Derpyball

An MLP: FIM fic by The Rated PonyStar

Edited by Fernin and Halcyon.

Disclaimer: MLP is not mine. Please enjoy.

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"Wow, would you look at all the ponies here! Is it a party? I hope it's a party!" exclaimed Pinkie Pie, turning her head left and right.

Pinkie's guess was as good as any other since nopony knew why they had been summoned to the library. All of them had received the same cryptic message that said to arrive for an important meeting. As the crowd grew larger—and the available space smaller-—everypony kept asking the same question: why did Twilight Sparkle call them? A great silence came as Twilight descended down her staircase, eyes sparkling with determination. She made her way to the front of the crowd and cleared her throat.

"Good afternoon, everypony. I suppose you're all wondering why I asked everypony to come here," said Twilight.

"Oh! Oh! Are we here for a party?" asked Pinkie, bouncing in place.

"No, Pinkie. We're actually here for something a bit more important," answered Twilight.

"Well, whatever it is, can we hurry up? I want to get back to practicing my new moves!" whined Rainbow Dash, flapping her wings impatiently.

Twilight tried to calm the sudden wave of complaints prompted by Rainbow's outburst, but the crowd's grievances quickly overwhelmed both her patience and her ability to be heard over the growing tumult. Fortunately, Twilight was prepared for such an occasion. She conjured a megaphone and pressed the trigger button, unleashing a loud horn-like noise. Everypony cringed from the sudden blare and held their ears. They shouted for her to shut it off as they felt their eardrums ready to explode. Twilight stopped and put the megaphone away while everypony eyed the accursed contraption.

With the room silent once more, Twilight continued. "I know everypony is busy, but this is important. I sent Spike over to Canterlot yesterday for confirmation of an event I've been wanting us to take part in. He received the letter of approval and sent it to me this morning. Therefore, I am happy to announce that, with Princess Celestia and the mayor's blessings, Ponyville has been signed up for this year's Help the Needy Fundraiser."

Twilight smiled as she saw everypony's ears shoot up. "The fundraiser is a nationwide event that has every town that joins raise money. Each participating town hosts special events to attract donations, and we have to have a planned out event one week from today."

"Well, that sounds like a swell idea. Ah'm in on this," volunteered Applejack, raising a hoof.

"Me too!" shouted Pinkie, following suit.

The crowd began to voice their support as they started to mumble ideas to one another. Twilight summoned a chalkboard to her side and turned back towards the audience. "Well, now that we're all in agreement, it's time to start coming up with ideas! Anypony have some?"

"I know! We can have a huge bake sale. All of us can make delicious sweets and sell them," suggested Pinkie. Ponies licked their lips at the thought of a huge entourage of bakers giving out their best treats.

"A rodeo might be a good idea! Somethin' similar to the Iron Pony competition," proposed Applejack. The athletes all slapped hooves, bumped flanks, and cheered in agreement, anxious at the idea of showing off their skills.

"I think we should host a fashion show!" said Rarity, resulting in a few eye rolls from the group. "All the ponies will be dazzled by the sight of my marvelous dresses, and we would find the best mares to wear them."

"How is that raising money?" asked Rainbow Dash.

"Why, the audience gets to pay to see my fabulousness, of course!" Rarity whipped her hair as Rainbow Dash shook her head.

Suggestions were mentioned from walkathons to full out rock festivals out. Even Fluttershy managed to propose her wish for a petting zoo. Twilight struggled to write everything down as her chalk got shorter and shorter. By the time they were finished, the chalkboard had been filled to brim with barely any black left.

Twilight wiped the sweat from her brow. "Phew! That's a lot of ideas. Now we just need to-"

"Incoming!" shouted a voice from outside.

Everypony yelled as a figure crashed right through the front window. Rarity nearly fainted as the flying glass missed her hooves by inches. The startled crowd looked up to see the cause of the unexpected interruption: a grey pegasus with blond hair and crossed eyes. The intruder shouted for help, her wings flapping so fast she looked like a hummingbird. Everypony jumped out of the way, except for one stunned Twilight Sparkle.

When she saw the incoming collision, Twilight charged her horn for the teleportation spell—but was sent tumbling as the golden-grey blur knocked her off her hooves. The two crashed into the chalkboard, sending a cloud of thick white chalk dust up into the air. The sounds of choking and wheezing filled the room as the panicked crowd struggled to breath—and for the exits. When the dust finally cleared, those left in the library turned around and stared at the pegasus who caused the accident.

Twilight could feel the taste of limestone in her mouth as she coughed out the remaining chalk dust. Looking up, she noticed the intruder sitting on top of her and growled, "Derpy!"

Derpy Hooves looked around and saw the mess she had made. Under the harsh glares, the nervous pegasus rubbed the back of her head sheepishly. "Oops, my bad."

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"Darn it, Derpy! Couldn't you just use the door?" shouted Dash. Broom in hoof, she attempted to sweep the broken glass toward Rarity's dustpan.

"Like you're one to talk, Dash," muttered Rarity, glancing over the specks of glass still scattered around the floor. She pulled the broom out of Dash's grip, much to the pegasus' annoyance, and concentrated on making a decent effort to sweep.

"Sorry, everypony. I forgot about the meeting and rushed over here as fast as I could. I didn't mean to break the window..." One of Derpy's eyes glanced down at the floor while the other focused on Fluttershy blowing chalk dust off the bookshelves. A speck of dust managed to get inside her nose, causing Fluttershy to sneeze and send her into the bookshelf. Derpy cringed as a dozen books fell onto the dazed pegasus. "Or ruin the books..."

"Not to mention you ruined our list of ideas for the charity," mumbled Rainbow. "Is there ever a day when you're not a klutz?"

"Hey! I'm not a klutz when I'm doing my mail job." Derpy puffed her chest out proudly. "In fact, I manage to avoid most of the trees when I'm on duty now."

Rainbow Dash raised an eyebrow. "Was that before or after you replaced my mail with muffins last week?"

"So that's what happened to my lunch on Tuesday..." mumbled Derpy. Rainbow shook her head and turned away from the sighing mailpony.

Derpy's then focused her attention towards Twilight, who was currently fixated on a piece of parchment with a bottle of ink levitating next to it. A sharp quill hovered inches over the paper as small blobs of ink dripped from the tip. Twilight was about to start writing when she felt a warm breath of air on her shoulder. She turned around, finding two yellow beaming eyes right in front of her face. "Hey, Twilight! Anything I can do to help?"

Twilight nearly jumped out of her skin as the spell broke, sending the objects to the floor. The ink bottle smashed onto the ground, forming into a black puddle mixed with broken glass. Under Twilight's angry glare, Derpy sat on her haunches, whimpering like a scolded puppy.

"Derpy! Now look what you made me do!" hissed Twilight. Derpy lowered her head even further, her eyes getting misty. Twilight's anger soon faded into regert. "Look Derpy, I'm sorry. I know it was an accident, but can you please leave the cleaning to us?"

"But I want make it up to you? Please?" begged Derpy, biting her lip.

Before Twilight could answer the door suddenly opened. Everypony watched as a grey unicorn filly with and a blond mane rushed inside shouting, "Found you, mommy!"

The pleading look on Derpy's face instantly washed away, replaced with a look of delight. "Dinky!"

The smiling filly dived into her mother's waiting arms and laughed as Derpy spun her in the air. The two continued to play around, the other ponies slowing grinning from ear to ear at the scene. Even Dash gave a quick smile before returning to her frown. The fun soon ended as Derpy brought her pride and joy into a bone-crushing embrace.

"How did you find me, Muffin?" asked Derpy. She brought her daughter back to the ground and gave her a quick nuzzle.

"Aunt Carrot Top saw you flying over to the library earlier and I thought I'd surprise you! Were you surprised? Huh, were you?" Dinky asked, jumping in place.

Derpy smiled and started jumping as well. "I was very surprised, Muffin. We all were! Right girls?"

"Oh, absolutely!" Pinkie shouted. She hopped toward the two and started to join in on the excitement. Soon, all three of them were bouncing around like grasshoppers. "It was such a surprise that I never saw it coming! And I know everything about surprises! Are you sure you're not my daughter instead?"

Dinky giggled. "No! I'm mommy's little muffin!"

"I'm proud to have you be my little muffin, Muffin." Derpy leaned down, kissing her daughter on the cheek. "Now we better head home. Twilight and her friends need to clean up and Aunt Carrot Top is making your favorite stew!"

"You mean her famous onion and carrot stew?" asked Dinky as drool started to drip out of her mouth. "Well, what are waiting for? Let's go, Mommy!"

After apologizing once again, Derpy picked up her daughter and flew outside. The six waved goodbye, their faces beaming.

"She might not be the most coordinated of ponies, but I've never seen a mother give more love to her child than she," proclaimed Rarity, her friends nodding.

"Shucks, seein' little Dinky bounce around like that reminds me of me and mah own ma," said Applejack, pawing the ground with a blush.

"Whatever. See one mother do it, you've seen it all..." muttered Rainbow Dash, turning her attention back to the mess.

The girls reluctantly went back to work. Twilight turned to her mess, wishing that Spike wasn't still in Canterlot. She grabbed a paper towel and tried to wipe away the ink pool. However, the swipes only made the black stain grow larger. Furious, Twilight tried harder to contain the mess, but with each attempt it kept getting bigger, as did her frustration. When the blot of ink was triple in size, Twilight stomped her hoof and threw the dirty towel against the wall.

Fluttershy walked over, asking, "You okay, Twilight?"

"I'm fine, Fluttershy. I just wish I had the sense to write down everything before the accident," sighed Twilight before turning to her friends. "Can any of you remember any of the ideas?"

"I remember my bakesale idea!" shouted Pinkie.

"Ah still think an athletics competition could be good," suggested Applejack.

"Not to mention my fabulous fashion show!" exclaimed Rarity.

Twilight turned to Fluttershy, who nervously pawed the ground. "Um, I'm fine with anything... really... but… a petting zoo would be nice…"

Rainbow Dash groaned and landed in the middle of the group. "Come on, guys, all that stuff has been done before! We need to show everypony something great! Something wild and exciting!"

"I thought you would want the athletics competition, Rainbow Dash," said Rarity, but to her surprise, Dash simply waved it off.

The pegasus lifted her head up, proudly proclaiming, "Please. Everypony knows I'm the most athletic out of all of us. Wouldn't be much of a competition if I was involved."

Applejack rolled her eyes. She was about to speak out when Rarity stopped her. "Just let her brag. It will be quicker that way."

"Well, we're just going to have to go with what we got. Mind getting me another bottle of ink, Rainbow?" asked Twilight, turning back to the blank paper in her telekinetic grip.

"Fine, but I still think we can come up with something cooler," muttered Rainbow Dash. She flew towards a shelf containing various supplies and spotted a spare ink bottle. When she grabbed it, Dash looked towards Twilight and then at the bottle before grinning mischievously. Turning around, Dash threw the ink bottle at Twilight. "Think fast!"

Unfortunately, Dash's aim was off. The bottle zipped towards a surprised Fluttershy instead. With a quick gasp, the yellow pegasus ducked between her hooves. The ink bottle sailed past her, narrowly missing her raised hindquarters. Twilight quickly caught the bottle with magic and placed it out onto a nearby table.

"Rainbow! Watch it! You're lucky Fluttershy barely dodged that," shouted Twilight.

Rainbow's face lit up as an idea popped in her head. Excitement filled her eyes as she shouted, "That's it! Dodgeball! That can be our event!"

"Dodgeball? Why, Ah haven't played that game since Ah was in middle school! Boy howdy, did we play it every recess. Great times," said Applejack.

"Me too!" Pinkie bounced high into the air, nearly hitting the ceiling. "I used to play it all the time with my sisters and the neighbors back at the rock farm! 'Course we had to use rocks back then since we couldn't afford rubber balls. What made it even more fun were all the lollipops we got from the doctors. It was a nice twist to the game and it made everypony run really fast."

Pinkie tilted her head as her friends just stared at her. "What?"

A perplexed Twilight asked, "I'm sorry, but what is dodgeball? I've never heard of it before."

"Dodgeball is only, like, the greatest, most awesomest sport ever! It's got teams trying to hit each other with rubber balls while catching the other team's throws. You get hit, you're out!" Dash explained. She rose higher as she talked, buoyed by her enthusiasm. "The best part is that it's really easy to learn, and it's got rules for all kinds of games, depending on who's playing. Like a limit for how high pegasi can fly and what spells unicorns can and can't use. And it's tons of fun!"

Fluttershy trembled upon hearing the rules of the game. Especially at the part where the ponies were supposed to hit each other. "I-it sounds... s-scary..."

"I actually think it sounds like fun," said Twilight, intrigued.

"Honestly, a game where people throw balls at each other sounds a bit brutish in my mind." Rarity huffed at the idea of herself playing such a ludicrous and dangerous sounding game. "Can't we just go with my suggestion?"

"No way! I haven't played dodgeball in forever! I'm not going to roll over and let some boring, lame fashion show be our special event," argued Rainbow Dash.

"How about this?" proposed Twilight. "Let's combine the ideas together. Why don't we host a dodgeball tournament for everypony to enter in teams? Pinkie and the Cakes can cater the food while Rarity makes the uniforms for each team. Then we use the cash from the tickets and baked goods to donate to the funds!"

The five mares nodded in agreement as Twilight wrote down their plan. "Great, then meet me tomorrow in town to spread the word. Let's make this fundraiser the best it can be!"

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The next day many of the town residents stood in one of two lines. The left line was heading for a stand surrounded by dodgeballs that was being handled by Twilight Sparkle and Rarity. On the right side, a much smaller line was making for a pink stand handled by Pinkie Pie. In between the lines were Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, and Applejack, who were handing out pamphlets to anypony interested in the rules of the game.

Pinkie Pie smiled as the next pony in line came forward. "Hey, Bon Bon! Thinking of putting your delicious chocolates in the bake sale?"

"Of course. Anything to help with the cause. Plus, nopony can make chocolate sweets better than me," proclaimed Bon Bon with a cocky smirk.

"I'd like to take that as a challenge someday," said Pinkie. She wrote down Bon-Bon's name on the list before pointing to the other stand. "Did you sign up for the Dodgeball Tournament?"

"No. I'm terrible at sports," admitted Bon-Bon. "Lyra, however, said she was dead set on joining."

"You bet your flank I did," said Lyra, walking over from the dodgeball stand. She wrapped her forearm around Bon Bon and grinned. "Too bad Bonny here can't catch a ball to save her life. Back in school, she was so bad that she tried to come up with excuses why she couldn't participate in gym."

"Th-they weren't excuses. I-I had legitimate reasons for not attending," argued Bon Bon, avoiding Lyra's smirking face.

"Oh really? What about the time you said you had to take your sick cat to the vet? Did you suddenly lose those allergies you've had all your life?" chuckled Lyra. An elbow to the gut quickly silenced the lyre player, but her grin still remained. Bon Bon dragged Lyra from the stand, mumbling about 'embarrassing her'. Pinkie waved the two goodbye before addressing the next pony in line.

Meanwhile, Twilight was beaming over the large amount of participants they already had for the tournament. Her smile soon drooped when she looked up and saw the line still growing up ahead, even past the next block. "Everypony's really excited about this, huh? I think we may have to extend the tournament a few days just so everypony's team can play."

"Sounds good," agreed Rarity, looking up from her lists. "Celestia knows, not even I can create so many uniforms in a week. If we make the tournament last longer than a day I'll be able to finish for everypony."

"That's great. Have you decided what team you're going to be on?" asked Twilight.

"Please, Twilight," chided Rarity. She swished her elegant mane while holding her nose up high. "Such a violent sport is not something for a lady like moi. After all, I'm not one for activities that involve getting sweaty or dirty."

"What about the Sisterhooves Social?" asked Twilight, smirking.

"Th-that was different!" answered Rarity, rubbing her hooves together, much to Twilight's amusement.

"Well, we'd better tell the others about the idea," said Twilight. She spotted Fluttershy nearby and waved her to come over.

"Yes? Something wrong?" asked Fluttershy.

"Relax, Fluttershy," assured Twilight. "We just need you to tell Rainbow Dash and Applejack that there's going to be an extension on the days of the tournament. That way we can have everypony playing."

Fluttershy lowered her head and pawed the ground. "Um, I think that might be a problem..."

"Why?"

"Because Rainbow Dash and Applejack are kind of fighting right now..."

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In between the lines, both sides were watching a furious tug of war between Rainbow Dash and Applejack. Each of them held their grip on the foreleg of an embarrassed Big Macintosh. Big Macintosh tried to say something, but another tug from Rainbow only made him grunt in pain.

"What do you mean I can't ask your brother to be on my team?" shouted Rainbow Dash, pulling with all her strength behind her wings.

"Because ya already got Snowflake for muscles on your team. Plus, he's mahbrother and he knows better than to turn against his kin!" argued Applejack, narrowing her eyes at a sweating Macintosh.

"Don't Ah have a say in this?" asked Big Macintosh.

"No!" shouted both mares. They yanked harder, nearly stretching Big Macintosh as far as he could. A glowing purple aura suddenly surrounded Applejack and Rainbow Dash, pulling them off the big stallion. Free at last, Big Macintosh rushed off before anything else happened to him.

Twilight released her friends and glared at the two of them. "Girls, I asked you to hand out information. Not to go scouting for potential teammates and fighting over them like they were toys."

"Ain't mah fault that Ah caught Rainbow here tryin' to sweet talk mah brother into joining her team," muttered Applejack, adjusting her hat.

"Oh really? Who was the one flickering her eyes over at some my squad mates on the weather patrol?" accused Rainbow Dash, narrowing her eyes. "If you can take members of my weather team then I sure as hay can take your brother!"

"Ya want somepony off mah farm? Take Caramel, he'll be a real big help," suggested Applejack with a smirk.

"That guy? He can barely do anything right! I'd rather have Twilight!" Rainbow turned to the deadpan unicorn. "No offence."

"None taken..." growled Twilight.

Applejack lowered her hat and stared eye to eye with Rainbow Dash. "Looks like there's only one way to settle this."

Wings flaring, Rainbow Dash stepped forward until she and Applejack were only inches apart. "I was just thinking the same thing. One-on-one dodgeball?"

"As if there were any other way," snorted Applejack.

After one last glare, the two rivals started to slowly pace off from one another. By now, the crowd had begun to back up and started whispering their opinions on who was going to win. Twilight looked at both of them and asked, "Don't you think this is pointless, girls?"

"Sorry, Twilight, but I'm already itching for a match," said Rainbow, never losing her focus on Applejack.

"Same here," mentioned Applejack.

Twilight sighed in defeat before she summoned two dodgeballs and rolled them over to both competitors. "I guess I'll be the judge. You girls ready?"

Applejack spat on the ground and leaned back, ready to pounce. Her tail whipped back and forth as sweat dripped from her brow. Rainbow Dash flared her wings while licking her chops. The pegasus held the dodgeball close to her chest, flaring her nostrils. The entire town square was as silent as a graveyard except for the occasional crunch as Pinkie Pie shoveled another helping of popcorn into her mouth.

Twilight looked at both competitors, and shouted, "Go!"

In an instant, Rainbow Dash took to the skies. Applejack wasted no time and sprinted forward, zigzagging. Rainbow Dash raised her hoof to throw, but she couldn't get a good lock on Applejack. Frustrated, Rainbow Dash dived down for a closer shot.

A grinning Applejack quickly reversed her direction and started charging towards Rainbow. Timing the distance between them, Applejack tossed her dodgeball into the air. She turned around and kicked it with her hind legs.

When Rainbow Dash landed, she gasped. The dodgeball was just a foot away from knocking her teeth out. At the last second, Rainbow dived to the right, the projectile barely nicking her mane. An incredulous Applejack sat on her haunches as Rainbow Dash stood only a few feet from her, grinning mischievously.

"Game. Set. Match!" shouted Rainbow Dash, releasing her own dodgeball.

Applejack got ready to jump out of the way, but she knew that the odds were against her. Before it could strike, a flash of brown and white zipped past her and disappeared as quick as it came, taking the dodgeball with it. Everypony looked around in confusion.

"Hey, Dash! Up here!" shouted a cocky voice.

Rainbow looked up and felt the dodgeball slam into her face before she could so much as blink. The pegasus was knocked off her hooves, her snout turning bright red. The newcomer landed not a foot away and leered mockingly down at her. Ponies around the town center gasped, but Dash only snarled when she saw who it was. "Gilda…"

"Surprised?" asked Gilda, confidently walking toward her former friend. "I see you're still the same loser hanging around with these lame-o's."

"And I see you still haven't gotten that beak of your's shut," growled Rainbow Dash. "What are you doing here anyway?"

"I was just in the neighborhood and wanted see what's up. Heard you were having a dodgeball tournament," said Gilda, flexing her claws.

"What's it to you?" asked Dash, raising her eyebrow. "Do you plan on joining or something?"

"Maybe…" said Gilda as she looked over the staring crowd. "Not that it would be much of a contest. After all, none of you guys can stand against me and my team."

"Are you trash talking us?" demanded Rainbow Dash, nostrils flaring.

Gilda let out forced laugh. "I'm only telling the truth. Compared to a team of griffins, you guys are nothing but a bunch of fillies barely out of their diapers."

"Now yer pushin' it!" shouted Applejack, stepping forward. "Doesn't matter what race ya are! We ponies can tango with ya griffins anytime!"

Everypony in the crowd shouted out in agreement. Gilda's smile deepened. "Really? Well then how about we make this tournament more interesting? Your best ponies against my team?"

The crowd all looked at each other as heads began to nod; a few even voiced out their vote. Twilight, however, stepped forward. "Hold it! We're supposed to be raising money for the fundraiser. Not settling some feud."

"Then have your charity tournament and find out who's the best of the best. Your winning team then gets to face my team after it's over. What are you, chicken?" mocked Gilda. She flapped her wings and started clucking.

Twilight raised an eyebrow. "Your insults aren't going to work on me, Gilda. I have been instructed by Princess Celestia to make sure that this charity is run right and I for one—"

"Oh, who cares what some sissy hippie princess says!" interrupted Gilda.

"W-What did you say about Princess Celestia?" shouted Twilight, her mouth open wide.

"Oh? Did I touch a nerve?" taunted Gilda. "Looks like I angered the princess's loyal dog, huh? Do you obey whatever she tells you to do? Do you roll over and play dead if she commands it? I bet she's just a lazy ruler who sits on her fat butt doing nothing but eat cake. Not to mention she commands all of you to obey her every little whim like a spoiled little brat. And if she doesn't get her way, she'll send you to the moon for a thousand years until you ask nicely for forgiveness."

With every insult, the growling of the ponies grew louder and louder. Even Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie were glaring at Gilda for her lack of respect. Nopony, however, was angrier than the princess's own faithful student.

"I'm giving you… one chance… to take back everything you said… about her," warned Twilight, gritting her teeth.

Gilda cleared her throat and leaned forward. "I'm sorry that the royal. stupid—"

Twilight could feel every fiber in her body shaking with rage.

"—lazy, pathetic excuse for a princess—"

As if sensing the danger, everypony started to back away from the growling unicorn.

"—has to sit on her overweight flank and babysit—"

Pinkie Pie quickly pulled out an army helmet and took cover behind her stand.

"—this pitiful town of losers!"

Like an erupting volcano, Twilight's mane and tail lit on fire as her eyes shone like those of a demon from the darkest pits of Tartarus. Even Gilda felt a chill run down her spine at the sight of Twilight's monstrous fury. With utter scorn, the enraged unicorn stared straight into Gilda's eyes. "You want a match? You got it! Be here in one week! And when we beat your sorry hides, we will bury you and your team six feet under and carve your tombstones with your own claws!"

Gilda nodded calmly. "I'm fine with that, but what do you say we up the ante?"

Twilight's flames slowly died down. The smoking unicorn eyed the griffin and asked, "What do you mean?"

"I mean a bet, horn head. It will make things more interesting," said Gilda. Her gaze turned towards the baking sale stand. "You guys are going to have food, right? If my team wins, then we get to have all the snacks we want for free."

A second later, a growling Pinkie Pie shot out of her hiding spot. She appeared in front of Gilda's face and hissed, "No way! Those goodies are going to be used to raise money!"

"How about letting me finish, Dweebie Pie?" growled Gilda. She grabbed Pinkie by the back of her mane and turned her around. "Now make like a bee and buzz off!"

The griffin raised her rear leg and brought it forward, kicking Pinkie in the flank. Everypony held their breath as Pinkie sailed into the air, vainly flapping her limbs. She then noticed she was heading towards the fountain and quickly pulled out a snorkel. A big splash soon erupted from the fountain, drenching nearby ponies. Utterly wet, Pinkie rose to the surface and started spitting out water along with a few bits she collected underwater.

"Anyway, where was I?" asked Gilda, nonchalantly. "If your team somehow wins, then not only will I take back everything I ever said about this place, but me and my team will also donate a big sum of money towards your fundraiser as well. Unless, of course, you're too scared to take a risk…"

"What? Don't be ridiculous," snorted Twilight. "There is no way that any of us are going to agr—"

"You got a deal!" shouted Rainbow Dash. She spit into her hoof as Gilda did the same with her claw. The two smacked their saliva covered limbs together, much to Twilight's horror.

"Rainbow! What are you doing?" shouted Twilight.

"Sorry, deal is set and done. See you in later, losers!" shouted Gilda. The crowd watched as the griffin flew away, laughing her head off.

"We'll see who's the loser when we school you bird brains!" yelled Rainbow Dash. She turned around and found Twilight glaring at her; ready to burst into flames again.

"Oh, come on, Twi! We can beat Gilda and her friends! Just think how awesome it would be to show her up and get her to pay up as well," implied Rainbow.

Twilight's anger faded, but the fire in her heart didn't. She glanced at everypony and saw they were just as determined as Rainbow Dash.

"She wants a war? We're going to give her a war!" shouted Twilight to the crowd. "She thinks ponies are weak and pathetic? We're going to show her just how strong we ponies are!"

"Yeah!"shouted the crowd.

Rainbow Dash took to the skies. "Alright, everypony! Get your teams ready and train like crazy! Whoever wins the tournament is going to represent us all! So let's get ready to kick butt!"

Everypony cheered in excitement. Their voices echoed so loud it could be heard even outside the town. The game was set and spirits were high as everypony prepared themselves for a tournament of fun and pride.

End of Chapter

"You think you know me…"

Greetings everypony. Thank you for reading the first chapter and I hope you all enjoyed it.

This is sort of based of an episode from Recess, but it has a lot of differences.

I'm trying to make this as episodic as possible so I would appreciate feedback on what you guys thought.

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