Chapter 1: Doctor Twilight Sparkle

 

It took a few hours but Mr. Fancypants arrives in America and the university where Twilight is teaching a class right now. As he enter, he saw a pony at the chalkboard. It is a female unicorn with a pale, light grayish mulberry coat, moderate violet eyes, a mane and tail that were both moderate sapphire blue with moderate violet and brilliant Rose streaks and a magenta colored star Cutie Mark. Her name is Twilight Sparkle, the granddaughter of the infamous Heinz Doofenshmirtz.

"All right...If we look at the base of a brain, which has just been removed from a skull, there's very little mid brain that we can actually see. Yet, as I demonstrated in my lecture last week, if the under aspects of the temporal lobes are gently pulled apart, the upper portion of the stem of the brain can be seen." Twilight explains to the students who are writing down what she is saying. Fancypants found an empty seat and sat down, preparing to wait until the lecture is over to speak with the mare. As she wrote on the chalkboard, Twilight continues, "The so-called brain stem consists of the mid brain, a rounded protrusion called the pons, and a stalk tapering downwards called the medulla oblongata, which passes out of the skull through the foremen magnum and becomes, of course, the spinal cord. Are there any questions before we proceed?"

A student named Bon-Bon got up as she spoke, "Say, I got a question, Dr. Doofenshmirtz." This cause the unicorn to turn and glare at her.

"Ahem, that's Sparkle!"

"Err, what?"

"My name is Twilight Sparkle." Twilight said sternly to the student.

"But aren't you the grandson of the famous yet very stupid Dr. Heinz Doofenshmirtz, who tried to make various insane stupid schemes which has him get beaten by a platypus, and on the off side, he goes into graveyards, digging up freshly corpses, transforming dead components..." Bon-Bon said, recalling what Doofenshmirtz has done. Twilight groans as she interrupts quickly.

"Yes, of course, we know what he did. But if you don't mind, I prefer to be remembered for my own small contributions to science..." Twilight said while dipping her hooves into a bowl of soapy water on a table. The mare hates it when her grandfather is brought up. Her family was so ashamed of what he did that they had their last names legally name, with Twilight's to Sparkle, to try to distance themselves from Doofenshmirtz's legacy as they can. "...and not because of the fact that I am unfortunate to be related to a famous...stupid lunatic."

The students laughs a bit at that. Twilight sighs as she continues, "Now, Miss Bon-Bon, if you got a question?"

"Well, I am not sure I understand the distinction between reflexive and voluntary nerve impulses." Bon-Bon said, explaining as to what the teacher is going for here."

"Glad you ask, and since our lab today is demonstrating what we're talking, time we proceed."

As Twilight clean her hooves off, she uses her magic to make a hammer float and hit a small gong nearby. A nearby door opens as a stallion named Dr. Hooves comes in, pushing a table being followed by two mares named Applejack and Fluttershy, two friends of Twilight Sparkle.

As the trio pushed the table in, on it is a goofy Pegasus pony with weird eyes. Twilight explains, "Now, Miss Derpy Hooves here, who I haven't worked with before, nor given any instructions to earlier, has offered to help out with this afternoon's discussion." Fancypants watch on while waiting. "All right, Miss Hooves, can you hop up on your hooves and stand beside the tables?"

"Uh, okay!" Derpy exclaims with a nod. She struggles to get off the side then hops a bit slowly off the table.

"Right, nice hopping." Twilight remarks sarcastically. As Derpy turns around, the unicorn continues, "Miss Hooves, mind raising your left lower foreleg?" The mare does so as she lifts her left lower foreleg. "Now what you saw is a voluntary nerve impulse. It begins as a stimulus from the cerebral cortex..."

Twilight points to Derpy's head as he continues the discussion, "...going through the brain stem and right to the various muscles involved. Miss Hooves, you can lower your leg now." The goofy mare nodded as she does so. Twilight came forward. "Nigel: Reflex movements are those which are made independently of the will, but are carried out along the pathways which pass between the peripheral nervous system and the central nervous system."

Twilight put an upper foreleg around Derpy as if she was good buddies...but then the unicorn shout, "You filthy, rotten, stupid freak!"

Twilight almost hit Derpy near the center, making the students shouted. Fluttershy gasps, "Oh my!"

"Well, that's one way 'ta hit 'de lower area." Applejack remarks in amusement.

Derpy looks alarmed as Twilight continues, "We aren't aware of the impulses, nor will we intend to carry out our contradiction of muscles. Yeah, you notice that they work by themselves. "The mare got a little closer to the students as she got an idea on a little experiment, "But perhaps if we were to block the nerve impulsive by simply adding local pressure...which can be done with any ordinary metal clamp..."

Dr. Hooves nods as he gives a metal clamp to Twilight, "...just as the swelling on the posterior nerve roots...." The unicorn proceeds into putting the clamp onto Derpy's head "...and let's say five or six seconds..." Everyone waited as Twilight check her watch. What will she do next? "Why you mother grabbing monster!!!"

Unlike the last time, nothing seem to respond. Twilight smiles in triumph as she turn to the student exclaiming, "Ha! See? Communication all blocked off!" of course, some of the students gasp as Derpy is moaning a bit. "Of course, in spite of our mechanical magnificence, if it weren't for the continuous stream of motor impulses, we would've fallen lik ea bunch of...broccoli!"

Twilight removes the clamp. Derpy yelps as she fell but the others came over to her in time before putting her back onto the table. The students clap, amazed by this demonstration.

"Now in conclusion..." Twilight stops to turn to Dr. Hooves, she comment, "Give Miss Hooves twice the amount we agreed to. It will help her medical bills AND she DOES have a daughter to support."

"Right." Dr. Hooves said with a nod.

"At least she is doing well." Applejack remarks as Dr. Hooves begins pushing the table with the groaning Derpy on it out of the room.

"....that any more than common injury to the nerve root is always serious..." Twilight explains as Derpy is taken out of the room before Dr. Hooves close the door behind himself. "...because once a nerve fiber is severed, no force on this world or the afterlife can any life be restored back into it! Now then, any questions before we leave?"

"Uh, Twilight? Was hurting Derpy even necessary?" Fluttershy ask Twilight slyly.

"Relax, she will do fine. Anyone else got any questions?"

"Yes, Dr. Doo..." Bon-Bon begins to speak about to call Twilight 'Doofenshmirtz' but an annoyed glare from the mare forces her to change it. "...errr, Sparkle."

"Yes, Bon-Bon, what is it?" Twilight ask Bon-Bon patiently.

"Tell me this: is it true that Darwin once preserved a piece of vermicelli in a glass castle until, by some means unknown, it actually begins to move with a voluntary motion?"

"Okay, just so I'm clear: are you talking about the worm or the spaghetti?" Twilight ask Bon-Bon, frowning as she doesn't like where this conversation appears to be heading.

"Err, the worm." Bon-Bon answers with a shrug.

"Shoot, Ah done survived worms can come back 'ta life like 'dat." Applejack remarks in amazement.

"Applejack. Anyway, Bon-Bon, I did happen to read about that incident when I was a student...but you got to remember the worm, minus some, is not a pony at all." Twilight said with a sigh, causing a few students to laugh.

"Actually, well, a worm can be a pony if he wants to." Fluttershy said quietly.

"But isn't that the whole idea of your grandfather's work? The reanimation of dead tissue?" Bon-Bon ask Twilight curiously. Hearing that made the mare's eye twitch a bit.

"My grandfather was a very sick man who couldn't even beat a single platypus." Twilight said, getting a bit on edge about this subject.

"But as a Sparkle, aren't you even curious about it?"

"Best not 'ta go there, Bon-Bon." Applejack said to Bon-Bon in precaution. "Twilight is sensitive when it comes 'ta her past relatives. Ah fer one..."

"Applejack! I can defend myself here." Twilight said to Applejack in annoyance. She turns back to Bon-Bon, adding, "But she's right. Don't even go there."

"But doesn't bringing back the life which was once dead hold any intrigue for you?" Bon-Bon ask Twilight. She hopes that the scientist at least is curious about the whole thing.

"You are talking about the nonsensical ravings of a lunatic stupid mind! Dead is dead, let's leave it at that!"

"Come on. Look what's been done with hearts and kidneys."

"They are nothing more than stupid tinker toys!" Twilight snaps, getting more intense as she want the subject done already!

"But Twilight, I..." Bon-Bon begins to spoke but Twilight angrily uses her magic to hold up a scalpel as she continues raving like mad.

"I am a scientist, not a philosopher! Hay, you have more chance of reanimating this scalpel than you have of fixing a broken nervous system!"

"But what about your grandfather's work?"

"MY GRANDFATHER'S WORK IS HORSE CRAP!!!!" Twilight screams out madly, causing many students to become concerned. Perhaps Bon-Bon shouldn't have push it! "Why I am not even interested in death! As far as I'm concerned, the only thing I am interested in is the preservation of life!"

Twilight angrily stabbed down...and ends up stabbing her flank with the scalpel. Upon realizing her mistake, the mare gave a nervous chuckle before hiding the wound with her tail. Perhaps Twilight should've watch what she was doing.

"Ahem...class is...dismissed." Twilight said meekly.

The students applauded before getting up and leaving. Fancypants got up and headed to Twilight's group. Fluttershy check the wound and pulls the scalpel off gently.

"Whoo. Just a little scratch." Fluttershy said to Twilight with a nod. "Twilight, are you all right?"

"I'm fine, Fluttershy." Twilight said with a sigh. "I just wish ponies would stop bringing up that idiot of a grandmother of mine."

"Ahem, Dr. Doofenshmirtz." Fancypants spoke up, getting the trio's attention while Applejack put a band aid over the scratch.

"It's Sparkle. And who are you?"

"My name is Fancypants."

"Yeah, I remembered you, you send me a telegraph about the reading of the will, which I am not interested in." Twilight remarks with a groan, while rolling her eyes.

"Yes, well, I've travelled 5000 miles to bring you it, the will of your great grandfather...Jekyll Doofenshmirtz." Fancypants said seriously, making the group look at him in concern.

 

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As Twilight and her friends are walking home, Fancypants was with them, explaining about the will, of how Jekyll left Twilight with everyone. During this time, a violinist named Octavia was playing a cheerful tune on her violin.

"Wait, one hundred thousand bits?!" Twilight ask in bewilderment by how much the estate cost.

"Well, at least the land alone is worth a small fortune." Fancypants explains to Twilight with a nod.

"Oooh, doggy! Looks like yew got yerself one big area o' bits there, Twilight!" Applejack exclaims impressed.

"And a castle...although it is in a creepy part of Equestria." Fluttershy said meekly. "Uh, but if it's all right..."

"I can't drop everything and head off! Hay, I got responsibilities and obligations!" Twilight protests to her friends and Fancypants in concern, pointing out that she got other better things to do than to go to Equestria and require something that she doesn't want a thing to do with.

"But do you even have a hundred thousand of them?" Fancypants ask, arching an eyebrow at this.

Twilight comment, "Not to mention I have a friend who's getting married in two weeks. There is NO WAY I'm missing THAT. Can't you even give the place to Cadance? She's better off handling it better than I did."

"Yes, but the will insists that you go to the castle...and if you don't want it by the time your stay there is over, you can give it to her and you wouldn't have to deal with the Doofenshmirtz thing anymore."

Twilight pauses to think. Fancypants does have a bit of a point. Octavia, finishing her cheerful tune, now plays an eerie lullaby on her violin.

"So how long will this take?" Twilight ask the clerk curiously.

"A week...10 days of course." Fancypants explains to Twilight with a smile.

"Well, yer call, sugah cube." Applejack said to Twilight with a smile. "Also, Fluttershy an' Ah can join ya, make sure yew feel a bit better in 'dat place before yew make up yer mind."

"Well, I gotta think it over. I mean, it isn't easy just to pick up and..." Twilight suddenly stop talking as she hears the music...which seeps into a part of her brain which woke up something that the unicorn hasn't felt before. "Curious melody...rather haunting..."

The group walks back a few steps to Octavia who kept on playing. Fluttershy spoke, "Uh, excuse me, miss? What is that tune you're singing?"

"Oh, an old Equestrian Lullaby." Octavia explains proudly to the group.

"Oh yes, what a quaint little tune...say, may I see your violin for a moment?" Twilight ask as she rubs her forehead with a hoof. Octavia nods as she gave the violin to the unicorn.

"An honor for me, miss. So you play the violin?"

"Oh, just a little." Twilight chuckles as she looks at the violin. "Nice! Very nice balance to it."

"Yes, thank you." Octavia said with another proud smile. "Rather interesting, don't you think?"

Suddenly, without warning, Twilight uses her magic to break the violin into two, much to the shock of the others in her group as well as Octavia. With a sigh, the mare gave the halves back to the musician.

"Thanks." Twilight said to Octavia who takes the two halves, stunned.

"Great horny toads!" Applejack exclaims stunned as Octavia looks at the remains of her violin. The cowpony hasn't seen Twilight done that before!

"Well...if you're sure that I could do everything in a week, Fancypants, I guess I could manage it with my friends' help."

"Twilight, why did you do that?" Fluttershy ask, stunned that her friend went and broke Octavia's violin like that.

"Do what?" Twilight ask Fluttershy, confused as if what the unicorn had done has been forgotten.

"Break that mare's violin!" Fancypants exclaims, amazed by what he just saw.

"What? I didn't do that."

"The violinist...you used your magic to smash it!"

"I didn't do that. Why would I do so? Are you crazy?" Twilight ask, blinking a bit in confusion.

"But we y'all saw 'dat!" Applejack exclaims as the group prepares to head on. "Yew smashed it wit'out..."

"Come on, Applejack, you know I would never do that."

"Amazing...she is truly a Doofenshmirtz!" Fancypants exclaims to the heavens with a laugh, making the mares look at him oddly. "Sorry. Ahem...now about the inheritance?"

"Well, all right, I guess I do owe the family that much...and if I don't like it, and I know I won't, I will give it away to Cadance." Twilight said with a shrug. After all, it will only be for a few days, right? "So, you'll have everything ready for us for when we get there, right?"

"Yes, of course."

"One week at the most."

"One week, I will make sure." Fancypants said with a nod of satisfaction to Twilight.

"Right, and we will make sure that you won't hurt anyone...err, yourself, yes." Fluttershy said to Twilight, still stunned by what she did and then completely deny it.

"Well, thank you much for all your trouble." Twilight said as she shakes hooves with Fancypants.

"Oh, not at all, it's a great privilege, doctor." Fancypants said with a nod.

"All right, girls, Saturday night then. We will take the train to New York then go from there."

"We done better take 'de one fer Equestria." Applejack said as she, Twilight and Fluttershy heads on their way to go on home. "Much less expensive 'dat way."

"Saturday night, yes. Have a pleasant journal." Fancypants said with a chuckle. He glances to Octavia who is trying to play the Equestrian Lullaby on the top half of her broken violin.

Perhaps nice time, she will stick to playing a cello!

 

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A while later on Saturday night, the mares are at the train station, preparing to take the next train to Equestria. As a lot of ponies are getting on, Twilight is talking to two ponies that are seeing her off. One of them is a purple mane light azure grey female unicorn with light blue eyes and three diamonds on her flank. She is wearing some sort of dress. Her name is Rarity, the one who is getting married in two weeks.

The other pony is a male Pegasus pony with moderate emerald green eyes, a dark grayish phthalate blue mane, a very pale cornflower blue coat, and a yellow lightning bolt with wings for a cutie mark. The pony is also wearing goggles on his head. His name is Soarin', Twilight's fiancée.

"Oh, my good friends. My dearest friends, I will miss you all." Rarity said with a sigh of worry.

"Right, we all know." Twilight said to Rarity with a chuckle.

"And baby, I will count the hours that you're away." Soarin' said to Twilight with a smile.

"So will I, Soarin', so will I."

Twilight kisses Soarin' on the lips, then she got ready to hug Rarity. But the mare stops her, saying, "Oh, please, no."

"What's wrong?" Twilight ask Rarity in concern.

"Nothing personal but we got that party at Big Mac and Cheerilee's later on. I rather not smear my makeup, you understand, right?"

Twilight comment, "Sorry Applejack, Fluttershy and I are going to have to miss going to the party tonight with you and Soarin', Rarity. But I solemnly swear to BOTH of you that we WILL be back in less than two weeks."

Suddenly the conductor, All-Aboard, is heard shouting, "All aboard!"

"We better get going, sugah cube!" Applejack exclaims as she and Fluttershy got onto the train.

"Hoo boy. You better get going." Soarin' said with a smile.

"I guess this is it." Twilight said to Soarin' with a sigh.

"Baby, how can I say in a few minutes which taken me a lifetime to figure out, huh?"

"How about trying?"

"All right, you've got it, baby!" Soarin' exclaims, causing the two mares to chuckle a bit. "I'm all yours, all of me! Okay, what else can I say?"

"Oh, something more romantic." Rarity said with a smile, enjoying this scene of romance.

"Oh, Soarin'..." Twilight said as she hugs her love, then prepares to hug Rarity.

"Oh, the mane, the Mane; just been set."

"Right, sorry."

"Hope you like old fashion weddings, baby." Soarin' remarks as she and Twilight neck a bit.

"I prefer old fashioned wedding nights." Twilight teases a bit, causing Soarin' to laugh at that. His fiancée is just a romantic! It's amazing that she comes from an infamous bloodline!

"Oh, you're incorrigible!" Rarity exclaims to Twilight with a giggle.

"So do you love you mean?"

"You bet your horn it does." Soarin' said to Twilight with a smile. He loves her and always will, no other mare will dare take that away from him!

"Oh, my love..." Twilight sighs to Soarin' while hugging him.

Twilight was preparing to hug Rarity when she stops her, saying, "Taffeta, darling."

"Taffeta?"

"No, no, the dress itself is taffeta. Wrinkles so easily."

"Right, oh." Twilight said with a frown. Everything she tried to hug Rarity, she comes up with an excuse of some sort!

"All aboard!" All-Aboard calls out once more to make the final boarding call.

"Oh, that horrid stallion again! Best to go before I make a fool out of myself." Rarity insists that Twilight leaves before this gets more embarrassing. The purple unicorn decided to try to shake her hooves instead of hugging. "Ahh! The manicure!"

"Sorry, sorry!" Twilight exclaims as she removes herself, making Soarin' roll his eyes.

"Come on, Twilight, best to get going." Soarin' said to Twilight, hugging his fiancée. "Hope to see ya soon!"

Twilight pauses as she hugs Soarin' right back then pauses before the two mares just elbowed their legs each other. Better than nothing to keep Rarity from freaking out!

"Goodbye, Soarin', goodbye Rarity." Twilight said as she prepares to get on the train.

"Goodbye, darling!" Rarity exclaims as she waves goodbye to Twilight.

"Goodbye, Twilight!" Soarin' exclaims as Twilight got onto the train quickly. Rairty sighs and trots off while the head begins to leave.

As Soarin' was about to leave himself, Twilight calls out, "Soarin'!"

Soarin' turns back as Twilight blows a kiss to her when he caught. The Pegasus stallion smiles as he tried to blow a kiss right back...but the smoke that is made by the train causes him to cough like mad!

 

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As the train moves on its way down the line, the girls kept themselves busy. Twilight reads the paper while Applejack and Fluttershy were having a conversation.

"You think any vampire ponies live out there?" Fluttershy ask Applejack nervously. "I don't want to turn into one."

"Shoot, if any, we would've stayed home." Applejack remarks dryly to Fluttershy.

A couple are behind the group speaking. Matilda said, "Cranky, he's at it again."

"So what do you want me to do about it?" Her husband Cranky Doodle Donkey remarks with a grunt.

"Every day!"

"So let him, why bother?!"

All-Aboard came in, trotting down the aisle as he calls out, "New York next! Everypony out for New York!"

 

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Twilight's group are still sitting while waiting to arrive at their destination. A Griffin couple were speaking, as the female griffin spoke, "Hans, er nacht un schoen weider."

"Was lichsten sie mich tun?" The male one ask in irritation.

"Jeden tag!"

"Lasse sei ihn. Lasse sei ihn!"

All-Aboard soon came in, speaking in a foreign language, "Equestria nachst! Nenne aufsteigen fur Equestria! Equestria nachst! Nenne aufsteigen fur Equestria!"

Well, the trio are here. Time to get off. As they got their bags, Twilight opens a window and peeks out to see fog flowing throughout the station outside. Fluttershy spoke, "Wow..."

As the train stop, Twilight saw a colt named Pipsqueak passing by, causing her to call out, "Hey, colt! Is this the station for Equestria?"

"Oh, yes, Track 29!" Pipsqueak answers to Twilight. The colt prepares to leave when he turns back. "Oh, all right if I give you a shine?"

"Nah, no thanks." Applejack remarks with a shrug. She rather not have her own hooves shine right now.

The ponies got off the train along with the passengers getting off. Once the train pulls out of the station, the group stood there, looking around.

"Oh my...this place sure looks...spooky." Fluttershy said meekly as she looks around the station.

"So uh, what are we doing?" Applejack ask Twilight in concern. So far, the group aren't going somewhere.

"Well, Fancypants told us that someone is supposed to come pick us up." Twilight said, looking around to find the individual who is arriving to take them to the castle. Suddenly some wooshing and thumping noises are heard, making the trio look around the foggy area. "Oh boy..."

"Sure hope it ain't a zombie."

"Z-Z-Z-Z-Zombie?!" Fluttershy ask meekly. Suddenly a hoof taps her on the shoulder, causing her to scream. "Eeeek!"

"Dr. Doofenshmirtz, I presume?" An eerie voice spoke, causing the ponies to turn to see someone grinning while wearing a coat that has a hump in it. It's a female pink Earth pony with dark pink curly mane and tail, bright blue eyes and two blue and one yellow balloons marking on her flank. Her name is Pinkie Pie.

"Gah! Will yew not do 'dat?!" Applejack exclaims to Pinkie as she tries to calm the scared Fluttershy down.

"Sorry, couldn't help it!" Pinkie giggles a bit. "I always wanted to do that."

"Yeah...and for the record, it's actually Sparkle, not Doofenshmirtz." Twilight said to Pinkie, carefully the mare on her name much to her surprise.

"Wait, are you pulling my hoof?"

"No, it's pronounced Sparkle."

"Oh, so can you also say "Sci-light"?" Pinkie ask Twilight with a mischievous smile.

"No, no it isn't." Twilight said to Pinkie with a sigh, trying to keep her patience here.

"So why isn't it Sci-light Sparkle, hmmm?"

"It's just Twilight Sparkle, okay?"

"Okie dokie lokie!" Pinkie exclaims happily as she nods, getting the idea.

"So uh, yer're 'de mare picking us up, right?" Applejack ask Pinkie with a sigh as she proceed in calming the scared Fluttershy down.

"Eeyup! Sure am!"

"So you must be Pinkamena Diane Pie, right?" Twilight ask Pinkie, remembering the name that Fancypants told her about.

"Nope! It's actually Pinkie Pie!" Pinkie corrects Twilight happily.

"Weird, I thought they told me it was Pinkamena Diane Pie."

"Well, now who is wrong, right? I only go by my nickname nowadays."

"Well, uh, that make sense." Fluttershy said quietly while nodding. "So were you send by Fancypants?"

"Sure did! You know, Twiley, my grandmother used to work for your grandfather." Pinkie said to Twilight, making her chuckle a bit nervously.

"Right, how...nice." Twilight said nervously. Great, how awkward that the pony to pick her and her friends up is the granddaughter of the servant who used to work for that insane grandfather of Twilight's!

"Of course, the rates have gone up since then."

"No kidding." Applejack remarks in amusement.

"Well, I'm sure we will get along very well." Twilight said, smiling as she pats Pinkie...right on the hump part, causing her to yelp and move her hoof. "Oh, sorry about that! Err, hey, I don't wanna embarrass ya, but my friends and I are brilliant surgeons and doctors."

"Right, and if you want, we could help you with that hump of yours." Fluttershy said with a gentle smile to Pinkie while motioning to the mare’s hump.

"Huh? What hump?" Pinkie ask confused to the trio. This moment turns into an awkward one, especially since the pink pony had no idea that she got a hump on her back!

"All right, we better git on a-moving." Applejack said with a shrug. The sooner the group gets to the castle, the better.

"Allow me to take the luggage, mistresses."

Pinkie picks up the luggage, making Fluttershy smiles while saying, "Thank you."

"Yeah, yew are a big help." Applejack remarks with a chuckle, at least Pinkie helping out with the luggage proves she isn't all random.

The group goes over to some stairs nearby. Pinkie, grabbing a small cane, spoke, "Trot this way." The mare trots in a weird way down some stairs. Once she got to the bottom, Pinkie gave the cane to Twilight. "Come on! Trot this way."

Twilight nods as she imitates Pinkie's moving and trots down the stairs with the cane. Applejack snorts, "If Ah trot 'day way, Ah would end up wit' a hump on mah back." This causes Fluttershy to giggle a bit at that.

Twilight stops as she realizes what she's doing, making her groan in irritation. After Applejack and Fluttershy trot down normally, the trio followed Pinkie to a hay carriage waiting nearby. Thunder begins to roar as it looks like a storm is approaching.

"You will be more comfortable in the back." Pinkie said as she motions to the back of the hay carriage.

As Pinkie got up and put the reins onto herself to pull the carriage, Twilight's group nods as they tossed their luggage right into the back. Suddenly a yelping noise is heard, causing Twilight to yelp, "What was that?!"

"Oh, that's Benjamin Maregilligan AKA Ben Mare. Fancypants thought you might need a laboratory assistant temporarily."

Out of curiosity, the visitors climb up and peek in as someone pushed the luggage off of himself. It is a brown coated stallion with a spiky like brown mane, green eyes, a long tail and a red collar. His cutie mark is three Triforce like triangles. His name is Benjamin Maregilligan or Ben Mare for some reason.

"Hey there!" Ben exclaims to the group with a smile. "Wanna roll in the hay? It's fun!" The stallion begins to roll around in the hay, singing.

 

Ben: Roll, roll
Roll in the hay
Roll, roll
Roll in the hay

 

"No thanks, Ah doing rolling out around protection. Ah is gitting up front." Applejack said as she got up to the seating part of the carriage.

"Well, I..." Fluttershy begins to speak.

Suddenly Pinkie gallops off as she pulls the carriage causing Twilight and Fluttershy to fall right in as the group heads on their way to the castle.

 

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Pinkjie begins travelling down the road as everyone else sit right up in the seat and chair, looking around. Thunder is roaring, making Fluttershy yelp while Twilight hold onto Ben quickly. The doctor blushes a bit before letting go. Can't be cheating on Soarin' now, can she?

"Afraid of the lightning, Twilight?" Ben ask Twilight with a sheepish smile. "To be honest, so am I sometimes."

"It's just an atmosphere discharge." Twilight said, recovering from the fright that she went through.

"Oh."

"Nothing to be scared of."

Suddenly a howling noise is heard somewhere in the forest nearby. Ben gasps in concern, "Werewolf!"

"Werewolf?" Fluttershy ask meekly, getting scared upon hearing that.

"There!" Pinkie booms as she spoke in a hench pony like voice while pointing to the forest.

"What?" Twilight ask puzzled as to what Pinkie's doing.

"There, wolf!" Pinkie then points to the castle up ahead. "There, castle."

"Why are you talking like that, Pinkie?"

Pinkie, going back to her normal voice, spoke puzzled to Twilight, "Don't you want me to?"

"No, I don't want you to!" Twilight exclaims to Pinkie in annoyance. She only consider the pink pony as a friend, not as a pink pony.

"Right, just be yerself, not some hench pony." Applejack said in agreement, not used to how Pinkie's talking.

"Fine, okay, suit yourselves, I'm easy." Pinkie remarks with a shrug. Hey, if her new friends want her to speak normally and not like a hench pony, who is she to deny them, right? As thunder is heard, the mare come to a stop as she points to the castle, "Okie dokie lokie. There it is, home."

The group saw what's up ahead: the dark castle home of Doofenshmirtz, now it belongs to Twilight Sparkle. As thunder roars, the new visitors looks concerned. They hope this night doesn't go bad for them!

 

Author's note
Well, there it is, the castle. In the next chapter, the group meets Latrine...

 

(Horses are heard neighing)

 

Me: Right. And as Twilight gets used to her new home, some mysterious violin playing lures her to a hidden part which could be her grandfather's library. What will she find? Read, review and suggest.

 

The scene before the one with Rarity is another deleted scene cut out of the film.