Lemon Zest: Hoof-biting action overload! She was like a stunt superstar, flying higher and higher, and then Indigo Zest swooped down--swoosh--and right before she hit the ground--shoom-she pulled up--vrrrmmm!

Sunset Shimmer: Uh-huh.

Lemon Zest: And then she looped around and around like whoo whoo whoo whoo whoo whoo whoo!

Sunset Shimmer: Uh-huh. Phew.

Lemon Zest: Indigo Zap!

Indigo Zap: [grunt] Lemon Zest? Not again.

Lemon Zest: Indigo Zap.

Indigo Zap: Not now, Lemon Zest.

Lemon Zest: But, but Indigo Zap–

Indigo Zap: I'm in the middle of something.

Lemon Zest: But–

Indigo Zap: I said not now--[grunt]

Lemon Zest: I was gonna tell you to look out for that mountain.

Indigo Zap: [grumble]

[theme song]

Lemon Zest: [humming] Hi, I'm looking for Indigo Zap. Have you seen her? Hi there, have you seen Indigo Zap? Okay, thanks anyway. Sunset, have you seen Indigo Zap anywhere?

Sunset Shimmer: Isn't she right up there?

Lemon Zest: Indigo Zap.

Indigo Zap: [grunt]

Indigo Zap: Phew. That was close.

Lemon Zest: Hi!

Indigo Zap: Clouds! Aah!

Indigo Zap: [pants]

Lemon Zest: Hi again.

Indigo Zap: Aah!

Lemon Zest: Hmph. I need a favor, Indigo Zap.

Indigo Zap: Waaa--oh, forget it.

Lemon Zest: I totally promise it'll be totally fun. Too lemony to be measured!

Indigo Zap: [sighs] Okay.

Lemon Zest: Over to the right. No no, a little to the left. Oh wait, back to the right. Now a little leftish while staying rightly. Stop. Hmm. Maybe a few inches to the south. Now a couple centimeters north. Okay. One more lemonymeter to the--

Indigo Zap: Lemon Zest!

Lemon Zest: Uh, I mean, perfect. Now wait for my signal.

Garble: [humming]

[thunder]

Garble: D-aah! [hiccups]

Lemon Zest: [laughing] Oh Indigo Zap, we startled Garble into getting the hiccups.

Indigo Zap: [chuckles]

Garble: [chuckles] Good one, Lemon [hiccup] Zest. [hiccup] You're always pulling a fast one [hiccup] on me. [hiccup] Nnaa--

Lemon Zest: Oh no, you're not hurt are you?

Garble: Ne--[hiccup]--eh, don't be [hiccup] silly, dragons are [hiccup] fire-proof.

Lemon Zest: Oh, okay, good.

Lemon Zest and Indigo Zap: [laughs]

Garble: I wish the same thing [hiccup] were true with scrolls.

Princess Luna: [gasp]

Lemon Zest and Indigo Zap: [laugh]

Garble: [hiccups]

Lemon Zest: Have you ever seen anything more hilarious? [laughs]

Indigo Zap: I can think of one thing.

Lemon Zest: Aah! [hiccup] [giggles] [hiccup] [chuckles] [hiccup] [laughs] [hiccup]

Indigo Zap: I didn't take you for a prankster, Lemon Zest.

Lemon Zest: Are you [hiccup] kidding? Lo and behold! [hiccup] I love to pull pranks. It's all [hiccup] in good fun, and Lemon Zest lo--[hiccup]--oves to have [hiccup] fun! [hiccup]

Indigo Zap: You know Lemon Zest, you're not as annoying as I thought.

Lemon Zest: [hiccup]

Indigo Zap: You wanna hang out?

Lemon Zest: [hiccup] That'd be [hiccup] I'd really [hiccup] When do [hiccup] I mean [hiccup] When would you [hiccup]

Indigo Zap: A simple nod would do.

Lemon Zest: Mmm-hmm.

Indigo Zap: Is she even home?

Lemon Zest: I don't know. This is gonna be gold.

Indigo Zap: There she is.

Sunny Flare: Ooo. [sneezes]

Lemon Zest and Indigo Zap: [laughs]

Lemon Zest: Aaa-choo!

Sunset Shimmer: Hmm?

Lemon Zest and Indigo Zap: [laughs]

Sugarcoat: [gasp] Sail ho!

Lemon Zest and Indigo Zap: [chuckles]

[water splash]

Sugarcoat: [chuckles]

[squeaky toy]

Lemon Zest: Is someone over there? Who're we gonna squirt? Who're we gonna squirt?

Indigo Zap: [chuckles] Sour Sweet.

Lemon Zest: WHAT? [spits] Absolutely not, Indigo. We can't prank Sour Sweet, I mean, she's so caring about her pet crystalline butterflies coming out from her polished jewels. It'll hurt her feelings if her lovely butterflies are involved in this mess.

Indigo Zap: Yeah, you're right. [raspberry] Huh. We need another victim who's made of tougher stuff. So, who's it gonna be?

Lemon Zest: Oh, [chuckles] I've got someone in mind. [chuckles] The toughest around.

Indigo Zap: Oh, awesome. Who? Who? Do I know them?

Lemon Zest: [giggles] Oh, yes. [giggles] You're very close.

Indigo Zap: [chuckles] Good one, Lemon Zest.

Lemon Zest and Indigo Zap: [laughs]

Indigo Zap: Ridiculous.

Lemon Zest: [blows party hooter] Rise and shine Indigo Zap! It's a brand new day and we got a lot of pranking to-- Ooh.

Indigo Zap: Mornin', Lemony. Alice, this is my gal pal, Lemon Zest.

Alice: Hey. What's up?

Indigo Zap: Lemon, this is my griffon friend, Alice.

Lemon Zest: What's a griffon?

Indigo Zap: She's half-eagle, half-lion.

Alice: And all awesome. Raa. Heh-haa. Yeah, that's right.

Indigo Zap: Alice's my best friend from my days at Junior Speedster flight camp. Hey, remember the chant?

Alice: Sha, they made us recite it every morning, I'll never get that lame thing out of my head.

Indigo Zap: Sooo...

Alice: Ugh. Only for you, Zap.

[Indigo Zap and Alice]

Junior Speedsters are our lives,

Sky-bound soars and daring dives

Junior Speedsters, it's our quest,

To someday be the very best!

Lemon Zest: [laughs] Oh that was awesome, and it gave me a great idea for a prank. Alice, you game?

Alice: Huh. Well, I groove on a good prank as much as the next griffon. But Zap, you promised me we'd get a flying session in this morning.

Indigo Zap: Yeah, uh, well, Lemon Zest, you don't mind, do you? Indigo just got here. We'll catch up with you later.

Alice: Oh. Um, well sure, no problem. Have fun you guys, I'll, uh, just catch up with you-- [sigh] later. [blows party hooter very sadly]

Alice and Lemon Zest: [laughing]

Alice: Whoa, that was sweet. Just like old times.

Indigo Zap: Yeah, only faster. So now what?

Lemon Zest: Hey there.

Alice and Indigo Zap: Huh?

Lemon Zest: It's later. And I caught up.

Indigo Zap: Lemon Zest, you are so random.

Alice: Hey Zap, think you got enough gas left to beat me to that cloud?

Indigo Zap: A race? You are so on.

Alice: One, two, three, go.

Lemon Zest: Hey!

Indigo Zap: I win.

Alice: As if. I won, dude.

Indigo Zap: No way.

Alice: Yes way.

Indigo Zap: Oh, come on, I was way ahead of you.

Alice: Uh, I don't think so.

Indigo Zap: Oh Geez, dream on.

Alice: Remember back in camp? I–

Indigo Zap: There is no way you beat me.

Alice: Whatever.

Lemon Zest: Wow guys, that was really close, but I think Indigo Zap beat you by a teeny weeny itty bitty hair, or a teeny weeny itty bitty feather.

Indigo Zap: Hah, see? Good thing Lemon Zest's here to keep you honest, mate.

Alice: Okay... Zap, last one to that cloud up there is a gnarly dragon egg. Go! [To Lemon Zest] I think the high altitude is making you dizzy.

Lemon Zest: Wait, guys! Oh wow, you guys almost got away from me that time.

Alice: So, Dash, got any new moves in your tricktionary, or are you 100% old school?

Lemon Zest: New moves? Heh, sit back mate, this is gonna take a while.

Alice: Hey Lemony loser, c'mere.

Lemon Zest: Yeah?

Alice: [pirate speak] Arrgh! Don't ye even know 'ow to set sail us alone fer now? Indigo doesn't need t' hang with a dweeb like ye now that I'm aroun'. Shiver me timbers! Ye're dorkin' up th' skies, Lemony Loser, so make like a bee and BUZZ OFF. Or else, ye'll be walkin' the plank and be a shark bait!

Lemon Zest: [gasp] Whaaa-aaa–

Indigo Zap: Try matching that. Hey, where's Lemon Zest and her crazy contraption?

Alice: Eh, she left. Something about being as busy as a bee.

Lemon Zest: Hmph!

Sunset Shimmer: So Lemon Zest, are you sure that this friend of Indigo Zap is really so mean?

Lemon Zest: Um, yeah. She keeps stealing Indigo Zap away, she pops my balloons, and she told me to buzz off. I've never met a griffon this mean. Well, actually, I've never met a griffon at all, but I bet if I had, she wouldn't have been as mean and grumpy as Alice. Plus, she talks like a pirate whenever she wants to buzz off somepony.

Sunset Shimmer: You know what I think, Lemon Zest.

Lemon Zest: Hmm?

Sunset Shimmer: Well, I think... you're jealous.

Lemon Zest: Jealous?

Garble: Green with envy. Well, in your case, pink with envy.

Sunset Shimmer: Well, yes. Jealous. Listen Lemon, I don't want to upset you, but just because Indigo Zap has another friend doesn't make Alice a grump. I mean, perhaps it's you, Lemon, who needs to improve her attitude.

Lemon Zest: Improve my attitude? But I... D... B.. It's Alice that... D... Are you seri... [scream of frustration]

Sunset Shimmer: [sigh]

Lemon Zest: Maybe Sunset is right. Maybe Alice isn't a big meanie grumpy mean-meanie-pants. Maybe I'm just a big jealous judgmental jealous-jealousy-pants. [sigh]

Lemon Zest: [sips]

Indigo Zap: [laughing] That was sweet. Ugh, I gotta take care of a few weather jobs around here. Shouldn't take long. Just, uh, hang out in town and I'll come find ya.

Alice: That's cool, I guess. I'm gonna go chow down.

Indigo Zap: Later.

Granny Cinch: [sniffs] Aaah! A rattler, a rattler! All hands on the deck! Fore to stern! Bow to starboard, everypony! Raise the flag of Jolly Roger!

Alice: This stuff ain't fresh, dude.

Lemon Zest: Aw, poor Granny Cinch, she didn't know it was a joke. How mean. No, no, I can't misjudge her. It was kind of a funny prank, I guess.

Alice: [chews]

Lemon Zest: [gasp] I did misjudge her. She's not only a meanie mean-pants, she's also a thief. Nonononono, she might give it back. It's just a joke.

Sour Sweet: All right little butterflies , this way, this way. More gems to be polished, as butterflies appear and f-

Alice: Hey.

Sour Sweet: What in tarnation?

Alice: I'm walkin' here.

Sour Sweet: Oh, um, [mocking] I'm walkin' here. Consider yourself some respect, Madame Griffon.

Alice: [retort] Consider some respect? Arrgh! Yer' makin' me annoyed, dweeb. I better sent yer' kind to Davy Jones's Locker!

Sour Sweet: Well, a good ol' day of leaving me alone for now wo-

Alice: [breathes in, roars]

Sour Sweet: [screams] [sobs]

Alice: Ugh, please, all these lame ponies drivin' me loose cannons. I gotta bail.

Lemon Zest: She's a grump, and a thief, and a bully. The meanest kind of mean meanie-pants there is. I can take it, but no one treats Sour Sweet like that. No. One. This calls for extreme measures, Lemon Zest style.

Lemon Zest: Welcome, welcome. Welcome!

Sugarcoat: Who's this Alice I've heard nothing about?

Sunny Flare: I hear she's an old friend of Indigo Zap. A griffon, so rare.

Sunset Shimmer: You've met Alice, right? What's she like?

Sunny Flare: Oh, um, well, I'll tell you later, Sunset.

Lemon Zest: Welcome. Welcome.

Sour Sweet: Um, Lemon Zest, about this party for Alice. That strange griffon was just as mean as a pirate... I mean–

Lemon Zest: Don't worry your pretty little head about mean old Alice. Your auntie Lemon Zest's got it all taken care of.

Sour Sweet: I'm a year older than you.

Lemon Zest: Alice! I'm so honored to throw you one of my signature Lemon Zest parties, with a pinch of lemony taste, and I really, truly, sincerely, hope you feel welcome here amongst all us pony folk.

Alice: [grunt]

Lemon Zest: [laughs]

[laughter]

Indigo Zap: Oh Lemon Zest, the old hoof-shake buzzer. You are a scream.

Alice: Yeah [chuckles nervously] uh, good one, Pinkie Pie.

Indigo Zap: Come on Alice, I'll introduce you to some of my other friends.

Alice: Right behind you Zap. I know what you're up to.

Lemon Zest: Great.

Alice: Arrgh. I know what ye're planning, matey.

Lemon Zest: [giggles] Well, I hope so. This wasn't supposed to be a surprise party.

Alice: I mean, I've got my eye on you.

Lemon Zest: And I got my eye on you. Everyone, I'd like you all to meet Alice, a long-time, dear friend of Indigo Zap. Let's honor her and welcome her to Ponyville.

[ponies cheer]

Lemon Zest: Please help yourself.

Alice: Vanilla lemon drops. Don't mind if I do. HOT!

Indigo Zap: Mate, the punch.

Alice: [gasp] [gulp] Huh?

[laughter]

Lemon Zest: Well, whaddya know, pepper in the vanilla lemon drops, and the punch served in a dribble glass.

Indigo Zap: Ha. Priceless. Priceless. [laughs]

Alice: [gulp] [gasp] Yeah, hilarious.

Indigo Zap: Hey mate, look, presents.

[laughter]

Sugarcoat: Shiver me timbers! Hah, somepony pulled that prank on me last month.

Alice: Ha ha. I bet I know who that was.

Lemon Zest: You do?

[ponies chatter, birds singing]

Lemon Zest: Cake time everypony.

Garble: Hey, can I blow out the candles?

Sunset Shimmer: Why don't we let Alice blow out the candles, Garble? She is the guest of honor after all.

Garble: Ugh.

Alive: Exactly. [gasp] [blow] [gasp] [blow]

[laughter]

Alice: [continued gasping and blowing]

Garble: [laughs] Re-lighting birthday candles, I love that prank. What a classic.

Lemon Zest: Now, I wonder who could've done that.

Alice: Yeah, I wonder.

Garble: Mmm, who cares. This cake is amazing.

Sunset Shimmer: Garble.

Garble: What? It's great, try some.

Indigo Zaap: Hey mate, you're not upset about some silly candles, are you?

Alice: No way, Zap. Like I said, I'm down with a good prank.

Indigo Zap: Come on then, let's have some cake.

Alice: Hey, I'm watching you. I been lookin' at yer' eyes like an old salt!

Lemon Zest: Why? Can't you watch me like a griffon, but a pirate in a sinking ship?

Sugarcoat: Hey y'all, it's pin the tail on the pony. Let's play.

Sunny Flare: Oh, my favorite game. Can I go first? Can I have the purple tail?

Alice: Well, I am the guest of honor, and I'll have the purple tail.

Lemon Zest: Yeah, Alice should definitely go first. Let's get you blindfolded.

Alice: Hey what-- ugh-- what are you doing? Rrrah.

Lemon Zest: We're spinning you around and around and then you can pin the tail on the pony. Now just walk straight ahead and pin the tail.

Alice: [mockingly] Now just walk straight ahead and pin the tail. Hmph, yeah, right. This is another prank, isn't it? I'm going this way.

Lemon Zest: Wait. The poster is this--

Alice: Whoa whaa waah waah waaaaah [groan]

Lemon Zest: Uh, Alice? You pinned the tail on the wrong end.

[ponies laugh]

Alice: [roar] [pirate speak] ARRGH!! This be yer idea o' a good time? Fire the cannons! I've ne'er met a lamer bunch o' dweebs in all me life. And Lemon Zest, ye! Yo-ho-ho! Ye be queen lame-o with yer weak little party pranks. Did ye really think ye could make me lose me cool, pass the grog! Well, Zap and I have ten times as much cool as th' rest o' ye put together, ye scurvey dog. Come on Zap, we're bailin' on this pathetic scene. Come on Indigo Zap, to be sure. I said, we're leavin'. Ye better be walkin' the plank and be sent to Davy Jones's Locker, ye olde fool.

Indigo Zap: You know Alice, I was the one who set up all those weak pranks at this party.

Alice: [gasp] What?

Lemon Zest: Ooh.

Indigo Zap: So I guess I'm queen lame-o.

Alice: Come on, Zap, you're such a biscuit eater.

Indigo Zap: They weren't all meant for you specifically, it was just dumb luck that you set them all off.

Lemon Zest: I shoulda known, that dribble cup had Indigo Zap written all over it.

Alice: No way. It was Lemon Zest. She set up this party to trip me up, to make a fool of me.

Lemon Zest: Me? I threw this party to improve your attitude. I thought a good party might turn that frown upside down.

Indigo Zap: And you sure didn't need any help making a fool of yourself. You know, this is not how I thought my old friends would treat my new friends. If being cool is all you care about, maybe you should go find some new cool friends someplace else.

Alice: Arrgh. Yeah? Well ye, ye, ye bein' such a, a complete scallywag: cool one minute and lame the next. Dead ponies tell no tales, matey. When ye decide not bein' lame anymore, gimme a call. [threateningly] Else, ye and yer friends be walkin' the plank and be shark baits to Davy Jones's Locker! [bird of prey shriek]

Indigo Zap: Not cool.

Lemon Zest: Wow, talk about a party pooper. That was a pirate in a nutshell.

Sunset Shimmer: Wow, what was that about?

[ponies talking indistinctly]

Merry May: Um, what just happened?

Pony: Really awkward.

Pony 2: That griffon talked like a pirate.

Indigo Zap: I'm sorry everypony, for bringing Alice here. I didn't know how rude she was. She was angry like a pirate. And

Lemon Zest, I'm really sorry she ruined that awesome party you put on for her.

Lemon Zest: Hey, if you want to hang out with party poopers, that's your business.

Indigo Zap: I'd rather hang out with you. No hard feelings?

Lemon Zest: No hard feelings.

[laughter]

Sunset Shimmer: Hey Lemon. Sorry I accused you of misjudging Alice. Looks like I'm the one who misjudged you.

Lemom Zest: It's okay Sunset, even you can't be a super smart smarty smart-pants all the time. Come on everypony, there's still a whole lotta party to finish.

[ponies cheer]

Sunset Shimmer: Dearest Princess Luna,

Today I learned that it's hard to accept when somepony you like wants to spend time with somepony who's not so nice. Though it's impossible to control who your friends hang out with, it is possible to control your own behavior. Just continue to be a good friend. In the end, the difference between a false friend and one who's true will surely come to light.

Your faithful student,

Sunset Shimmer

Princess Luna: Dear Sunset Shimmer,

My most faithful student... Oh! Heh, wrong ink. [sigh] [chuckles]

[music]

[credits]