching it was Pinkie playing the instruments she got her hooves on and rambled about all day.

"Pinkie Pie?" Zach muttered in denial as Twilight rubbed her eyes to see if her vision was correct. Pinkie was marching with a variety of instruments on her back like a tuba, accordian, harmonica, banjo, and cymbals on her legs playing them all in a one-pony-band version.

"Pinkie? We're in the middle of a crisis here. This is no time for your-" Twilight was getting a little irritated at Pinkie as she passes by. Zach then noticed something strange in the sky and grabbed Twilight's head and turned it to the sky staring in disbelief.

"Nonsense?" Twilight finished as she couldn't believe what she was seeing. The parasprites were getting into the beat and followed Pinkie bouncing on the ground in a single file line like the little balls they are. The other four were also there to watch in denial unsure how Pinkie was doing this. Zach and Twilight lifted their hooves up in confusion and followed Pinkie and the parasprites from the back.

"We should probably start on our apology to Pinkie, huh?" Zach asked shamefully.

"I suppose so. Look." Twilight said and pointed in the distance. Princess Celestia was landing yards away from them and Zach, Twilight and the others rushed to her while Pinkie leads the parasprites to the Everfree Forest. The carriage stopped in front of the group as they bowed to the royal presence.

"Zachary Lanson and Twilight Sparkle, my prized pupils." Princess Celestia greeted graciously.

"Hello, princess." Twilight greeted back.

"So lovely to see you again, as well as your friends." Celestia added as the others gave out their best smiles. Then they heard Pinkie marching by with the parasprites marching behind her. Everyone's smile became a sheepish look as they were embarassed to come up with an excuse. Celestia watched as one by one each bouncing parasprite passes by.

"We can explain." Zach said sheepishly.

"So... how's the trip? Get much traffic?" Twilight asked also in a sheepish tone as Celestia continues to watch the march.

"What traffic?" Zach asked looking up to find nothing up in the sky.

"Ah, what is this?" Celestia asked confusingly until a parasprite landed on her wing changing her attention to it. She extended her wing to see the chirping bug and changed her expression into a joyful smile.

"Oh ho ho, these creatures are adorable." Celestia chuckled.

"They're not that adorable." Dash muttered and sticked out her tongue to emphasize her point.

"Not to mention dangerous." Zach added.

"I'm terribly honored that you and the good citizens of Ponyville have organized a parade in honor of my visit." Celestia thanked.

"Parade? Oh. Yes, the parade." Twilight said quickly going along with Celestia's thought.

"Unfortunately, that visit is going to have to wait for another time. I'm afraid an emergency has come up in Fillydelphia. Apparently there's been some sort of infestation." Celestia explained.

"An... infestation?" Twilight asked in shock.

"What... kind of infestation?" Zach asked uneasly.

"Yes, a swarm of incredibly bothersome creatures has invaded the poor town. I'm sorry Zach and Twilight, to have to put you all through so much trouble." Celestia apologized.

"Trouble? What trouble?" Twilight asked also in an uneasy tone.

"Yeah, it wasn't much trouble at all." Zach assured uncomfortably.

"Is... there something you're hiding from me?" Celestia asked curiously.

"No, of course not. We assure you we have nothing to hide." Zach said assuringly.

"Well, if that's the case, then I'll be on my way. But before I have to go, would you two care to give me your latest report on the magic of friendship in person?" Celestia asked as she steps back on to her carriage.

"Our... report?" Zach and Twilight questioned in unison.

"Haven't you two learned anything about friendship?" Celestia asked. Zach and Twilight looked at Pinkie who was still playing her polka in one place as the bouncing march of parasprites make their way into the forest. The two looked at each other with smiles on their faces and nodded in agreement.

"Actually, we have. We've learned that sometimes the solution to your problems can come from where you least expect it. It's a good idea to stop and listen to your friends' opinions and perspectives-" a cymbal clash occured just when Twilight was about end their report.

"Even when they don't always seem to make sense." Twilight finished.

"Like Pinkie Pie for example." Zach added.

"I'm so proud of you, Zachary Lanson and Twilight Sparkle, and I'm very impressed with your friends as well. It sounds like you're all learning so much from each other." Celestia said gracefully.

"Thank you, princess." Twilight thanked just as Celestia left on her carriage for the skies again.

"And good luck!" Zach mentioned as she took off. The group came up to Pinkie who stopped playing her instruments as the last of the parasprites entered the forest from once they came.

"Hey, what happened to the princess?" Pinkie asked.

"Emergency in Fillydelphia." Twilight explained.

"Some sort of infestation." Dash added with a sly smile.

"Oh no! Have they got parasprites too? Well, have tuba, will travel." Pinkie quoted as she blew on her tuba.

"I think the princess can handle it." Twilight assured.

"So you knew what those critters were all along, huh Pinkie Pie?" Applejack asked.

"Well DUH, why do you think I was so frantic to get my hooves on all these instruments? I tried to tell you." Pinkie reminded.

"We know Pinkie Pie, and we're sorry we didn't listen." Twilight apologized as well as the others.

"You're a great friend, even if we don't always understand you." Twilight admitted.

"Thanks guys, you're all great friends too, even when I don't understand me." Pinkie agreed also admitting with Twilight.

"You saved me and Zach's reputation with Princess Celestia, and more importantly, you saved Ponyville." Twilight cheered.

"Uh, about that..." Zach said sheepishly as he pointed at town. The place was nearly wrecked into pieces as the building were nearly standing without most of their work and ruined a lot of good products.

"Or not." Twilight corrected.

"Well, we better start cleaning up and... [sigh] rebuilding." Zach muttered tiredly. Pinkie then came up blowing on a trombone in a 'oh well' tune.

"PINKIE!" Zach shouted irritatedly. At least the crisis is all over and they can schedule a more safer casual visit from Princess Celestia.