Welcome back! I actually don't have much to say this time around, so I'll make it quick.

Lately, I've found a few internet sites that might help me with my writing by learning just how the mane six think in a way. Of course, I just found it and I'm not sure how effective it is just yet, so I won't tell you all because I think it would just get mixed results. Guess we'll have to see if it works based on whether or not my writing on the original characters gets better. If any of you want to know the website I'm looking at, then simply PM me. I'd be glad to help direct you to the page.

Disclaimer: I do not own anything about MLP or anything else mentioned in the story. The only thing from this I do own is the story plot and Blitz himself.

On with the story!

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As I woke up the next morning, my throat felt scratchy and I had a light bump on my head. I didn't really care though since I was awake enough to remember that we all had to gather up to face Flim and Flam first thing in the morning. I quickly got up, scupped up my helmet and put it on, then got on my toolbelt. I then flew out the window, flying off towards the cite.

When I did get there, I saw the others. Only... Fore Hammer was the only one who was perfectly fine.

I landed and saw Jumpy J's head bandaged up. "What happend to you?! And Ginger, not you too!" I said with a rhyme as I saw Jumpy J and Ginger Star's heads bandaged up.

"Jumpy, do you want to explain? Or should I explain while teaching you another lesson?" Ginger asked, looking very mad.

"Okay, okay!" Jumpy looked to me quickly, then held his head because he moved to quickly with his injury. "Well, after you told Ginger to watch me to make sure I didn't get scared into a coma or anything, I took a walk around Ponyville. Then a pegasus fell from the sky came and landed right in front of me. It really freaked me out, and I tried to run the other way, but-" Before he could explain any further, Ginger interuppted him.

"He ran into a wall with me right behind him, and a bunch of potted plants pelted us. Doc said we should stay away from doing anything to dangerous." Ginger summed up.

"Well that's just great! Oh how I hate fate!" I rhymed again.

"Blitz, this is no time for rhyming!" Fore Hammer told me.

"I can not stop my infernal rhyming, cause it comes to me just like all this bad timing!" I rhymed once again. What was going on anyway?!

"Blitz!" I turned around and saw most of my friends running over. Key word most. But... All of them looked wierd somehow. All except for Fluttershy though.

"What happened to you guys? All of these changes are taking me by surprise." I groaned as I stomped on the ground, angry that I couldn't stop rhyming.

"It's the affects of Poisonous Joke!" Twilight told me. He horn had spots on it and it looked... deflated.

"Poisonous Joke? But how could that... ERR, it was the smoke!" I rhymed, realizing what happened to us.

"We need to find Applejack, and soon!" Twilight told me. "Poisonous Joke makes her tiny!"

"Applejack is small? Well that's no good at all..." I said, trying to think of where she would be. While I was, I felt something that felt like my hair getting pulled or something. But I just ignored it for now.

"The Poisonous Joke must have affected how you talk. Your rhyming just like Zecora." She said.

"Mhm! Im Melmy moom moo!" Pinkie Pie tried to tell me something, but her tongue was swelling and covered in spots.

"Pinkie's right. At least it didn't do much to you! Look at me!" I turned to see Rarity acting dramatic about her... ahem... hairy, situation.

From behind us we could hear laughter. Which was coming from two certain twins. "Oh my brother, look at what's happened!" Flim said.

"Laugh while you can, cause I still have a plan." I rhymed to them calmly. Even though it was just me and the fore pony, we still had a chance... Right?

"Is that so lad?" Flam asked me. You know, I'm getting real tired of that.

"Well actually yes, and what it is I'd like to see you guess... Mustache." I told him.

"Quit calling me Mustache!" Flam yelled out, obviously losing his cool. He was steaming at it, and it was definatly a name he hated. Good. Maybe a little anger would be helpful.

"Calm down brother, he's only trying to annoy you." Flim tried to calm him down, knowing that one of them angry wouldn't help. "Anyway, so is your team ready sir? Because I see that most of them are in no condition to do so! Not only that, but the Sweet Apple Acres missy hasn't even gotten here yet." Flim boasted.

As much as I hated it, he was right. I only had Fore Hammer left to help me, and that's probably not enough. That, and for some reason my head felt like it was getting pounded or something. I must be getting a headache or something.

"I think we can still win, so let's just hurry and begin." I then went over to Fore Hammer. "Fore Hammer I really hope you are ready. 'Cause Ponyville's counting on us so we need to start already."

What I didn't know was that Fore Hammer was already really nervous. And me saying how it was up to us did not help at all. With being so scared of letting every pony down, he was freaking out inside. Because of that, he couldn't take it and very wimpingly... passed out.

I face hoofed at that. I mean really?! He's the fore pony of the Construction Crew and he can't stand up for us? Now what do I do, it's just me against a machine! I feel like that old riddle thing where it was a railroad worker versus that railroad track layer. What was that guys name again... Whatever, it still stands that it's just me.

Meanwhile, while I tried to think of some nursury rhyme, the two annoying barber shop twins were laughing at my bad luck. "Well it seems like your the only one left lad!" Flam said, rubbing it in my face. Okay, as of right now, I declare war on all entrepenuers that are dressed up as barbers and have bushy mustaches.

That's when my friends came over to my side to defend me. Also to speak for me because they could tell I hated the fact that I was makin a rhyme every time... Wait, is it starting to affect the way I think now?!

"You can't go against Blitz when he's by himself! It wouldn't be fair!" Twilight said to them

"Actually, it's just the oppisite!" Flim said. "If you will all recall, we said there is no substitutions. Which includes whether or not your group is injured or not."

"As you recall," I started to speak up. I knew I would end up saying some kind of rhyme, but I didn't care at this point. "you sabatoged us all!" I rhymed.

"Sabatoge? Why would we do that?" Flam asked, doing a decent job at lying. It didn't matter though because all any pony would have to do is look at one of us and see what happened.

"Why? Because we all know that you would've lost to w-w-w-woah!" As Rainbow tried to speak up, her wings acted up and she went flyin out of control. She then flew face first in to a wall. Me, along with most of the crowd around us went 'oooooooo' from the sound she made as she hit the wall. All of us could tell that it was NOT a soft landing at all.

That's when the twins huddled up to talk about a plan. I probably would've taken it more seriously if they weren't dressed like 80's barbers. Once they looked back at our group, they had confident smirks on their faces. I knew this wasn't good because if any Con Artist, thief, or cheaters had a confident look, then they were a force to be reckoned with. I learned that from being bullied by that sort of group of people. That's when I got on my guard.

"Well, whether the smoke was intentional or not, we will never know. Still, the bet was supposed to take place today." Flim said to us. Great, they were going to lawyer mode their way to victory. "And since the metal lad's team is in no condition to go on, we win by default."

"What?!" A choir of ponies asked angrily. Most being the Con. Crew and the the crowd that just plain hated the two. While they all started talking over each other like a riot, I thought to myself. With me rhyming so much, I couldn't easily weasel my way out of this. Weaseling required you to choose your words very carefully, and with me not knowing what the heck I would say with my rhyming problem, I couldn't chance it.

"They are right, this is a challenge I can not fight." I admitted defeat. I couldn't beat them. Not like this anyway. I should've just taken them on the minute we made the bet. With time, they took us out with some divide and conquor.

"But Blitz..." Twilight tried to talk me out of it, but she couldn't think of anything. Even she couldn't think of a way to fix this mess.

"Then that means that you forfiet! Making us win!" Flim said. They both then used their magic and made mayor sashes form around them. They then smirked at me. "Now as the mayors of Ponyville, we suspend Blitz from the town of Ponyville!"

"What?!" I said, angry. It was only one word and thank Celestia I didn't turn that into a rhyme.

"Don't worry, we'll give you another go to try and beat us. But until then, we suspend you from Ponyville!" Flam repeated for Flim.

"You can't just go an dismiss! Not like this!" I told them. It was messed up what they were doing.

"So sorry lad! But our word is now law in Ponyville!" Flam said. He then got his magic ready and pointed it at me. He sent a magnetic wave towards me, and I was being pushed backwards.

I didn't let that happen though. With my metal leg, I punched the ground, digging my hoof in it. "I am not leaving! Doing this is just deceiving!" I yelled at them.

"Don't worry lad! We will let you come back when you think that your team is good enough to challenge us again! Until then... Happy travels!" Flim said. He then used the same megnetic wave spell on me. Both of their combined magic was to much and it sent me flying far away, from the middle of Ponyville all the way to Everfree Forest.

"Now that that's all taken care of," Flim turned to the crowd, who were speechless. "we believe it's time for a few changes to be made around here." They all had no way to object, with them being the mayors now. All they could do was listen to the changes that the twins were making.

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"WOOOOOOOAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH!" I came in fast towards the ground, still spinning an flying out of control way to fast to catch myself in the air. Luckily, I fell inside a tree, which broke my fall.

Woah that was close. I was almost to-AAAST!" I finished as the branch I was standing on, broke right underneath me. I then fell to the ground with a thud.

"Ow..." I said grogily as I got up. I noticed that my helmet had fallen off on the way down, but that was the least of my problems. That fall hurt more then almost anything.

"Finally, I'm outta there!" I heard a southern accent say from... on top of me.

"Huh, who was that? Speak your name instead of chit-chat!" I asked as I slowly got up and looked around.

"Blitz, it's me! Applejack!" I heard the voice say.

I looked around a little more then thought out-loud to myself. "Ooooookay... Either I'm schizophrenic, or that voice is truly authentic! Applejack that you, and if not then who?" I asked out loud, glad that someone was looking for me. And if I was really crazy, then at least I could just blaim the Poisonous Joke.

"It's Applejack! I'm on yer head!" To see if I wasn't crazy, I put my left hoof next to the top of my head for her to jump on. As soon as I heard something land on my metal hoof, I looked and saw Applejack was really there!

"It is true! But... I guess your stuck in this mess too..." I rhymed to her sadly.

"Aw, don't worry bout it Blitz. All we gotta do is find a way to beat those two slippery varmits!" Applejack told us.

"Well I'm afraid that until that time, we'll have to wonder the forest as munchkin and rhyme." I said as I brought my hoof back up to my head. I felt her land on my head a second or two later.

"Alright fine! Just don't be callin me munchkin! It's bad enough I have ta hear Spike call me 'Appleteeny'." I snickered at that, trying to keep from laughing my head off at that.

Sadly, she didn't think it was that funny. To make me stop, she kicked my metal ear as hard as she could with her hind legs. It hurt, but something else happened too. Something that just amazed, confused, and even startled me.

Music started playing.

Crazy, but that's how it goes.

Millions of people, living as foes.

Maybe, it's not too late.

To learn how to love, and forget how to hate

I just stayed quiet as I listened to Crazy Train play in my head. Literally! What was going on?! Applejack stayed quiet too, and after the next two lines of the song, she kicked it again, making the music stop, and making my headache get slightly worse.

"What in tarnation was that?!" Applejack asked.

"Uh..." Was all I could say. I didn't know! Heck, I just found out that my ear plays music too!

"Guessin you didn't know that did you..." Applejack asked me as she looked back at my ear.

"No." I said simply. I could get used to giving one word answers. I'd sound dumb, but at least I wouldn't be rhyming. And with a friendly witch doctor somewhere around here, I didn't want her thinking I was making fun of her.

"What was that anyway?" She asked me.

"It is a song that's called Crazy Train, and don't kick me. It gives me great pain." I rhymed to her.

"Sorry, but that song didn't sound that good." She said, talking about the 'Lifes a bitter shame' line. I couldn't blaim her for hating that song already. Especially since this world revolves around friendship and happiness.

"Yes I know, but hitting me was still a low blow." I rhymed.

"Again sorry..." Applejack said. "But... what else can yer ear do?" She asked.

That I didn't know. I thought real quick as I looked around, making sure that everything was still safe. I then tried to test out my ear music thing. I quickly thought up a song that would be good enough, and I touched my hoof to my ear and I heard a click come from it. A new song started playing.

My best friend gave me, the best advice!

He said each day's a gift and not a given right!

Leave no stone unturned, leave your fears behind!

And try to take the path less traveled by!

I smiled ass I listened to Nickelback. This was one of their songs that were one of my favorites, and gave a message that wasn't about drinking or anything.

Luckily, Applejack liked it too. "Hey Blitz, what's this song called?" She asked.

"If Today Was Your Last Day." I said. Luckily, the name of the song rhymed so I was able to say it.

As she listened to the lyrics, she started smiling. She liked what the song was saying, and so did I.

As we listened to the music, the bushes ahead of us started rustling. I quickly stopped the music and turned to the bush, as did Applejack, but it was pointless for her to do so.

To keep her from getting in trouble, I picked up my helmet that was next to me and put it on, adjusting it so my good ear was under my helmet. That way, I could hear whatever Applejack was trying to say.

She tried to argue, but I ignored her as I paid my attention to the rustling bush in front of me, which was moving closer by every second. I kept my place ready for anything that popped out of those bushes. I might've lost the bet in Ponyville, but that didn't mean that I was going down in Everfree Forest!

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And that ends the second part! Honestly, I like how this chapter turns out. Especially with how hard it was to write this, and make Blitz rhyme everything. So tell me what you all think of the chapter, whether you thought it was good or bad! By the way, next chapter is coming either tomorrow or the day after, so see you all then!

QotC: If you were hit by the Poisonous Joke, what would it do to you?