[music]

Sunset Shimmer: Tuh! Nuh! Uh! Nyuh!

[magic chimes]

Sunset Shimmer: Eyes over here, Garble!

Garble: Uh, sorry.

Sunset Shimmer: For this to work, it's crucial we keep our concentration totally on the-

Lemon Zesr: Ooh!

Spike: Nyuh!

Sunset Shimmer: Garble! This magic needs our full attention to make it happen. There's no other way!

Garble: I can't help it. Look!

[various sound effects]

Sunset Shimmer: Ugh, never mind her. She's just being Lemon Zest.

Garble: Super-extra Lemon Zest today.

[eerie music plays]

Lemon Zest: Hmm... Twitchy twitcha twitcha twitch.

Sunset Shimmer: Lemon Zest? What in the wide, wide world of Equestria are you up to?

Lemon Zest: Oh! It's my mane! It's my mane! It's a-twitch a-twitchin'! And you know what that means!

Sunset Shimmer: Actually, Lemon, I haven't the slightest idea.

Lemon Zest: The twitchin' means my Lemony Zesty Sense is telling me that stuff's gonna start falling! You two better duck for cover.

Sunset Shimmer: Oh, Lemon, it's not gonna rain. Why, there's barely even a cloud in the-ugh!

[frog croaks]

Sunset Shimmer: He just said "nice catch" in Frog.

[frog croaks]

[theme song]

Sour Sweet: Oh, I'm so, so sorry, Madame Sunset. You okay? I just couldn't stand to see the pond getting so over-populated, what with the frogs all hopping into each other and all, so I decided to fly as many as I can on over to Froggy Bottom Bogg.

Sunset Shimmer: Of course you did.

Sour Sweet: [muffled] Bye-bye! [trips] Nuts!

Lemon Zest: Um... Sunset? You gotta little somethin' on your face there.

Sunset Shimmer: Oh, really? Did your Lemony Zesty Sense tell you that, too?

Lemon Zest: Nah! I could just see it. La-la-la-la-la...

Sunset Shimmer: C'mon, Garble, let's continue our practice session where there's a little less commotion.

Garble: Wow! That was amazing! Lemon Zest predicted something would fall, and it did!

Sunset Shimmer: Oh, come on. She said that something would fall, and a frog just happened to fall right around the same time. A coincidence, nothing else to it.

Lemon Zest: My tail! My tail! Twitch-a-twitch! Twitch-a-twitch! Somethin' else is gonna fall!

Sunset Shimmer: Oh, Lemon, please. Nothing else is gonna fa-aaah!

Garble: Rats! Oh no, Sunset fell! Is it... safe to go help her?

Lemon Zest: It's okay, my tail stopped twitching. La-la-la-la-la, la-la-la...

Garble: Ha ha! That was amazing!

Sunset Shimmer: Oh, please.

Sugarcoat: Uh, Sunset? Why are you hanging out in a ditch, lassock?

Garble: Because, Lemon Zest predicted it!

Sunset Shimmer: Honestly, Garble, she did not. Two coincidences in a row like this may be unlikely, but it's still easier to believe than twitchy tails that predict the future.

Sugarcoat: [gasp] Twitchy tail? Lemony Zesty Sense? Whoa! Nyu-uh!

Garble: Don't worry, it's safe. Prediction already came true.

Sunset Shimmer: Oh, wait. Don't tell me you believe in this stuff, too?

Sugarcoat: I know it doesn't make much sense, but those of us who have been in Ponyville a while, have learned over time that, if Lemon's a-twichin', you better listen.

Lemon Zest: My ears are flopping! My ears are flopping!

Garble: Nyuh! What does that mean?!

Lemon Zest: I'll start a bath for you.

Sunset Shimmer: Huh? [chuckles] A bath? This thing keeps on getting more ridiculous by the minute!

[splash]

Sunset Shimmer: [grumble]

Twilight Sparkle: Phhhhft.

Lemon Zest: Sooo, basically, it works like this: I get different, little, niggly feelings and they mean different things. Like when my back is itchy, it means it's my lucky day. And, when my knee gets pinchy, that means something scary's about to happen.

Sunset Shimmer: Is your knee pinchy now?

Lemon Zest: No, but my shoulder's achy. That means there's an alligator in the tub.

[splash]

Sunset Shimmer: [scream] How come your knee didn't get pinchy?! That isn't just scary, it's downright dangerous!

Lemon Zest: No, it's not, silly! This is my pet crocodile, Bass. He's got no teeth. See? Haha!

Sunset Shimmer: Okay, okay... I get it.

Sunset Shimmer: Well, I still don't believe all this... "special power" stuff. It's just a bunch of mumbo-jumbo needed to be listed in the next volume of the book of Myths, Legends, and Conspiracies of Equestria: Things YOU SHOULD Never Believe.

Lemon Zest: It's not a myth. What's not to believe? You do magic, what's the difference?

Sunset Shimmer: Huge! For one thing, [clears throat] magic is something you study and practice. It only happens when you decide to do it, and it's meant to make something specific that you choose to happen, happen. With you, uh, it makes no sense at all!

Lemon Zest: That's so not true, Sunset! Sometimes it's a bunch of random things happening to my body at random times that supposedly predict the future. I call 'em "combos".

Sunset Shimmer: Combos?

Lemon Zest: Sure! You know, like, ear flop, then knee twitch, then eye flutter. That means the sky is about to be graced with a beautiful rainbow!

Sunset Shimmer: Yeah, sure.

Lemon Zest: Uh-oh, I feel a combo coming on. Ear flop, eye flutter, knee twitch!

[crash]

Sunset Shimmer: Ugh!

[beeping noises of a truck backing up]

Sunset Shimmer: Ughhh... You said that combo meant "beautiful rainbow".

Lemon Zest: Oh no-no-no-no-no. You're thinking of an ear flop, then knee twitch, then eye flutter. This was an ear flop, then eye flutter, then knee twitch. That usually means "look out for opening doors". You okay?

Sunset Shimmer: I don't believe this.

Lemon Zest: You don't believe because you don't understand.

Sunset Shimmer: Hmm...

Sunset Shimmer: Okay. Now when you get another twitch, we'll have all kinds of scientific information.

Lemon Zest: Okie-dokie-lokie!

[steam stack whistling periodically]

Sunset Shimmer: Any twitches yet?

Lemon Zest: Nopey-dopey!

Sunset Shimmer: Now? Anything?

Lemon Zest: Wait! Hold on! Uhh, no.

Sunset Shimmer: Are you kidding me?! After a whole day of nonstop twitching, now that I've got you all hooked up, you're not getting a single one?

Lemon Zest: I don't control it, they just come and go.

Sunset Shimmer: That makes no sense!

Lemon Zest: Sometimes you just have to believe in things, even when you can't figure 'em out.

Sunset Shimmer: I will not believe in anything I cannot explain.

Lemon Zest: Wait, hold on, I'm feeling something...

Sunset Shimmer: Oh my gosh, what? What is it?!

[Lemon Zest's stomach growls]

Lemon Zest: It's my tummy! That usually means I'm hungry! Let's eat!

Sunset Shimmer: Urgh... You know what? [bite] [snap] Just forget it! I don't need to know if this is real or not. I don't need to understand it! I don't even care!

Lemon Zest: Okie-dokie-lokie. [gasp] Uh-oh. [gasp] Hu-bu-bu-bu-buh!

[smash]

Garble: Lemon? Have you seen Sunset?

Lemon Zest: Uh-huh.

Garble: Sunset? What are ya doing back there?

Sunset Shimmer: Rrrrgh... Did you two plan this?

Garble: Plan what?

Sunset Shimmer: Urgh! This is ridiculous. This can't be happening. This makes no sense. I have to figure this out.

[frog croaks]

[frogs croaking]

Lemon Zest: [giggling] [sniff] Mmm... [giggling]

[tribal music]

Garble: Sunset?

Sunset Shimmer: Ah!

Garble: Whoa-oh-uh!

Sunset Shimmer: Honestly, Garble, don't you know better than to sneak up on ponies?

Garble: Oh, sorry, but, um, well, isn't that what you're doing?

Sunset Shimmer: [gasp] No! I'm doing scientific research. I'm observing Lemon Zest, scientific name: Lemonicus Zesticus, in its natural habitat.

Garble: Lemonicus-whoicus? Hh!

Sunset Shimmer: There's something fishy going on with the whole twitchy prediction thing, and I'm getting to the bottom of it. So, shh. Come on, Lemonicus Zesticus is on the move.

Lemon Zest: [humming]

Sunset Shimmer: Hm... Itchy nose...

Lemon Zest: [gasp]

Sunset Shimmer: Aha! That makes no sense. See? She's hiding like something's about to fall from the sky, but a twitchy tail means something's gonna fall from the sky, not an itchy nose.

[theremin music]

[swarm of bees buzzing]

Sunset Shimmer: This proves...

Garble: [gasp]

Sunset Shimmer: ...perhaps conclusively, that—

Garble: Gah!

Sunset Shimmer: Garble! Where are you going? I'm trying to teach you the value of scientific—

[swarm buzzing]

[comical "sting" noises]

Sunset Shimmer: Ow! Ouch! Ow! [whimper]

Garble: What's she doing now?

Sunset Shimmer: Smelling a flower.

Garble: Holy guacamole! I wonder what that means?

Sunset Shimmer: Probably that the flower smells good. Wait. I'm getting something. Ear flop, eye flutter, knee twitch.

Garble: Hold on... You told me that's the combo that says "watch out for opening doors"!

Sunset Shimmer: Oh-ho. You really, really believe this stuff, don't you? Here, let me show you there's nothing to be afraid of. You see? I promise you there's nothing to fear from that— Wo-o-ah! Ow! Ugh! Ow! Ow!

Sugarcoat: Sunset! You came to visit my new cherry cellar and great-grandpa's treasure trove of several pirate collections to the other room, how nice. Sun? You okay? Uh, Sun?

Garble: Here, let me help you.

Sunset Shimmer: Okay, take this down: twitchy tail.

Garble: Twitchy tail? [gasp] Twitchy tail!

[theremin music, growing louder]

Sunset Shimmer: Hush, Garble! We can't let Lemon know we're here, remember?

Garble: Something's gonna fall, something's gonna fall! Run for your lives. Ah-ha-ha!

Sunset Shimmer: Ugh, Garble honestly, you're overreact—

[crack]

[clang]

[smash]

[crash]

Sunset Shimmer: Ugh!

Lemon Zest: [humming] Hey, Sugarcoat. Whatcha doin'?

Sugarcoat: Takin' more cherries to my new cherry cellar. How 'bout you, little ol' lassock? Whatchu doin'?

Lemon Zest: Oh, letting Sunset secretly follow me all day without me knowing.

Sugarcoat: You mean you knew all along?! Why didn't you tell me? Ugh, barnacles!

Lemon Zest: [giggles] Silly, that would've spoiled the secret!

Sunset Shimmer: Urgh!

Garble: Tail... still twitching?

Lemon Zest: All done, clear skies from here on in, as far as I can tell— Hu-bu-bu-bu-bu-bu!

Garble: Oh no! What does that one mean?

Lemon Zest: Dunno, never gotten any like it before, but whatever that shudder's about, it's a doozy. Something you'd never expect to happen is gonna happen! Hu-bu-bu-bu-bu hu-bu-bu-bu! And it's gonna happen... at Froggy Bottom Bogg!

Sugarcoat: [gasp] That's where Sour Sweet's headed!

Garble: Oh no! Is it about her?

Lemon Zest: Uh, I'm not sure.

Sugarcoat: Shiver me timbers! We better go and make sure she's okay.

Sunset Shimmer: Calm down, everypony. All we know right now is that Lemon Zest just got a case of the shivers. That's all.

Garble: Guh— Hey! I thought you didn't believe in this stuff?

Sunset Shimmer: I don't. I just want to be there to see the look on Lemon's face when we find out nothing's wrong.

Lemon Zest: Okie-dokie!

[gate creaks]

[frogs croak]

Lemon Zest: [shivers] Hu-bu-bu-bu-bu-bu!

Sunset Shimmer: Cold? Need a jacket or something?

Lemon Zest: No thanks, I'm fine. [shivers] Hu-bu-bu-bu-bu-bu!

Garble: So... Whadda'ya think happened to Sour Sweet?

Sugarcoat: I hope nothin'. I hope she doesn't end up in Davy Jones's Locker.

Garble: I know, but, whadda'ya think happened?

Sugarcoat: I'm tryin' not to think about it.

Garble: Me too. But I'm thinkin' about it anyway. Like, what if she exploded?

Sugarcoat: Just exploded? For no reason?

Garble: Yeah, like boom!

Lemon Zest: Whoa!

Garble: I know.

Lemon Zest: What if... What if she exploded, and then... and then exploded again!?

Sunset Shimmer: [disappointed look]

Garble: Can you do that? Can you explode twice?

Sugarcoat: Of course not.

Garble: But what if she exploded, and exploded again, and then— ugh!

Sunset Shimmer: Will you two stop? She's fine, I'm sure of it.

Sugarcoat: I hope you're right, for Sunny's sake. Look! There's Froggy Bottom Bogg!

[dragonfly buzzing]

Sugarcoat: Sunny?

Sugarcoat: Sunny? [gasp]

Garble: Fluttershy! You're okay!

Sunny Flare: Of course.

Sugarcoat: Phew, what a relief.

Lemon Zest: I'm so glad everything's all right.

Sunset Shimmer: Sorry, I know it's not nice to gloat but... Aha! I told you there was nothing to worry about, and I was right. Pinkie Pie said whatever she was shuddering about was a [cough] doozy, and [cough] and the only [cough] doozy here is how right I am.

Sugarcoat: Um... Sunset?

Sunset Shimmer: Pinkie's made a lot of predictions today but [cough] ugh, what is that smell? But what we've shown here is that there's no point in believing [cough] in anything you can't see for yourself.

Garble: W-Well t-then, s-see what's b-b-behind you, Twilight!

[hydra growls]

Sunset Shimmer: I see it... But I don't believe it!

[hydra roars]

Lemon Zest: Is that a hydra!?

Sugarcoat: Who cares? Run!

[ponies screaming]

Lemon Zest: [whimper]

Sunset Shimmer: Lemon! Come on!

Lemon Zest: Ooph! [pant]

Sour Sweet: Oh, I'm so sorry.

[hydra roars]

Sour Sweet: Ah!

[hydra head laughs]

[ponies and Garble screaming]

Sunset Shimmer: Everypony up that hill!

Garble: He-e-elp!

Sunset Shimmer: Coming, Garble! Hang on!

[hydra growls]

Sunset Shimmer: I think we're gonna make it.

Garble: But Lemon's still shuddering!

Lemon Zest: Oh, lookie there, it stopped. O-h-h-h, t-h-e-r-e i-t i-s a-g-a-i-n.

[ponies gasp]

Sugarcoat: Ugh, he'll be up here in no time! Quick, one at a time, cross!

Garble: Nyu-uh! Uh, do you know any spells for turning a hydra into a mouse?

Sunset Shimmer: No.

Garble: How about a squirrel?

Sunset Shimmer: No!

Garble: How 'bout—

Sunset Shimmer: No small rodents of any kind!

Garble: That's too bad.

Sour Sweet: A hop, skip, and a... jump!

Garble: Whoa-ho!

Lemon Zest: Whoa-oa-oa-oa-oa!

Sugarcoat: [grunt]

Sunset Shimmer: He's too close. I'll distract him. You two go, now!

[whoosh]

Sunset Shimmer: Oh... What would a brave pony like Indigo Zap do? Chaaarge!

[hydra chirps]

[smack]

Lemon Zest: S-S-S-sunset!

[hydra chirps]

[crash]

[crumble]

[ponies gasp]

[hydra roars]

Lemon Zest: S-S-S-sunset! You have to jump!

Sunset Shimmer: I'll never make it!

Lemon Zest: You'll be fine!

Sunset Shimmer: I will not!

[hydra roars]

Lemon Zest: It's your only ho-o-ope! You have to take a leap of faith!

Sunset Shimmer: [gulp]

[crash]

Sunset Shimmer: Here goes nothing. Y-ugh! No! Oh no! Noooo! WA-A-A-AH! Ugh! Blegh!

[ponies cheer]

Lemon Zest: I knew you could do it, Sunset!

Sunset Shimmer: I don't know how it happened; coincidence, dumb luck, or what, but you said there'd be a doozy here at Froggy Bottom Bogg, and I'd say we just had ourselves one heck of a doozy. I mean that hydra—

Lemon Zest: [shudders]

Sunset Shimmer: Lemon?

Lemon Zest: That wasn't it.

Sunset Shimmer: Huh?

Garble: What wasn't what?

Sugarcoat: What are you talking about, Zest?

Lemon Zest: The hydra wasn't the doozy.

[hydra blows raspberry]

Lemon Zest: I'm still getting the shudders. Oo-o-oh, oo-o-oh. You see? There it is again. Whatever the doozy was at Froggy Bottom Bogg, my Lemony Zesty Sense says it still hasn't happened.

Sunset Shimmer: Huh? But I— WHAT?! The hydra wasn't the doozy?! How could it not be the doozy?! What could be doozier than that?!

Lemon Zest: Dunno, but it just wasn't it.

[kettle whistles]

Sunset Shimmer: Rrrgh... [flames and growls] Ooh... I give up...

Garble: Give what up, Sun?

Sunset Shimmer: The fight. I can't fight it anymore. I don't understand how, why, or what, but Lemony Zesty Sense somehow... makes sense. I don't see how it does, but it just does. Just because I don't understand doesn't mean it's not true.

Lemon Zest: Y-Y-Y-You m-m-mean you b-b-b-believe?

Sunset Shimmer: Eeyup, I guess I do.

Lemon Zest: Oo-woo-oo-oo-oo, woo-oo-oo-oo-oh, woo-oo-oo-oo-oo-oo-ooh. Ooh! [gasp] That was it. That's the doozy.

Garble: Bbrrbbrrbbrr.

Sunset Shimmer: What? What is?

Lemon Zest: You believing. I never expected that to happen. That was the doozy, oh and, oh what a doozy of a doozy it was! La-la-la-la-la...

[giggling]

Sunset Shimmer: Oh, good, Garble, you're here. Take a letter.

Garble: With pleasure, Sunset.

Sunset Shimmer: Dear Princess Luna, I'm happy to report that— Garble, what have I been saying about focus?

Garblw: I know, but I... Well...

Sunset Shimmer: What's wrong, Garble? Never thought you'd see me with an umbrella hat on?

Garble: Not really, no.

Sunset Shimmer: Lemon's tail's a-twitchin'. What else can I do?

[laughter]

Sunset Shimmer: I am happy to report that I now realize there are wonderful things in this world you just can't explain, but that doesn't necessarily make them any less true. It just means you have to choose to believe in them, and sometimes it takes a friend to show you the way.

Lemon Zest: Honk!

Garble: Honk.

Sunset Shimmer: Always your faithful student, Sunset Shimmer.

Lemon Zest: There it goes again.

Sunset Shimmer: I wonder what's gonna drop outta the sky this time?

Lemon Zest: You never know.

Garble: [inhales]

[jet engine sound]

[crash]

Garble: Twitchy tail? Holy guacamole!

[music]

[credits]