Season 3 was a real adventure for Gohan and the Mane 6.

Before the event of Pinkie Pie's cloning, Gohan went to Zecora.

***

"Beans of senzu? By all means, I am confused." Zecora said.

"Here, let me show you." Gohan said, grabbing Zecora's book full of recipes.

He flipped to the page of the senzu bean.

He showed it to Zecora.

"I see. You seek this bean?" Zecora said.

"I'll even pay you, if that's what you want." Gohan said.

"I believe that is reasonable." Zecora said.

***

Gohan received the senzu beans, and went to Twilight's Treehouse.

Well, to show her how the beans worked.

"No way." Twilight said.

"Yeah! Why don't I show you?" Gohan asked.

"Fine." Twilight said.

***

They were outside.

Gohan removed his shirt.

His body got him some stares.

He was as buff as Bulk Biceps!

Some ponies, like Twilight, found it difficult to look away.

"Okay, now look." Gohan said.

He aimed his hand at his stomach.

"Don't mind this, just wait." He said.

He blasted himself in the stomach!

It penetrated him.

Well, he overdid it, because he ended up coughing blood.

In fact, you could see through the hole.

"GOHAN! WHAT THE HECK!" Twilight asked.

"Okay, I-I-I think I destroyed a few arteries... Like the celiac artery..." Gohan said.

"Why!?" Twilight asked.

"And now for the bean..." Gohan said weakly.

Then he coughed more blood.

Gohan ate the senzu bean and was healed completely.

His stomach just morphed back to it's original... stomach.

"See?" Gohan asked.

"That shouldn't be physically possible, but I stand corrected." Twilight said.

***

That was real funny.

Now, when the Pinkie Pies came... He dealt with them in a different manner.

***

Gohan's gravity chamber was overrun with Pinkie Pies!

They were all repeating: "Fun!"

"Oh, what the heck!?" He asked.

They were pressing all sorts of buttons, messing up the programming, and the machine itself was getting beaten up.

"Stop!" Gohan yelled.

No stopping.

"STOP!" Gohan screamed.

Nope.

Gohan turned into a Super Saiyan.

"Stop." He said, grimly.

Everyone stopped.

"Thank you! Now, can anyone explain what's going on?" Gohan asked.

...

"...Fun?" One Pinkie asked.

"Fun!" They all said.

Ah, damn it. Back to the jumping around.

"Darn it!" Gohan said.

He instantly chopped a pressure point on the backs of every Pinkies' neck.

It's like time stopped for a moment.

Until every Pinkie started falling one by one.

"Okay... Now to figure this out." Gohan said to himself.

***

Well, he couldn't figure it out.

So he decided to go to Twilight if she knew.

Gohan held a freaking ball of unconscious Pinkie Pies over his head on his way to Ponyville.

You have no idea what kind of math he did to make sure they didn't just fall off.

He calculated that he needed to hold them up at an approximate angle of 85 degrees while the Pinkies keeping all the Pinkies in had to refrain from moving in the slightest.

So he had to take it nice and slow.

...

'This is difficult...' He thought.

***

So, as it turns out, there are a lot more Pinkie Pie clones than you would've expected.

Everyone in Ponyville is pissed off.

Even Fluttershy was noticeably pissed off.

The Real Pinkie couldn't even tell if she was the real one, and she just regretted making her clones.

So the other ponies gathered in front of Twilight's home for some random reason.

What is she, a princess?

Uh...

Anyway.

Yeah, so, everyone is pissed off and they went to Twilight about it.

"Okay, everypony, please, calm down!" She pleaded.

"Calm down? I just had a Pinkie HURRICANE raging through my shop!" Rarity yelled.

"And they trashed our critter picnic!" Fluttershy said.

Damn, everyone had a complaint.

Twilight couldn't think of any solution on the spot.

...And then there was a giant ball of Pinkie Pies slowly coming the ponies' way.

"Remain calm!" Gohan yelled.

Everyone noticed the Pinkies, and were about to panic.

"These are only unconscious Pinkie Pies! I'm probably just as confused as you are!" He yelled.

He finally managed to bring it down next to Twilight.

His landing caused a slight shift, and the ball let loose, making a bunch of unconscious Pinkies fall on top of Gohan.

The ones who did land on Gohan just bounced off.

"...Huh." He said.

"W-Why did you bring this...?" Twilight asked.

"Anyway, I'm late to the game, does anyone know what's happening?" Gohan asked.

"Well, other than the fact that there are approximately hundreds of Pinkie Pies roaming." He added.

"They're ruining everything!" Everyone yelled at him.

Jesus, they yelled it so loudly that his hair flew back for a moment.

"...Other than that, too." Gohan said.

"I don't know!" Twilight said.

"Please, everypony, hang on while I try to figure something out!" She called to the ponies, opening her door.

"Come on, Spike. I've gotta try to remember the name of that legend she mentioned." She whispered as Spike ran in.

"Wait, what?" Gohan asked, running in.

Twilight just groaned.

"I'll let you in, but close the door!" She yelled.

"Okay...! Sorry..." Gohan said, closing the door.

"Anyway, what's this 'legend' you speak of?" He asked.

"I don't know, Pinkie told me about it, but I can't remember!" Twilight said.

Spike was already looking through the books.

"Does it have anything to do with cloning?" Gohan asked.

"That's exactly what it does." Twilight said.

"Then I'm on it!" Gohan said, saluting before darting through the library.

He was checking each book as fast as he could.

Spike groaned as he just looked through his shelf.

"I'll never find that- Huh?" He asked, finding a horseshoe button?

At the back of a shelf?

"Did you find something?" Twilight asked.

Spike pressed the button, which opened a compartment for another book.

He pulled it out, only for Twilight to take it with her magic.

Gohan stopped his search.

"Did you find it?" He asked, holding a few books about clones.

"Aha! Here it is! The legend of the Mirror Pond..." Twilight said.

"Oh. I'll just put these back, then." Gohan said, doing just that.

"It describes a spell I can use to send them back where they came from!" Twilight said.

"That's perfect! Let's go!" Spike said.

"But how do we know which Pinkie is the real Pinkie?" Gohan asked.

"That's the catch... We don't want to send her back by accident." Twilight said.

"Well, we'll just have to figure out who the real one is then. Shouldn't be too hard." Spike said.

"Spike. They're exact mirror copies of Pinkie. It's near impossible to find the real one, because they'll all probably just say that they're the real one." Gohan said.

"You never know if they'll be honest." Spike said.

"It's worth a try." Gohan said.

***

They went outside, and tried it out.

Well, it's as follows.

"I'm the real Pinkie!"

"No you're not, I'm the real Pinkie!"

"Nuh-uh! I'm the real Pinkie!"

"Fuck you, you are! I'm the real Pinkie!"

"You lying sacks of lies! I am!"

"No, I am!"

"Is that a challenge?"

"Bet you're not as real as me!"

"Oh, it's on, asshole!"

And so forth.

It's endless.

All the Pinkies, even the previously unconscious ones were jumping around town.

They gathered to compete in the 'Who's the real Pinkie?' Competition.

"This was a horrible plan." Gohan said.

"Agreed." Twilight said.

"How in tarnation are we supposed to tell which is the real Pinkie?" Applejack asked.

"I don't know." Twilight said worriedly.

"Me either." Possibly the real Pinkie said.

"Ohh... We've all got the same adorable tails, we've all got the same adorable manes, we've all got the same adorable hooves! Which one of us IS the real Pinkie!? Oh! I haven't the slightest clue! And if I can't tell us apart... WHO CAN!?" She yelled.

She started crying.

"...Pinkie doesn't really utilize an expanded vocabulary, does she?" Gohan asked.

Translation: She doesn't use big words, does she?

"Nope! I only know the same words I know since I was a filly!" Pinkie said, suddenly snapping out from her crying.

"We need a game plan." Gohan said.

"A test?" Pinkie asked.

...

"...Elaborate." Twilight said.

"Pick something really hard for a Pinkie to do, something not fun at all! Any Pinkie that can't do it goes back into the pond. But whoever wants to stay the most, that must be the real Pinkie!" Pinkie said.

"I can't see this working." Gohan said.

"You know, that's not a bad idea." Twilight said.

"What?" Gohan asked.

"The real Pinkie has unlimited tenacity, and she gets things done. From the way the clones act, they don't have much of an attention span." Twilight said.

"Well, I suppose..." Gohan said.

"We need to come up with a test. Gohan, you're coming with me!" Twilight said, running back into her house.

"Do I have a choice?" Gohan asked, slowly following her.

***

"We have the test!" Twilight said.

"Now go round them up! But don't make them unconscious, that'll screw up the plan." Twilight said.

***

Well, test time.

Gohan finally managed to get every single Pinkie Pie roaming about into the boutique.

Using tricks, lies and... Well, for the extreme measures, he had to just use force.

The rest of the Mane 6 were there, spectating.

Problem is, the Pinkies can't calm down.

They're just jumping all over the place in this empty room.

Except for one.

She's just sitting there, sad.

Twilight came up to the stage.

"Welcome, Pinkies, welcome. Please have a seat and make yourselves comfortable." She called.

...Nope.

"Okay, I suppose you can't be comfortable staying in one place, but have a seat anyway." Twilight said.

...

"Sit down!" She yelled.

They ain't listening.

Gohan took it upon himself to do it.

So he got up on stage.

Then he went Super Saiyan.

"Sit down. NOW." He said.

They all sat down.

"Better. Now, I suppose you're all wondering why I had Gohan over here forcibly make you gather here today." Twilight said.

"For fun?" A Pinkie asked.

"No, just the opposite actually." Twilight said.

"What!?" They all yelled.

They looked angry, and ready to fight!

...Until they saw Gohan make his aura flare.

They sat down again.

"Pinkies, you've been brought here to take a test." Twilight said.

They all groaned in unison.

"Don't worry, it's a simple test, about as simple as they come, and whoever passes gets to stay." Twilight said.

So all the Pinkies liked the sound of that.

"Curtain, please." She said.

Spike pulled the rope, and the test was revealed to be a wall of recently painted paint.

"The test... will be watching paint dry!" Twilight said.

Now there were boos again.

Gohan gave the death stare, and they piped down once more.

"On your mark, get set, go!" Twilight said.

They all stared at the wall.

"Oh, this is so exciting!" Spike said, grabbing some popcorn and a chair.

***

"Okay, maybe not that exciting." He said.

Nothing was happening.

Fucking NOTHING.

...Oh, there we go!

It took a long time, but eventually, each Pinkie was going down one by one.

By losing focus because of many things.

Like birds, boredness, wanting to jump and touch the ceiling, wanting to watch that happen, orange frogs, making fingers appear on hooves, watching that happen, making a face that resembled G3, watching that, and countless other things.

Twilight was so burned out, that Gohan just destroyed a few of them with ki.

First time he did that, the Mane 6 gasped!

"What?" Gohan asked.

Then he realized.

"Don't worry, they're not real. There's no blood when that happens." He said.

So now we're down to two fucking competitors!

...They're taking so goddamn long.

I can't take it anymore!

Someone just end the thing already!

Well, Rainbow Dash had enough as well, so...

"Somepony's making balloon animals!" She said.

The faker stopped to look!

"What? Where?" She asked.

And then it's over.

The last Pinkie clone is gone.

The real Pinkie (we think) is the winner...!

...She's still looking at the paint.

"You can look away, Pinkie." Twilight said.

"I passed?" Pinkie asked.

"You passed. You're the only Pinkie who kept staring at the wall." Twilight said.

"Only the real Pinkie has that much of an attention span." Gohan said, still a Super Saiyan for some reason.

"I'm me! I'm me! YAY!" Pinkie cheered, jumping in the air.

***

That was just fokin great.

Let's move on.

Gohan helped the Cutie Mark Crusaders with their float.

...And with family relations.

***

The Cutie Mark Crusaders were desperate to impress Applebloom's cousin, Babs Seed.

She was from Manehattan!

I don't know, I've been to Manhattan and it kinda sucks.

Probably because I had to go there a lot.

Damn you, life!

Unrelated.

Sorry.

Anyway, they tried impressing her with the CMC Clubhouse and failed miserably...

So they decided to impress her with the float they have Gohan making for the Summer Harvest Parade.

***

Gohan was working on the trio's pumpkin float for the parade in the barn.

It's because he's the super nerd hero.

He knew all the blueprints, tools and resources necessary.

The Crusaders just don't do math very often.

I love math. My favorite subject.

He was just about done.

The trio had Babs Seed go to the barn where Gohan had been working.

"Here it is! The official Cutie Mark Crusaders float for the Summer Harvest Parade!" Applebloom said, showing the nearly finished work of art.

Gohan was just about to put a wheel on the float.

"Hey you guys! Who's your friend?" Gohan asked.

Babs Seed looked at Gohan with a confused look on her face.

"What is that?" Babs asked.

"I'm Gohan." Gohan said.

"Yes, he's our friend. He helped build this!" Applebloom said.

"As a member of the Cutie Mark Crusaders, you can ride with us, Babs!" Scootaloo said, flapping her wings in excitement.

Babs Seed chuckled awkwardly.

"More like FUNNY!" Diamond Tiara said.

Gohan face palmed when he heard that.

"Both of you, just leave us alone please? And can you stop calling me an ape?" Gohan asked.

Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon appeared.

"Well sorry, MONKEY!" Diamond Tiara said, and the two laughed.

Gohan and the trio looked at them with death stares.

"What is that thing? A giant orange?" Silver Spoon asked, trotting up to the float with Diamond Tiara before laughing.

"It's a pumpkin. Wow, I expected fifth graders to be smart, not blind." Gohan said.

"Whatever. More like a lamekin." Diamond Tiara said before they laughed again.

"What an insult. We are truly hurt by a word that doesn't exist." Gohan said sarcastically.

"Who's the new blank flank?" She asked, referring to Babs Seed.

Babs hid her flank with her tail in embarrassment.

"She's my cousin, Babs. She's from Manehattan." Applebloom said.

"Oh. Nice to meet you Babs." Gohan said, waving.

Babs still looked confused at him.

"Manehattan, huh? Well, I guess you have that going for you." Diamond Tiara said.

"I suppose you're going to join their little club? What's it called? The Cutie Mark Crusaders?" Silver Spoon mocked.

"Can't you be nice to them? I mean, being a blank flank doesn't mean anything. It just means they have hidden potential." Gohan defended.

"Coming from a blank flank." Diamond Tiara said before they laughed again.

"I don't have the body of a pony, so I am not able to receive a Cutie Mark." Gohan said.

"But I do know potential." He added.

"Whatever, ape. Anyway, what'll you do, Manehattan mare?" Diamond Tiara asked.

Babs Seed had to decide between her cousin or these new ponies.

And the hero of the place.

So...

She blew her Mane out of her face.

"More like the Cutie Mark Crybabies!" Babs said, walking to the duo.

Gasp!

"Babs! Don't be so mean to your cousin!" Gohan said.

"Who are you to tell me, ape?" Babs asked.

"Getting a million Frieza vibes from you, GOSH." Gohan mumbled like an edgy teen.

"Ooh, big city attitude. I like it." Diamond Tiara asked.

"Oh yeah? Well there's more where that came from. Check this out." Babs said, kicking and breaking the emergency brake.

Also known as the piece of wood that kept the float from rolling down a hill?

Le gasp!

"Oh, no she didn't!" Scootaloo said with some sass.

Snickers and laughs from our two most hated fillies in the room...

"No! Darn it!" Gohan said, running beside it.

"What's wrong? How's that feel?" Babs asked.

"I didn't add the steel to sustain the movement yet, and you had to destroy the emergency break, darn it!" Gohan yelled.

Well, nobody knew what the fuck he was saying.

"How could you do that? That's just mean!" Gohan said.

They didn't care.

Babs just shrugged.

The pumpkin lost it's base because of the lack of an emergency break, and started rolling down the hill.

More laughing.

"I got this!" Gohan yelled, running after it.

Damn, it started chipping away, and some of the wood broke apart.

He quickly ran past it, only to hold his hands out to stop it.

Problem is, now there are two holes in the float.

Gohan groaned.

Nonetheless, he took his hands out and lifted it up.

"What are you guys doing!?" He asked.

Now everyone was shocked to see him lifting a FUCKING FLOAT UP!

Sorry.

"Someone could've been seriously hurt!" He yelled.

Applebloom was furious.

"When I tell Applejack-" "When you tell Applejack what?" Babs asked, closing the gap between her and Applebloom.

"What are you, a snitch?" Babs asked.

Gohan set the pumpkin back where it was so that it wouldn't roll again.

"There's a difference between a snitch and telling on a bully." Gohan said.

"And what would you know!?" Babs retorted.

"What would I know? You're being a huge jerk, and you're acting very disrespectful to your cousin." Gohan said.

"Sorry, I didn't think crybabies deserve any respect! Hah!" Babs mocked.

More laughs.

He had enough.

In a short fit of rage, Gohan turned into a Super Saiyan, completely confusing the three jerks.

He slowly walked up to Babs.

"Now listen here, you ignorant little filly. When you respect other ponies, they respect you back. If you can't be bothered to respect your cousin, or her friends, then please, kindly leave her alone. You got that?" He asked in a scary yet low voice.

He was towering over Babs.

...

...No response.

Too scared.

"Answer the question!" Gohan yelled on impulse.

He didn't mean to, he got angry for his friends.

...

"Wow, he loses his temper like an ape too!" Diamond Tiara said, before the three laughed.

"Yeah, I got it, monkey." Babs mocked.

"Come on, Babs. You should hang with us. You know, the cool ponies! Not these babies!" Diamond Tiara said, as the three trotted away.

Applebloom was shocked.

...

"What... Just happened?" She asked.

"I think she just turned to the dark side." Scootaloo said.

"Your cousin showed up, the bullies showed up, made her into a complete jerk, she tried to destroy your float and your cousin happens to not like you, Applebloom." Gohan said.

"We know." Applebloom said.

"Oh. Then why'd you ask the question...? Nevermind. I'm sorry I lost my temper." Gohan said.

Applebloom was devastated.

"We have to tell Applejack!" Sweetie Belle said.

"No! We can't be snitches!" Applebloom said.

"But that's totally irresponsible. If your own family member is bullying you like that, then you really need to tell Applejack. Or someone else." Gohan said.

"But I don't wanna be a snitch..." Applebloom said.

"And we don't want to be babies!" Scootaloo said, standing on her backhooves and crossing her forehooves.

"...Then why do I feel like crying?" Sweetie Belle asked.

'Ugh....' Gohan thought.

"Is the float okay?" Scootaloo asked.

"Er..." Gohan responded, scanning the float.

"It's received heavy internal damage, so it won't be able hold more than one filly. I already did the exterior designs, so we'd have to pick it apart just to fix what's inside." He said.

"Oh, man! I can't believe she ruined our float!" Scootaloo said angrily.

"I can't believe I'm related to a big stinkin' bully!" Applebloom said angrily.

"What are we going to do?" Sweetie Belle asked.

"Should we build a new float?" Applebloom asked.

Gohan tried looking at the interior through the holes he made in the float.

"...Yeah, we need a new one." He said.

"But she'll probably break that one, too." Scootaloo said.

"Well, do you want to participate in the parade?" Gohan asked.

"I really don't mind making another float." He said.

"We do, but we don't want her to destroy it!" Applebloom said.

"Then you need to resolve your family matters..." Gohan said, just reminding himself of his own family matters.

'...I miss mom.' He thought.

"But we don't want to be snitches!" Scootaloo said.

Gohan sighed.

"You'll have to figure this out on your own. Once you know what you want to do, let me know if we're making the float again." He said.

***

Yeah, so...

Babs and her new friends were bullying the hell outta the Crusaders.

Stealing their milkshakes, scaring them, and overall mocking them.

They grew scared of them, damn.

Especially Babs, for some reason.

It's like they had to have eyes in the back of their heads just to make sure they weren't there.

But they still got pranked.

"It's just a prank, bro."

After a very long day, our trio were convinced that the others would run them out of town.

I mean, Applebloom went through torture at home.

They were walking towards their clubhouse, since that's the only safe place they know of.

"Babs may have run us out of town, but at least we still have the club...house?" Applebloom asked.

Well, Babs was at the balcony of the clubhouse already.

And she noticed the Crusaders.

"Hey! What're you doing at MY clubhouse?" She sneered.

"Y-Y-Your clubhouse!?" Scootaloo asked angrily.

"It's OUR clubhouse!" The Crusaders said.

"Well, it WAS yours, but now it's MINE!" Babs sneered.

"And mine!" Diamond Tiara sneered, appearing beside Babs.

"And mine!" Silver Spoon sneered, doing the same thing.

Applebloom was heartbroken.

"That's not fair, Babs! We never did anything to you!" She said.

"And let's keep it that way. Now scram, crybabies!" Babs yelled, destroying the only means of getting up to the clubhouse and out.

I think she trapped herself without realizing it.

The three bullies all giggled and went inside.

Sweetie Belle was on the verge of crying.

"Don't cry... This is the one thing they CAN'T take away from us." Applebloom said.

"How!?" Scootaloo asked.

"Let's get our other friend..." Applebloom said with a devilish smirk.

***

The Crusaders returned to their clubhouse with a special friend of theirs.

The only nerdy Saiyan.

Our bullies all got on the balcony again.

"Great, now they brought the ape." Diamond Tiara said with a small voice.

They all laughed with each other with that comment.

"Hey! I take offense to that!" Gohan yelled.

"How did you even hear them?" Scootaloo asked.

"What do you want, crybabies!?" Babs yelled.

"My friends want their clubhouse back!" Gohan yelled.

Then Applebloom whispered some stuff in his ear.

"And for you to stop bullying them!" Gohan added.

Those bullies all laughed again.

"And what are YOU gonna do about it, huh?" Babs sneered.

"Well, first off, try to resolve the issue without any sort of violence. Now, can we all respect each other and get along?" Gohan asked.

"I don't think they deserve it!" Silver Spoon sneered.

"Then you don't deserve anyone else's respect. I'm going to come up there if you don't give it back!" Gohan yelled.

"Hah! Like you could get up here!" Babs sneered.

Gohan jumped high into the sky, and landed in front of our bullies.

He gave them extreme death stares.

They all just stared back at him, with scared looks.

...

Eventually they started sweating.

...

'Extreme measures.' Gohan thought.

He got into a fighting pose and turned into a Super Saiyan with a glaring aura.

Babs pulled a rope to create some sort of slide off the remaining stairs and they made like the UK, and BREXITED THAT SHIT got the heck outta there.

They ran right past the Crusaders, and now they knew how the Crusaders felt.

"Sweet revenge...!" Scootaloo whispered.

"That actually felt great!" Applebloom said.

"That wasn't great at all!" Gohan called.

He wasn't a Super Saiyan now.

"You still haven't made up. That's an unhealthy relationship." He said.

"I know... But she's just so rotten!" Applebloom said.

"I can relate, but revenge isn't the answer." Gohan said.

He jumped down to that makeshift slide.

"Anyway, we have to fix up the stairs." He said.

"And how do we do that...?" Applebloom asked.

"Actually, just let me handle that. You can go on and do whatever." Gohan said, walking up to a dying tree.

Well, let's just say he was starting to recreate the stairs.

So he wasn't paying attention.

"That was a close one." Scootaloo said.

"Yeah. Being kicked out of our own clubhouse would be too much." Sweetie Belle said.

"It's already too much for me, she stole my bed!" Applebloom said.

"Seriously?" Scootaloo asked.

"Super-Seriously." Applebloom said.

"Then you need to talk to Applejack!" Sweetie Belle said.

"No!" Applebloom instantly responded.

"Rarity...?" Sweetie Belle asked.

"No!" Again.

"Twilight...?" Sweetie Belle asked.

"No, no, no!" Applebloom said.

"Goha- Wait a minute." Sweetie Belle said.

"No, we need to fight back!" Applebloom said.

"Yeah!... How are we gonna do that?" Scootaloo asked.

Applebloom thought about it for a moment, then she had it.

"By makin' her the guest of honor at the Summer Harvest Parade!" She said.

"Yeah! Wait, what?" Scootaloo asked.

Applebloom did a little evil chuckle.

"When you look up 'embarrassed' in the dictionary..." She whispered.

"Her face will be there!" She whispered.

"But how are we going to do that?" Scootaloo asked.

"We have our builder, we just need to booby trap it!" Applebloom said.

"But isn't that wrong...?" Sweetie Belle asked.

"She deserves it! Besides, she'll keep ruining our lives if we don't show her who's boss!" Applebloom said.

"Hey!" She called to Gohan.

"Sorry! I just need to get some nails for the stairs! Be right back!" Gohan said, about to fly off.

"Wait!" Applebloom said.

"Hold up!" Scootaloo said.

Gohan stopped before he flew.

"We'd like you to, um... Make the float... Again." Applebloom said.

...

"Okay." Gohan said.

"But we want it to be a giant Apple this time!" Applebloom said.

"Uh... Sure. What made you change your mind?" Gohan asked.

"Are you going to make up with your cousin with it?" He asked.

Applebloom giggled.

"She'll see..." She said with an evil face and a few sinister laughs.

...

"...It's for revenge, isn't it." Gohan said.

"W-What? No!" Applebloom lied.

"Lying won't help. I'm not making a float so you could smash it into her or something." Gohan said.

"Well, we had something else in mind." Scootaloo said.

"Unless it's not for revenge, no way." Gohan said.

"Fine... It won't be for revenge." Applebloom said.

"Are you SURE now?" Gohan asked.

"Yeah... I'll tell Applejack and try to fix it..." Applebloom said.

Gohan smiled.

"There you go, now we got it. I'll get that float done after this." He said.

Then he flew off to get some nails.

...

"...You're not really going to do that, right?" Scootaloo asked.

"Nope." Applebloom said.

***

Well, the whole float making process is happening.

"Emergency brake... Check. Steering mechanism... Check. Fuel tank... Check."

Yadda yadda.

It was finally done, a giant apple!

'Two floats, Kami.' Gohan thought.

So he got our riders to look at it.

Who happened to be carrying saddlebags.

"Is that what you wanted...?" He asked.

"This is perfect!" Applebloom said.

"Thanks so much!" Sweetie Belle said.

"It's totally awesome!" Scootaloo said.

"Can we make a few teensy tiny edits?" Applebloom asked.

"Uh... Sure. What kind of edits?" Gohan asked.

"Oh, we just want to change the apple color." Sweetie Belle said.

"What's wrong with this one?" Gohan asked.

"It's green." Scootaloo said.

"You don't like green?" Gohan asked.

"Well, it's not that, we prefer a different color." Applebloom said.

"Oh. Okay. Go nuts, just make sure you don't put a dent in it." Gohan said, walking away.

"Thanks!" The trio yelled.

"Happy to help!" Gohan yelled.

...

"Okay, did y'all bring the stuff?" Applebloom asked.

***

Our Prankster Crusaders had trouble with the booby traps, but nonetheless, got it done.

Problem: The blueprints.

Our three were trying to see the interior of the float through the blueprints, but...

"What's a 'mechanism?'" Applebloom asked.

"What's a 'flux capacitor?'" Scootaloo asked.

"What's an 'interior?'" Sweetie Belle asked.

"How are we gonna do anything if we can't read this?" Scootaloo asked.

"Let's just build our traps around his big words... We have to just stop the steering wheel and the brakes at the right time." Applebloom said.

Well, they finally did it.

By the crack of dawn.

"Is... Is this it...?" Sweetie Belle asked.

She had bags under her eyes.

So did the other two.

The float was a giant golden apple with a booby trap set inside it to stop the steering and the brakes.

Including that emergency break.

The trap was a kitchen timer.

"I think... we're a go." Scootaloo said.

"Good, 'cause we'd better get out of here before Babs finds us." Sweetie Belle said.

They all did a tired threeway high five.

***

Well, parade time.

There was a road paved for the floats, but the ones who aren't participating are left to be on the side of that road.

Gohan was just making sure there was nothing wrong with the exterior of the float...

Nonetheless, he was pretty surprised that they got this to become so shiny golden.

"I'm impressed. Well, have fun, you three." He said, walking away, into the crowd.

"Thanks!" The trio said again.

They giggled sinisterly...

Meanwhile, our three little bullies happened to be walking about, and noticed how amazing the Crusaders' float was.

"Whoa...!" Babs said.

She was flabbergasted.

Well, Sweetie Belle noticed them noticing the float.

"Isn't it smashing?" She asked.

Then the other two looked at her as if she actually revealed something.

"No! I-I didn't mean smashing! I mean... Isn't it a hit? No! No, I- No! No hitting! I meant– Ugh..."

Yeah, Sweetie Belle gave up.

Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon just left, they didn't care.

Babs remained.

Scootaloo rushed to her.

"Well, don't even THINK about riding it, Babs!" She said.

She winked at her fellow Crusaders.

Sweetie Belle was looking into space.

Applebloom nudged her.

Sweetie Belle then jumped into the float to start the engine.

Vroom vroom, anyone?

Sweetie Belle then started the timer...

For some reason, Applebloom decided to drag a mattress to beside the float.

The two winked back.

"You had your chance." Scootaloo taunted.

Babs looked over to her fellow bullies, who obviously didn't care whatsoever.

But she wanted to impress them, so...

She rammed into the Crusaders, shoving them out of the way.

And onto that mattress.

She opened the door.

"See ya later, Cutie Mark Crybabies!" She yelled, shutting the door.

Then she was off.

"The timer set?" Applebloom asked.

Wink wink.

They got up from the mattress.

"Teach her to fool with the Cutie Mark Crusaders!" Sweetie Belle said.

...Then Applejack happened to be by, holding three balloons.

She also happened to miss that entire interaction.

"Y'all are letting Babs ride in your golden apple float?" She asked.

"Yeah. We thought she deserved to be the... center of attention." Applebloom said.

The Crusaders all giggled sinisterly... But Applejack couldn't notice the evil.

"Well, that's just super sweet of y'all, makin' Babs feel so special. Y'know, after all the heartache she's been havin' in Manehattan." Applejack said.

Then the Crusaders felt a little bad and confused.

"Heartache?" Applebloom asked.

"Well, I didn't say nothin' 'cause I didn't want her to feel singled out, but there's been some bullies back in Manehattan just been teasin' her to pieces for her blank flank." Applejack said.

"T-teased?" Applebloom asked.

"B-Bullied!?" Sweetie Belle asked.

Now our trio felt devastated.

"Yup. She came up to the farm to get away from all her problems back home." Applejack said.

She hooved the balloons over to the trio.

"I'm so proud of y'all. You've done a good deed." She said, walking away.

Those balloons deflated somehow.

"So that's why she jumped in when Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon started giving us a hard time!" Scootaloo said.

"She didn't want to be bullied like at home, so she decided to BE a bully instead!" Applebloom said.

"And now we've turned into bullies too!" Sweetie Belle said.

"What do we do!?" The Crusaders all asked.

...

"We have to tell somepony." Sweetie Belle said.

"Applejack?" Applebloom asked.

"I think Gohan." Scootaloo said.

"We don't have time to find them, we just have to get Babs outta that float!" Applebloom said.

Well, let's cut to Babs.

She caught up to Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon with her stolen float.

"Nice float, Babs." Diamond Tiara said.

"Snagged it from those whiny baby blank flanks." Babs said.

"Too cool for mule, Babs." Diamond Tiara said.

Now our Crusaders were running after the float.

"We gotta stop that float!" She yelled.

Well, the parade's happening, and our main cast were looking at it.

With Gohan eating a crepe and noticing something.

'Wait... Babs is in the float, but my friends are- Sweet Kami.' He thought.

He completely ate the crepe before wiping his mouth and jumping up.

High.

"Uh... Why is he jumping?" Twilight asked.

"Beats me." Rainbow Dash said.

"You'll understand soon!" Gohan called.

"I guess that's that." Fluttershy said.

There's about half a minute left before the brakes and the steering gets stopped.

Our Crusaders were trying to catch up, and they were right behind the golden apple float.

They just couldn't get to the side or anything.

Then they noticed Gohan jump on top of the float.

"Hey- What in tarnation is he doing!?" Applejack asked.

"He noticed." Scootaloo said.

"Gohan!" Applebloom yelled.

"I'll get your float back for you, just hold on!" Gohan said.

"No, we rigged it!" Sweetie Belle said.

Well, Gohan was long gone.

Babs was waving at the masses of ponies...

And then an upside down Gohan just appeared outside her viewing space.

There are no windshields.

"Hey kid! Want to see a dead body?"

"Dah!" She yelled in surprise.

"Hello there, Babs." Gohan said grimly.

"What kind of voodoo is this...?" Babs asked.

"I'm going to ask you to give this back to my friends. I worked really hard on this contraption." Gohan said.

The Crusaders finally got to the side of the float.

10 seconds...

They were nearing a cliff, which, if anyone was to fall off of, they'd land in a mud pile.

That's the plan for Babs to embarrass her.

"Gohan, Babs!" Applebloom yelled.

"Don't worry, I'm getting the float back." Gohan said.

"Yeah, right, like I'm gonna hand this back over to the crybabies!" Babs said.

"No, you don't understand!" Scootaloo said.

"Babs! You gotta get out of that float!" Applebloom said.

"Why should I, huh?" Babs asked.

"It's booby trapped!" Scootaloo said.

"What!?" Gohan asked.

"Yeah, right." Babs said.

Then the timer went off.

The steering wheel was locked in place, and the brakes were completely nulled.

"What did you do!?" Gohan asked, not being upside down anymore.

"We jammed the brakes and the steering!" Sweetie Belle said.

Babs tried grabbing hold of the steering wheel, but it was jammed.

Brakes were jammed as well.

The Crusaders all acted on instinct to jump into the float.

They were right at the edge.

"What are you doing here!?" Babs asked.

"Saving my-" Applebloom said, before the float suddenly stopped.

Gohan pushed the float back, just so it wouldn't fall off the edge.

He stood on the ground again.

The four fillies all looked outside.

Babs was surprised.

"You were trying to save me? After all I've done to you?" She asked.

"Well..." Applebloom said, before-

"Hey! Move the float!" Pinkie yelled from behind.

She was in a lettuce float (literally.)

"Sorry!" Gohan yelled.

He lifted the float up.

Big mistake, because there was no windshield for the fillies to be saved by.

They fell through that tiny hole to see through.

"Crapbaskets..." Gohan said.

He threw the float aside, where it wouldn't be in anyone's way.

Damn, it's ruined.

'I worked so hard on that... Oh well.' Gohan thought.

He jumped and dived down for the screaming girls.

There was no way he could hold them all at once, but he could have them on top of him all at once...

Confusing? You'll figure it out.

'Steady, steady...!' He thought.

He zoomed down, and...!

The four fillies were all right!

And happened to be sitting at the exact same heights.

They stopped screaming and realized they were okay.

"Uh... What happened?" Applebloom asked.

They all looked down and realized that they were all sitting on Gohan's head, back and legs.

He strained really hard to keep the position.

Sweetie Belle ended up sitting on his head, Scootaloo sat on the back, and Applebloom and Babs ended up on the legs.

"P-Please... Do NOT move a muscle..." Gohan said with a strained voice.

He slowly flew back to the top of the cliff.

"I don't understand what's happening anymore..." Babs said.

"Actually, we're pretty confused as well." Applebloom said.

'Steady... Steady...' He thought.

He barely got over the cliff...

He slowly fell down to the ground, where he very slowly fell flat on his face.

"You caa ge off now." He said in a muffled voice.

The fillies all got off him.

The Mane 6, excluding Pinkie, as well as Spike rushed to them.

"What in tarnation were you doing, Gohan!?" Applejack asked, clearly angry.

Gohan pushed himself up.

"I'll admit, when I moved the float, that was entirely my fault..." He said, standing up.

"But there's more to this than I thought." He added.

"What!?" Applejack asked.

"Are y'all fillies all right?" She asked.

"Yeah... We're fine." Scootaloo said.

"Why did you save me?" Babs asked Gohan.

"I think we all tried." Gohan said.

"Well, yeah, but why?" Babs asked.

"Babs, you should know..." Applebloom said.

"We were the reason it was headed into the lake." Scootaloo said.

Our Crusaders all looked saddened.

"What?" Applejack asked.

"We booby trapped the float." Sweetie Belle said.

"Y'see Babs, we were tryin' to get you back for bein' a big bully..." Applebloom said.

"But then Applejack told us about how you were being bullied back in Manehattan." Scootaloo said.

"And we figured out you were just doing it to avoid getting picked on in Ponyville. But, by then... we were the ones being bullies. And... Oh, why does life have to be so ironic!?" Sweetie Belle asked.

"I guess what we're trying to say is..." Applebloom said.

"We're sorry." All the Crusaders said.

Babs blew her mane out from her eyes.

"I'm sorry too." She said.

"In hindsight, I'm partially responsible for this." Gohan said.

"So I'm sorry too." He said.

"What did you do?" Applejack asked.

"I made the float again. I knew that they wanted revenge, but I didn't expect them to actually make such booby traps. Stopping the brakes like that is impressive..." Gohan said.

...

"Y'know..." Applejack said, cutting the silence.

"This all could've been avoided if y'all just came to me in the very beginning." She said.

"I said that. But someone decided to lie." Gohan said, looking at Applebloom.

"Yeah..." Applebloom said.

Babs felt horrible for driving them to attempt this.

"So... can we... start over?" She asked.

"Definitely!" Applebloom instantly said.

***

That was fun.

And then Trixie's return was just hilarious.

Hilariously awful.

***

Let's go over this.

A hooded pony went to a store on a dark and stormy night.

In search of something...

This particular store had something this pony desired...

It was also a mess of collector's items.

The hooded one was rummaging through the stuff, but ultimately couldn't find what she was looking for.

But then, a light shone.

A lamp.

The shopkeeper was there, wearing some sort of monk's gear.

Looking at his magnifying glass and potion bottle cutie mark, you could tell he was a man of science.

He had tiny Harry Potter spectacles with a yellow hue in his pupils.

"May I help you, traveler?" He asked.

The hooded one walked out to the counter.

"Hmm, something drew you to my shop... something powerful." The shopkeeper said.

The hooded pony pointed a hoof at something.

"Ah, you have a keen eye. The Alicorn Amulet is one of the most mysterious and powerful of all the known magical charms." The shopkeeper said.

The hooded pony sign language demanded the amulet.

"Uh, ah- I'm afraid this is... far too dangerous." The shopkeeper said.

Then a big bag of bits was thrown on the counter.

...

"Would you like that gift-wrapped?" He asked.

***

Well, another day.

Twilight wanted to practice a new spell on Fluttershy's animals...

Not to change them in any way, or harm them, of course.

But Fluttershy was still paranoid Twilight would mess up.

Despite Twilight and Spike's best efforts to convince her not to worry, she still was paranoid.

So she requested that Gohan would be there to make sure nothing bad would happen...

Everyone was outside Fluttershy's cottage, including all sorts of little woodland critters.

"Don't be scared, little friends. Twilight is wonderful with magic." Fluttershy said to her animals...

...But then she ran right up to Twilight.

"Anything happens to them, Twilight, so help me..." She threatened...

Then Spike broke it up.

"Aww, don't worry, Fluttershy, Twilight's magic has gotten a lot better since she accidentally crushed me and Applejack with a giant snowball." Spike said.

Twilight blushed at that notion.

"Yeah, her magical power has also increased exponentially." Gohan said.

"Color me impressed, you're gaining a lot of power that I wouldn't be surprised if you were alicorn level." He added.

"Thanks..." Twilight said.

"You're not alicorn level yet, but at this rate, you'll get there. You're a very strong unicorn, magicwise." Gohan said.

"Of course she's good with magic." Fluttershy said.

"Twilight's great with magic. I guess I just don't want my little friends to be scared. Oh, oh, look how scared they are!" She said...

...Her little friends were excited.

"I promise, Fluttershy. Nothing bad will happen to them." Twilight said.

"I know!" Fluttershy said, high pitched.

She's sweating bullets, jeez.

"Don't worry, if any of them even gets a cut, we have these." Gohan said, patting his senzu bean sack, tied to his belt.

Twilight put the critter in her magic and-

"Stop, stop! They can't take it!" Fluttershy said, covering her eyes.

Twilight didn't even fucking move them.

Nonetheless, she continued.

She started making the critters fly up, in a big circle.

They were all cheering and laughing.

Then she skewed them a little bit...

Fluttershy was biting her hooves...

Fingernails? Hoofnails? Do horses have nails?

They were shaped like fingernails, so... I don't know.

Twilight managed to get the critters flying around in a perfect infinity loop.

"Twilight, that looks amazing!" Spike said.

"So precise...!" Gohan said.

Then he felt a disturbance.

'What's that ki over there... Ah, it's probably nothing.' He thought.

Twilight stopped the loop and placed the critters gently back onto the ground.

"Phew!" She said, wiping some sweat off her face.

All those critters rallied around her for another one!

"That's all for now, little ones. Maybe we can practice again later, if Fluttershy says it's alright." Twilight said.

Those critters then rushed to Fluttershy, who was still suffering from PTSD, begging her to let it happen again.

"Your magic has really improved since we came to Ponyville, Twilight. Princess Celestia's going to love it." Spike said.

Gohan felt yet another disturbance.

'That's strange... It's as if something were happening in Ponyville...' He thought.

He looked uncharacteristically serious.

"Thanks, Spike. I have to be at my best when she arrives with the delegates from Saddle Arabia. I can't believe she's trusting me with the entertainment." Twilight said.

Then Rainbow Dash came out of nowhere, ramming into Twilight.

Then both ended up on the ground.

"Twilight! Come quick! It's an emergency!" She yelled.

"I guess I was right...?" Gohan said to himself.

***

In Ponyville, all the ponies were gathered around Rarity's boutique for some reason...

Rarity was shot with some red magic, and now...

...She had a dress with some colors she didn't like?

She gasped loudly!

"You beast! This shade of brown should only be used for accents!" She said, fainting.

Applejack used her back to catch Rarity.

"Come on, Applejack. We've got to get her in a nice, soothing pink, stat!" Pinkie yelled.

Those three were gone.

And the cavalry just came walking in!

Gohan and Twilight, yeah!

"What's going on here?" Twilight asked.

"Well, well, well. If it isn't..." The hooded pony said, revealing her hood.

"Twilight Sparkle." Trixie said.

With red pupils for a fraction of a second.

Gasps!

"Trixie!" Twilight said menacingly.

"Trixie? I couldn't recognize you with this kind of dark power." Gohan said, not so menacingly.

"Oh look, you brought the monkey this time." Trixie said.

"What's she doing here...?" Spike asked.

"You call THAT great and powerful?" Rainbow Dash asked, flying in the air.

Trixie immediately shot her with red magic, and...

Enlarged her right wing to monumental proportions.

It was hard to maintain balance, so she started flying everywhere.

"Oh! She's Rainbow Wobble, now!" Brown nosing Snips said.

Rainbow Dash ended up crash landing on the ground.

Le gasp!

'Where did she get this kind of power from...?' Gohan thought.

"Good spell, oh Great and Powerful Trixie!" Snails said.

"You two, BE QUIET!" Trixie yelled.

She fired magic at THEM, and...

Well, now Snips and Snails had their horns merged together.

With Snips on top and Snails on the bottom...

"Uh, hey! W-What happened?" Snips asked.

"Ah! Get off of me!" Snails yelled, trying desperately to get Snips off.

His shaking caused the audience to back off.

They ended up swapping places and running back and forth like a bunch of dumbasses.

"Stop picking on my friends, Trixie!" Twilight yelled.

"You and I have some unfinished business. My magic's gotten better since I was here last. And I'm going to prove it! Me and you, a magic duel. Winner stays, loser leaves Ponyville FOREVER!" Trixie demanded.

"Forget it! I'm never making a deal like that!" Twilight said.

"I suggest you leave right now." Gohan said, holding a ki blast right at her.

"...Before I start taking you seriously." He added.

"Hmm. You embarrassed me as well. I suppose I could duel the both of you..." Trixie said.

"That- That's incorrect." Gohan said, stopping the ki blast.

"Huh?" Trixie asked.

"That's incorrect. A duel is an arranged engagement in combat between two parties. There are three of us." Gohan said.

"Spare me your grammatical nonsense!" Trixie yelled.

"Actually, that-" "SILENCE!" Trixie interrupted Gohan.

"Why are you even doing this!?" Twilight asked.

"Why? Because you humiliated me! After you showed me up with that Ursa Minor, and after that monkey blasted the Ursa Major into the sky..." Trixie said.

"I actually put it back where it belongs in space." Gohan said.

"SHUT IT!" Trixie yelled.

"I became a laughing stock! Everywhere I went I was laughed at and ostracized. I even had to take a job on a rock farm just to earn a living! A rock farm!" She yelled.

"Hey!" Pinkie yelled.

"You're lucky a rock farm would take the likes of you!" She yelled.

Trixie made a computer mouse icon appear and a trash can.

She grabbed Pinkie's mouth... Somehow...

And pulled it off her face.

She threw it into that trash can and now Pinkie can't talk.

"Now I want REVENGE!" Trixie yelled.

She fired magic towards Twilight's Treehouse...

But Gohan chopped it and made it disappear.

"I've had enough of your little tricks, Trixie." Gohan said.

Then he quickly went to Twilight.

"You want me to handle this? I don't think you can handle Celestia level power yet." Gohan said.

"Uh... Sure, go for it." Twilight said.

Gohan jumped away from Twilight.

"If you want revenge so badly, why don't you try taking it out on me first?" He asked.

He got into his fighting position.

"Hmm. What a brave monkey. Take this!" Trixie yelled, firing a red blast at Gohan.

Gohan stood casually tall and held his hand out.

The blast clashed with his hand!

...Only to disintegrate because Gohan put some yellow ki there.

Trixie was just flabbergasted.

"W-What...!?" She asked.

"I will admit, you've gained a lot of power in such a short time." Gohan said, putting his hand down.

"B-But... How did you...? What!?" Trixie asked.

"Trixie, do you happen to know Newton's Third Law?" Gohan asked.

"Who's what?" Trixie asked.

"The Third Law of Physics." Gohan said.

"Uh... No, why?" Trixie said.

"For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. Allow me to demonstrate..." Gohan said.

He held his hands over his head, with one hand over the other.

Yellow ki appeared in front of the hands.

"Masenko..." He said.

"HA!" He screamed.

He fired that... Well, suppressed minor blast at Trixie.

"Try all you want, it won't beat me!" Trixie yelled she began to charge her magic up.

Gohan sped past her, and was right behind her.

"I wasn't finished demonstrating." He said grimly.

Trixie was startled, and looked behind her.

...Only to get roundhouse kicked right in the jaw!

Trixie was sent flying at the blast...

With the same amount of force.

The two collided, and BOOM!

Small explosion!

Les gasps!

Trixie flew out of the smoke, and landed a few feet away from the explosion.

"...As you can see, I fired a ki blast. It pushed off of my hands, which corresponds to the Third Law of Physics. When I hit Trixie with approximately 250,000 newtons of force, her body received the reaction, and moved in the same direction. Both the ki blast and Trixie hit each other with the same amount of force. It just so happens that the ki blast blew up. If it were a ball with the same mass and weight as Trixie here, then we'd see them bounce off each other and move the same amount of distance opposite of the direction which they came in." Gohan explained thoroughly.

...

Twilight clapped.

"Perfect explanation!" She said.

...

Trixie barely managed to get herself up.

Her hood was a little torn, and she had some gunk.

"Y-You...!" She said.

"Trixie, I don't want to hurt you anymore." Gohan said.

"I don't understand... How can a monkey beat the powers of the alicorn amulet...!?" Trixie said.

"Alicorn amulet?" Twilight asked.

"Alicorn amulet?" Gohan asked.

"I think I've read about that somewhere... Spike?" Twilight asked.

"I'm on it!" Spike said, running to the Treehouse library.

"Trixie, just reverse all the chaos you've done. We'll heal you and you can be sent on your way." Gohan said.

Trixie looked steaming angry.

As if she would refuse...

"If you don't, you'll end up killing yourself. I don't want that to happen." Gohan said.

Trixie actually thought about it...

But then her eyes glowed red for a split second.

...

"No!" She yelled.

Then there was a strong wind coming from her for a second.

She had red lightning around her...

'That's not good.' Gohan thought.

Her power increased with her corrupted rage.

Trixie charged some crimson red magic with her horn.

It was very intense.

Her hood looked as if it would blow right off any minute.

Twilight knew what to do now.

"Everypony, get out! Just to be safe!" She yelled.

Everyone but her and Gohan remained now.

"What are you still doing here?" Gohan asked.

"I want to test out my new spell!" Twilight said with a smirk.

"Go nuts." Gohan said.

Twilight charged a purple magic with her horn...

'But it's so much weaker...!' Gohan thought.

Trixie screamed as she fired some sort of red and black blade tornado at Gohan.

"That looks deadly...!" Gohan said.

It was making the sounds a blade would.

You know, the *shing!*

There's just a bunch of *shing!*s.

He jumped up and backwards to attempt to avoid it.

But the attack followed him somehow.

Now he found himself inside the dark blade tornado.

'Great.' He thought.

"Gohan!" Twilight yelled.

'Just a little more...' She thought.

The magic tornado cut Gohan's clothes numerous times, but bounced off his skin.

'I don't know how I'm supposed to dodge!' He thought.

The good thing is, it just wouldn't strike his hair, and he couldn't be hurt.

"Yeah, how's that feel, monkey!?" Trixie yelled.

She started cackling.

Twilight fired a short magic beam at the tornado.

Then...

The attack just disappeared.

"Huh...?" Gohan asked.

"What!?" Trixie yelled.

"Yes! Dispel spell worked!" Twilight cheered.

"W-What...!? YOU nullified it!?" Trixie asked, pointing a hoof at Twilight.

"Huh. A dispel spell is pretty amazing!" Gohan said, flying down to Twilight.

"Thanks! Studied it just yesterday! Too bad it only works on magic, and mine barely dispelled hers." Twilight said.

Trixie was even angrier.

More red sparks appeared around her.

Spike came running back with a book.

"Twilight! I found it!" He yelled.

Trixie took notice of him...

And grabbed him with her red magic!

"Wha- Hey! Put me down!" He yelled.

He dropped the book.

Twilight quickly grabbed the book with her magic.

"Hey! Put him down, Trixie!" She yelled.

Trixie had an evil grin.

"How about I crush him?" She asked.

"No!" Gohan and Twilight yelled.

"Then surrender!" Trixie yelled.

"This is starting to hurt!" Spike said.

Twilight started reading through the book.

"The alicorn amulet... Ah! Whoever wears it is blessed with untold powers!" She read.

"So that's the target." Gohan said.

"Even though it provides great power, it also corrupts the user!" Twilight said.

"Then I'll just take it off her!" Gohan said.

"Try it!" Trixie said, crushing Spike a little.

"Ah! I felt my bones move!" Spike yelped.

"You can't just take the Alicorn Amulet off her neck, it has a magical lock! Trixie's the only pony who can take it off!" Twilight said.

"Then I'll find another way!" Gohan said, instantly turning into a Super Saiyan.

"Now you changed your mane? Hah!" Trixie laughed.

"I'll end this pitiful dragon right now!" Trixie yelled.

She was about to just crush him into blood and guts.

"This will be over in a second." Gohan said.

In an instant, he moved.

You could only see orange streaks.

He moved past Trixie and back to his original position.

But he was facing away from her, and held a fist.

Trixie was dazed.

Her red sparks disappeared.

She ended up letting go of Spike.

Spike checked himself and was okay!

Trixie collapsed.

Spike quickly ran to Twilight, and they hugged.

Gohan looked over his shoulder at Trixie.

"If you knew better, you'd surrender and reverse your actions." He said.

Trixie barely managed to lift her head up.

She looked angry, though.

"No... Never!" She yelled, standing up.

Gohan appeared right in front of her.

"Then I'll just take this." He said.

He grabbed the alicorn amulet, and ripped it off!

And, surprisingly, did not have any trouble.

Trixie lost all of her energy, and was surprised at the loss.

Twilight and Spike looked in shock.

"How did he...?" They asked.

"How did you do that...!?" Trixie asked.

"This is nothing but a nuisance for us. I'll make sure it'll never be used again." Gohan said, referring to the alicorn amulet.

He crushed it into pieces with one hand!

Twilight, Spike and Trixie looked in absolute shock.

"Trixie, if you knew any better, you wouldn't fight me anymore. I don't want to hurt you." Gohan said.

Trixie looked at him in anger, but realized he was right.

"I... I surrender." She said.

"Okay. Now you can go." Gohan said, doing the 'shoo' gesture.

"Wait, what?" Trixie asked.

"You can leave." Gohan said.

"You aren't going to finish me or anything?" Trixie asked.

"Why would I need to...?" Gohan asked.

Trixie was just confused.

"...This isn't a joke, I'm being serious. If you're scared, don't be." Gohan said.

Trixie started walking backwards.

Then she ran away.

...

Clap.

More claps.

Everyone clapped!

'Oh no. Popularity!' Gohan thought.

He quickly ran to Twilight and whispered something into her ear.

"You know, I have reversal spells for all of that." Twilight said.

"Perfect. Get this attention away from me...!" Gohan whispered.

"Okay, now..." Twilight said.

She found Snips and Snails spinning on the ground like a bunch of dumbasses.

They're still fighting.

"Reversal spell!" Twilight yelled.

Purple magic came out from her horn, and hit the two idiots!

A bunch of purple smoke appeared, and it died down to reveal a separated Snips and Snails.

"Hey! We're not glued together!" Snails said.

"Yeah!" Snips said.

"Now for Rainbow Dash..." Twilight said.

Rainbow Dash was still trying to fly with that giant Dyna Blade wing with the little wing.

She nearly knocked into a lot of ponies.

Twilight fired her magic at Rainbow Dash.

Her wing was fixed.

"Hey! My wing! Thanks, Twilight!" Rainbow Dash said.

Then Pinkie appeared beside Twilight, still missing her mouth.

"Mm! Mmmm mmm mmm mmm!" Pinkie said.

Twilight put her mouth back.

"Yay!" Pinkie said.

***

Then Rainbow Dash's acceptance to the Wonderbolt Academy was just amazing.

Gohan went with Rainbow Dash for moral support.

He ended up doing more.

***

Well, the Mane 6, Spike and Gohan were on the outside of Rainbow Dash's house...

Having a picnic...

Right next to a fucking mailbox.

Why...?

"Ooooh, I wish the mailpony would just come already! I can't wait another minute to find out if Rainbow Dash got in or not!" Pinkie said, impatiently hopping around.

"Pinkie Pie, you're more nervous than Rainbow Dash." Twilight said.

"It's not like you're aiming for a future for the Wonderbolts." Gohan said, eating an apple.

"I'm not nervous at all. When I get into the Wonderbolt Academy..." Rainbow Dash said.

"IF you get in! If you get in! Don't jinx it!" Pinkie yelled, grabbing Rainbow Dash.

"I'm telling you, it's in the bag." Rainbow Dash said.

"Don't jinx it!" Pinkie said.

"For this case... It doesn't seem to be jinxing." Gohan said.

"She is the best flyer in Ponyville." Applejack said.

Cyka! That belongs to Gohan!

"In Ponyville?" Rainbow Dash asked.

She flew up into the sky, and began spinning around a cloud.

She transformed it into a cloud slide and slid down it.

"I'm probably the best flyer in all of Equestria. I wouldn't be surprised if they just went ahead and made me a Wonderbolt on the first day." She said, flying two inches off the ground.

She ended up bumping into the mailpony.

"Got a letter here for Rainbow Dash." He said.

She instantly snagged it out from his hand, and tore it open!

She read it, and...

She looks devastated...

"I... Didn't get in." She said.

Pinkie Pie GASPED!

...

"Gotcha!" Rainbow Dash said.

Everyone perked up.

Rainbow Dash started laughing.

"Ha, you guys are so gullible. Like I wasn't gonna get in!" She said.

Pinkie Pie tackle hugged Rainbow Dash to the ground.

"I'm just sooooooooooo happy for you!" She exclaimed, hugging the shit out of Rainbow Dash.

I think she doesn't know what personal space is.

"Uh... thanks?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Well, congratulations." Gohan said.

"Wait, Gohan, I need to ask..." Rainbow Dash said, getting out of Pinkie's death grip.

"Do you mind coming with me? You know, for spectating?" She asked.

"Uh... Sure? I suppose so." Gohan said.

"Awesome! Then you can tell me how to improve!" She said.

"Can you tell me why?" Gohan asked.

"I think you'll give me tips to get better." Rainbow Dash said.

"Okay, I need to pack a few things." Gohan said.

"I'll be back..." He said.

Then he zipped away.

"Looks like you have a rival in speed." Twilight said.

"Nuh uh!" Rainbow Dash said.

Rarity and Applejack happened to have Rainbow Dash's saddlebags packed.

Then Gohan came back.

With just a tiny suitcase.

"Bits and clothes are all I need." He said.

"Gohan, would you say you're faster than Rainbow?" Twilight said.

...

"No." Gohan said.

"See? Even he admits it!" Rainbow Dash said.

"Now let's get going. The sooner I get there, the sooner I get to show my stuff!" She said.

She grabbed her saddlebags.

The two started flying away.

"Good luck!" Applejack said.

"Don't need it!" Rainbow Dash said.

...

Pinkie pulled out a gigantic megaphone...

"DON'T FORGET TO WRIIIIIIITE!" She screamed.

Holy fucking shit, she moved the fucking mountains with her voice.

It echoed for a while...

...

"OKAAAAAAAAY!" Gohan screamed from really far away.

That echoed for a while.

Why do voices ripple mountains!?

***

Our two made it to the academy...

Which was a cloud.

A giant cloud.

Rainbow Dash was loving what she saw.

So much training...!

'This is dad's kind of place.' Gohan thought.

"This is gonna be so sweet!" Rainbow Dash said.

"Sure." Gohan said.

***

Arrival time...!

A line of the newbies...

And Gohan.

Who was making sure Rainbow Dash had her stuff secure.

"Are you sure? That doesn't seem stable." Gohan said.

"It's fine." Rainbow Dash said.

"Well, lookie what we got here." Spitfire said.

She was coming in with two other coaches.

Everyone stood tall at her presence.

Except Gohan...

"Bet y'all think you're Wonderbolt material, don't ya?" She asked, walking past everyone.

"Yes ma'am!" Everyone but Gohan screamed.

Spitfire walked back again.

"Think you got what it takes to be an elite flyer?" She asked.

"Yes ma'am!" Everyone but Gohan screamed.

"Well then. Let me be the first to tell you..." Spitfire said.

"You don't!" She yelled into a pony's face.

"If you had what it took to be an elite flyer, you'd already be a Wonderbolt!" She yelled.

Then she went to Cloudchaser.

"Still think you're something special?" Spitfire yelled.

Cloudchaser was trembling.

"No ma'am!" She said.

Then Spitfire turned to Bulk Biceps.

"Ya think you're hot stuff?" She asked.

Then he just trembled and now he's scared.

Then Spitfire turned to Rainbow Dash.

"You look like you're the worst flyer in the whole academy! You'll probably quit after the first day!" She yelled.

"No, ma'am! I'd never quit, ma'am!" Rainbow Dash said.

Then Spitfire turned to Gohan...

"You don't even have wings! Why are you even here!? You can't fly!" She yelled.

Gohan was unfazed.

"I'm here for my friend... I'm not even a part of the academy, I'm not interested in being a Wonderbolt. Plus, I can fly." He said.

"Are you a comedian?" Spitfire asked.

Gohan levitated off the ground, and sat crisscross in midair.

Spitfire was surprised.

"I'm not. I'm just telling you the truth." He said.

"Huh... Wait a minute... Are you that warrior that took down Discord?" Spitfire asked.

"Er... Yes... Ma'am..." Gohan said, dying down at the end.

'I didn't come here to be popular!' He thought.

"Well, I'll be! Son Gohan, right here! Excuse me for being harsh." Spitfire said.

Gohan stood on the ground again.

"T-Thank you...?" He asked.

"But I do expect something from you. So stay sharp." Spitfire said.

'Why...?' He thought.

Spitfire went to Lightning Dust...

"Ha. What about you? Bet you couldn't fly past the first flagpole without getting winded." She asked.

"Try me, ma'am." Lightning Dust said.

"What's that?" Spitfire asked.

"Let me show you what I've got, ma'am." Lightning Dust said.

"Ah. You want a chance to prove yourself, huh?" Spitfire asked.

"Yes ma'am!" Lightning Dust said.

"Well then, now's your chance. Give me five hundred laps! All of you!" Spitfire yelled.

Everyone groaned.

"NOW! That means you too!" Spitfire yelled, pointing at Gohan.

"I'm not even a part of this class!" Gohan said.

"Too bad!" Spitfire said.

"It's not even going to give me a workout, I'm not using any muscles!" Gohan said.

"I don't care." Spitfire said.

She blew the whistle.

***

Well, Gohan was roped into doing this now.

He kept his speed on par with Rainbow Dash.

But, since he had nothing better to do, he kept a cannonball pose.

You know, when you jump off the diving board? Yeah, that.

So he looked hilarious while keeping up with Rainbow Dash.

Lightning Dust and Rainbow Dash were both at the same speed, so there's three of them.

The three all zipped past Cloudchaser...

And Spitfire.

"Four hundred and ninety nine! One more to go!" She yelled.

"Why are you doing that?" Rainbow Dash asked.

Gohan was about to answer, but-

"What do you expect from monkeys? They're all crazy." Lightning Dust said.

"Hey!" Gohan said.

"I'm doing this because this is monotonous, and I'm not getting a workout at all!" He said.

"Whatever." Lightning Dust said.

"Anyway, one more lap to go!" Rainbow Dash said.

"You're on!" Lightning Dust said.

Well, our two pegasi flew very fast, leaving Gohan behind.

'Meh. Hope she wins. That one's a jerk.' He thought.

Rainbow Dash and Lightning Dust zipped around in a flash.

They sped right past Spitfire, landing with smoke.

"Five hundred! Not bad! For a couple of newbies." Spitfire said.

Gohan slowly came in...

He slowed himself down.

You could hear some children's lullaby music for how stupid it looked.

...

"Five hundred...?" Spitfire asked.

"What are you doing?" She asked.

Gohan stopped in his tracks.

"I'm flying." He said.

"That's the stupidest kind of flight I've ever seen! Don't you know that you fly faster by evening your body out! You could've zipped past everypony here!" Spitfire yelled.

Shit.

Come up with a shitty excuse for Rainbow Dash, come on...!

"O-Oh, no ma'am. See, the way I fly, your body position doesn't actually matter. I don't fly with wings, but I use my energy to push off the air. Problem is, my stance doesn't determine my maximum speed, it's my output. So even if so flew straight while standing up tall, I would have the same speed..." He lied.

He pulled that right out of his ass.

"...Whatever." Spitfire said.

"You're done." She said.

During that, Rainbow Dash and Lightning Dust had became friends.

"Hey Gohan! Wanna grab some grub!?" Rainbow Dash yelled.

"Ooh! Yeah!" Gohan said, standing normally again.

***

Pinkie was outside her mailbox...

Opening it every five seconds...

Waiting for a letter to come.

Applejack happened to be by...

"Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash and Gohan haven't even been gone twenty-four hours yet. Give them a chance to settle in first. Why don't we just go see what Twilight's up to? I hear Princess Celestia's got her workin' on some new spells!" She said.

"New spells, huh? Okay. Wait! If I'm not here when Rainbow Dash's letter arrives, I won't be able to read it right away. And if I don't read it right away, I won't be able to write her back right away. And if I don't write her back right away, she might think I didn't get her letter, and then she might worry it got lost. And if she's worrying about her letter, she'll be distracted. And if she's distracted, then she won't do well at the academy! And if she doesn't do well at the academy, then she'll get kicked out! And if she gets kicked out, they'll never let her be a Wonderbolt! And if she doesn't get to be a Wonderbolt, all her dreams will be crushed! And it will be all... my... fault!" Pinkie sputtered...

Then collapsing...

I don't get it.

"So in other words, you're stickin' by the mailbox." Applejack said.

"Yep!" Pinkie said.

"Suit yourself." Applejack said.

Back to the opening every five seconds...

***

Now the real training starts...

Gohan was on the sidelines.

He specifically told Spitfire that he didn't want to do any of this, he had his own regimen.

Everyone was in their uniform.

"The Wonderbolts are the fastest, best precision flyers in the world. But spin-outs can still happen. And when they do, a Wonderbolt must be able to recover quickly. This..." Spitfire said.

A pony took a tarp off something huge.

It's a giant target with gears that spin.

"...is the Dizzitron. It's gonna make you very, I repeat, VERY dizzy. Your task is to try and recover and fly straight again, as soon as possible. Once you have recovered you must come in for a smooth landing. Now, who's first?" Spitfire asked.

Rainbow Dash and Lightning Dust raised their hooves.

"You." Spitfire said.

...Who was it?

The Pony next to Rainbow Dash, Meadow Flower.

"You're up." She said.

"Me...?" Meadow Flower asked.

It looked scary...

...

"NOW!" Spitfire screamed.

The mare quickly flew into the Dizzatron.

"Ready!?" Spitfire asked.

"Uh... Yes ma'am!" Meadow Flower said.

Then the machine started.

It spun really fast...!

I'm surprised her face didn't peel off.

Anyway...

"Release!" Spitfire said.

Then Meadow Flower was released...

She spun around many times...

When she tried landing, she slid on the ground and eventually collapsed.

With a bad landing.

"Huh. Fifteen seconds. Decent, but I wouldn't go writin' home about it! Who's next?" Spitfire asked.

Rainbow Dash raised her hoof.

"Alright, Rainbow Dash. Let's see what you got." Spitfire said.

"Yes, ma'am!" Rainbow Dash said.

"Put your training to the test!" Gohan said.

Rainbow Dash got into the Dizzatron.

Then it started again...

Spinning... Spinning...

"Release!" Spitfire said.

Rainbow Dash flew off the Dizzatron, but successfully recovered and landed in an instant.

"Six seconds! That's an academy record!" Spitfire said.

Rainbow Dash landed beside Meadow Flower and Lightning Dust.

"You make it look so easy..." Meadow Flower said.

"I make everything look easy." Rainbow Dash said.

"Okay, Lightning Dust. You're up." Spitfire said.

Lightning Dust got into the machine.

"Ma'am, can you put the Dizzitron at maximum speed? I wanna push my limits." She said.

"You sure about that?" Spitfire asked.

"Yes ma'am." Lightning Dust said.

"Okay, you asked for it." Spitfire said.

The machine started again, and...

Now I really think her face would've peeled off by now.

...

"Release!" Spitfire said.

Lightning Dust spun around many times, but instantly recovered.

She dropped down, and zipped past Spitfire.

"6.5 seconds! Not bad!" Spitfire said.

Rainbow Dash and Lightning Dust did a hoof bump.

Spitfire turned to Gohan.

"You. You're up." She said.

"I specifically told you that I'm not even a part of this class!" Gohan said.

"That's an order!" Spitfire yelled.

Gohan sighed.

He walked up to the Dizzatron.

"It's not going to be fair, my way of flight will make this unfair." He said.

"Just get in!" Spitfire yelled.

Gohan did just that.

"Let's go at highest setting!" Spitfire yelled.

"Sure...?" Gohan asked.

The machine started spinning again...

Gohan's face wasn't looking like it'd peel off.

...

"Release!" Spitfire said.

As soon as Gohan released, he stopped in place.

...Then the metal bar holding ponies in broke off.

Spitfire looked shocked.

Well, everyone was.

"Ah- You see!?" Gohan asked.

"How is that even possible? You should be dizzy!" Spitfire said.

The machine was whirring behind Gohan.

"I told you, I use my energy to push myself off. I could push myself backwards even before I fly off this thing. So it's not fair." Gohan said.

"Huh... Well, we need to repair this... You all get a free period!" Spitfire yelled.

The ponies all cheered.

"However!" Spitfire said, silencing them.

"For the rest of the camp, you'll be working in pairs. 'Morrow morning, I'll post the teams, including who'll be lead pony and who'll be wingpony. Good luck." She said.

"Wait." Gohan said, now standing on the ground.

"I just want to make sure you're not adding me in." He said.

...

"...And what if I do?" Spitfire asked.

"...I won't be happy...? I'm not even a part of this class, it's pointless." Gohan said.

"I don't even want to be a Wonderbolt." He added.

"Oh. Suit yourself." Spitfire said, walking away.

***

Well, mess hall.

Bulletin board.

Everyone was huddled around it...

Rainbow Dash was about to see it.

A few mares, Cloudchaser and Meadow Flower were leaving.

"So, which one of you lucky gals gets to be MY wingpony?" She asked them boastfully.

...The two just stared giggling.

"What?" Rainbow Dash asked defensively.

"Eh, you might want to check the wall." Cloudchaser said.

Well, Rainbow Dash did just that, and-

"A wingpony?" She asked, her pride being shattered.

Lightning Dust was her partner...

So she came to her side.

"They made us a team! Isn't that awesome?" She asked.

Rainbow Dash forced a smile, but obviously was devastated.

***

Gohan was in Rainbow Dash's bunk room, just sitting on the floor and reading a book.

It was on basic magic.

'So that's the process of a unicorn's horn.' He thought.

Then the door slammed open.

Gohan quickly looked up.

"Oh, hey Rainb- Is something wrong?" He asked.

"Yeah! Did you see this?" Rainbow Dash asked, throwing the paper at him.

It slowly fell down to Gohan's lap, and he read it.

"Uh... What's the problem, exactly...?" He asked.

...

"Are you serious!? I'm a wingpony!" Rainbow Dash said.

"...Oh. Wingman. I see. You wanted to be the leader?" Gohan asked.

"Well, obviously! I broke an academy record, I deserve to be a leader!" Rainbow Dash said.

"Calm down! Calm down! It's not that big of a deal!" Gohan said.

"Not that big of a deal!? It's a huge deal!" Rainbow Dash said.

"Look, you're with Lightning Dust, the same pony who is almost as good as you." Gohan said.

"Thank you." Rainbow Dash said.

"But if you're together, it won't matter who's wingpony or not, you're both incredible. If you really want to be a leader that badly, then you'll jut have to impress Spitfire." Gohan said.

"B-But..." Rainbow Dash said.

"Look, think of it as the first step to becoming a Wonderbolt. Besides, it's only a matter of time until you become a Wonderbolt, Spitfire already likes your abilities." Gohan said.

"Hmm... Thanks... I needed that." Rainbow Dash said.

"Good. Now, when's the next round of training? I was told to be there." Gohan said.

***

Well, outside.

Everyone was ready for some training.

"Today you will all be participating in a flag hunt. We'll divide you into two teams, red... and blue. Whoever finds the most flags of the opposing team's color wins." Spitfire said.

"Huh. That sounds reasonable." Gohan said.

"Oh, this is gonna be so much fun!" Meadow Flower said.

"If you think this is gonna to be fun, you are sadly mistaken. This is for training purposes. This is not recess. Lead ponies and wingponies must fly together. If any pair splits apart, they will be immediately disqualified. Do you understand?" Spitfire asked.

"Yes ma'am!" Everyone yelled.

"Then let's go!" Spitfire yelled.

She blew the whistle, and everyone was flying.

Poof.

"...Huh. That's some speed." Gohan said.

Now the ponies were looking around for flags...

Rainbow Dash and Lightning Dust were way ahead of the competition.

However, Lightning Dust isn't exactly a team player...

So she left Rainbow Dash in the dust.

Get it?

I'll leave now.

Well, it's just that Lightning Dust wouldn't communicate with Rainbow Dash.

So whenever she took a sharp turn, Rainbow Dash was left behind.

And if they split apart, they're disqualified...

So Rainbow Dash had to pick up the pace.

Once she finally caught up...

"You spotted any flags yet?" Lightning Dust asked.

"Not yet!" Rainbow Dash said.

Then she noticed a flag in a crevice.

"There's one!" She said.

Logs were blocking the entrance, so whoever wanted to enter had to shift.

"Good eye!" Lightning Dust said, darting off.

Both of them were headed at the flag.

"We should slow down. It doesn't look like both of us can make it at this speed!" Rainbow Dash said.

Lightning Dust didn't heed her words.

So she put Rainbow Dash behind her.

So that blocked her view...

Once they had to shift into a standing position, Rainbow Dash couldn't aim herself properly.

Lightning Dust passed the logs easily, but Rainbow Dash was a little off, and hurt her wing.

Lightning Dust took the flag, and raced off.

Rainbow Dash, with a broken bone in her wing, tried to keep up.

They both landed in front of Spitfire, with Rainbow Dash lagging behind a bit.

"Lightning Dust and Rainbow Dash found the first flag!" Spitfire said.

Gohan noticed Rainbow Dash's injury...

"Come on! Let's find some more!" Lightning Dust said, ready to take off.

Rainbow Dash wasn't exactly comfortable yet...

But, Gohan did something about it.

"Rainbow Dash." He said, getting her attention.

"Senzu bean!" He yelled, throwing a senzu bean right at her.

She caught it with her hoof.

"Ooh! Thanks!" Rainbow Dash said, eating of it.

Now her broken wing was fixed!

"You're fine!" Lightning Dust said, flying off.

Rainbow Dash zoomed after her.

...

"What was that?" Spitfire asked.

"I saw Rainbow Dash with a broken bone connected to one of the extensor longus digiti majorus, flexor digitorum superficialis and the flexor digitorum profundus, which are all required for flight. If she flew for even a few more seconds with that broken bone, then she probably would've lost the ability to fly properly for the rest of her life. I healed her with these senzu beans." Gohan explained thoroughly.

He held out a pouch of senzu beans.

...

Spitfire just stood there, completely shocked.

"...I studied up on pegasus anatomy. I'm a fighter, but I'm also an avid reader!" Gohan said with a bright smile.

...

"...I'm not even going to question that. If you took the test, you would've been in the Wonderbolts by now." Spitfire said.

"What?" Gohan asked.

***

Pinkie was still looking at the mail...

...

Has she even slept for these three days?

...

Then she gasped!

The mailpony!

"I've got a letter from-" He said, before Pinkie swiped that letter.

"Ooh!" Pinkie squealed.

She ripped open the letter, and pulled out the paper inside...

...

"YAY!" She screamed.

The rest of the Mane 6 looked from afar...

"She's been at it for three days..." Rarity said.

"At least she finally got a letter." Fluttershy said.

Back to Pinkie.

"But wait! It's from Gohan, though! Rainbow Dash didn't even sign the letter! Which means she probably never even looked at this letter! Which also probably means she forgot about us! And-"

The rest of the Mane 6 all sighed.

"She's back at it again..." Applejack said.

"I just wish there was some way to help her..." Fluttershy said.

Then Pinkie appeared behind them out from nowhere.

"Help me? The only thing that could possibly help me right now is a letter from Rainbow Dash!" Pinkie said.

"...Didn't you already get one?" Twilight asked.

"No, it was from Gohan! I'm glad he still remembers us, but Rainbow Dash didn't even sign it! It's been three days already. By now, she probably doesn't even know our names anymore! She probably can't remember our faces! "Pinkie Pie? I never heard of a Pinkie Pie! Who is Pinkie Pie?" She overreacted.

...

"Well, if you're so worried, then why don't you send her a letter first?" Twilight asked.

Then Pinkie perked up.

"Of course! That's a great idea!" She said.

Then everyone else had a sigh of relief...

"Oh wait! I got an even better idea! How about we send Rainbow Dash a care package? You know, before she forgets all about us? Although, come on, let's face it. It's probably too late for that. But, uh, maybe it'll jog her memory somehow." Pinkie said.

Damn it, I thought this would work. And I'm the damn writer.

"Pinkie Pie, I'm sure Rainbow Dash still remembers our faces and who we are. But I think sending her a care package is a great idea." Twilight said.

"A care package it is! We'll send it through the mail!" Pinkie said excitedly.

Twilight silently sighed.

"WAIT!"

DAMN IT! I CAN'T CONTROL HER!

"Ah! That won't work at all!" She said.

"Why not...!?" Applejack asked.

"Because what if the package gets lost in the mail? What if somepony else gets the package by accident and then she remembers us instead of Rainbow Dash and then she becomes our new friend? And then the REAL Rainbow Dash won't ever know that she used to have friends and she forgot them!" Pinkie sputtered.

...

...Can I be the first to tell her she's mentally insane?

"...Is anypony else followin' this?" Applejack asked.

Nope.

"I've got it! We'll deliver the care package to Rainbow Dash in person!" Pinkie said.

Now everyone was okay with this.

"I wouldn't mind a little trip." Rarity said.

"I'll go!" Twilight said.

"Count me in!" Applejack said.

"Me too." Fluttershy said.

"Me five!" Pinkie said.

"But don't be upset if she doesn't recognize you at first. It may take a while for her to get her memory back." She added.

Jesus Christ...

***

Well, training course.

More like obstacle course.

"Today we'll be doing our famous air obstacle course." Spitfire said.

This is like a death trap.

Well, there were cloud hoops, pink thunderclouds, and huge ass fans blowing wind.

"The object of this exercise is to work on your precision flying under extreme circumstances. And don't worry about winning. It's not a race." Spitfire said.

Lightning Dust winked at Rainbow Dash...

Challenge accepted!

"And you're going in too!" Spitfire demanded, pointing at Gohan.

"...Why?" Gohan asked.

"Because I said so. You're no more than a private, and I'm the general!" Spitfire said.

Gohan would've loved to go on about how he doesn't have a rank, and if he did, he would be a lot higher than her, but he decided-

"Yes ma'am..." He said.

He got to the starting line.

'Just stay right behind Rainbow Dash, and it'll all be fine...' He thought.

"Now everypony, get on your marks!" Spitfire yelled.

The ponies all got their goggles on.

The whistle blew!

And they're off!

Well, one pair at a time.

First two pairs went, then it was Rainbow Dash and Lightning Dust!

...Then it was Gohan.

Who flew right behind the second and third fastest here.

First, the cloud hoops had some intense winds to move around, so they had to make sure they weren't off track.

Easy enough for the first two pairs.

But then the slingshotted pink thunderclouds caught them by surprise, and slowed them down.

Lightning Dust turned to Rainbow Dash and gave her a grin.

Then she bolted off.

Rainbow Dash quickly followed.

Gohan rolled his eyes and did the same.

When it came to the pink thunderclouds...

Rainbow Dash and Lightning Dust dodged them easily.

With Gohan...

He punched them all!

Spitfire lowered her sunglasses.

"He's got guts." She muttered.

Then our pair flew at high speeds, and-

They had to slow down.

They nearly crashed into the pair in front of them.

"Ugh! Can't they go any faster? It's no good, I can't get around them!" Lightning Dust complained.

"Pfft." Gohan said, right from behind.

"It isn't that bad." He added.

"They're SO slow!" Lightning Dust said.

"Actually, moving at 17 miles per hour is a relatively fast speed for an average pegasus. You two are special cases, though. Like, speed of sound, special." Gohan said.

...

"Nerd." Rainbow Dash said plainly.

"I take pride in that." Gohan said.

"Anyway... We can still fly completely in sync and blow Spitfire's mind with our moves!" Rainbow Dash said.

"I guess..." Lightning Dust said.

The ponies in front of them passed through the hoops.

Rainbow Dash and Lightning Dust decided to style, going through the same hoop twice doing a loop de loop.

Gohan ended up passing them.

They did it twice.

And another pair ended up passing them.

Now there's a thunderstorm...

The pair in front of Gohan were slowing down, and struggling to pass.

More wing flapping!

Gohan felt sorry for them...

But didn't pass them.

Lightning Dust was annoyed.

"What are they, a couple of snails? It's just a little weather." She said.

Then thunder roared...

Now everyone was finally out of that hellhole...

The final part, really powerful fans!

"Now's our chance to pass these slowpokes!" Lightning Dust told Rainbow Dash.

Rainbow Dash wasn't exactly comfortable...

But went with it.

The two bolted, smashing into the pairs in front of them!

Ugh...

It's dirty!

The fallen pairs knocked into other pairs and totally fucked them up!

Then-

"Ow!" The two yelled.

They smashed into Gohan's feet.

Lightning Dust was annoyed at this, too.

"Oh come on! Could you be any slower!?" She yelled.

Gohan looked over his shoulder before turning around entirely.

He kept flying backwards.

"I'll have you know that this isn't a race. Stop acting so competitive." Gohan said.

"Filthy casual!" Lightning Dust said, pointing at Gohan.

"That's new." Gohan said.

"Just go faster!" Lightning Dust yelled.

"Fine!" Gohan said with an annoyed tone.

First, he had yellow aura around him.

Then, he darted away!

He was fast!

The two were shocked, but determined to beat him.

They flew over and under the winds while Gohan just passed right through.

In fact, he was trying to touch them.

He was now looking forward.

He decreased his speed for the two behind him.

They managed to catch up to him...

It was a real race...

The three were neck at neck...at neck...

Who will win!?

Aura? Rainbow? Or Lightning?

They all landed, sliding across the ground!

Well, not Gohan.

He just stopped as soon as he landed.

The other two slid all the way to Spitfire.

"Not bad! And in record time, too!" Spitfire said.

"But... If we were to call this a race, Rainbow Dash would be first." She said.

"Yes!" Rainbow Dash cheered.

"And Gohan would be second." Spitfire said.

"What!?" Lightning Dust asked.

"I don't get how I did that but okay!" Gohan called from far away.

"How!? I totally beat him!" Lightning Dust said, being totally salty.

"He clearly landed before you. But, that still doesn't mean you two were bad. Definitely made the right decision making you two a team. The others seem to have had a little trouble with the precision part of the exercise. I'd better go help sort them out. Why don't you two go hit the mess hall early?" Spitfire said.

"You too!" She yelled to Gohan.

Gohan gave a thumbs up.

Spitfire didn't know what the hell that was.

"Anyway. I'm off." Spitfire said, flying away.

"Yes ma'am!" Lightning Dust said, trotting away.

"Thank you, ma'am!" Rainbow Dash said.

...

She turned to Lightning Dust.

"Um, Lightning Dust? Next time, maybe we don't cut the other teams off like that." She said.

"Hey, you snooze, you lose! Besides, Wonderbolts are supposed to be able to recover from a spin-out. You saw them on the Dizzitron! They could use the practice. I mean, it's not OUR fault we're so much better than those other guys! Not every pony is destined to become a Wonderbolt. Only the best of the best, right?" Lightning Dust asked.

"Now hold on..." Gohan said, appearing out of nowhere.

"What do you want?" Lightning Dust asked, clearly irritated at his presence.

"That's not very sportsmanship like... Being a Wonderbolt isn't all about skills, it's also about heart." Gohan said.

"When have you EVER seen that?" Lightning Dust asked.

"In nearly every elite team. It's the teamwork! Not showing off to say that you're the coolest of the bunch." Gohan said.

"I'm going with Gohan, here." Rainbow Dash said.

"Whatever." Lightning Dust said, trotting away.

...

"Man, that was a close race!" Rainbow Dash said.

"I was giving it my all, and even with an extra mile I lost to you!" Gohan said happily...?

"Are you really happy about losing...?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Well, no. I'm happy we settled who's actually the fastest in Equestria!" Gohan said.

"Oh... Uh... Yeah!" Rainbow Dash said.

***

Now there's a cloud destroying exercise...

Destroy the most, and your team wins.

Gohan was excluded because, well, he had projectiles.

Rainbow Dash and Lightning Dust dominated, getting 95% of the clouds compared to the rest...

Jesus, they're even stealing clouds.

Slicing and dicing, combos, yadda yadda.

...But Lightning Dust wanted to do more...

"I have an idea about how we can literally blow away our competition." She said to Rainbow Dash.

"But we're already way ahead." Rainbow Dash said, looking behind her.

The other pairs were struggling to even destroy a cloud...

"Are you in or not?" Lightning Dust asked.

Rainbow Dash thought about it...

"...I'm in." She said.

"Then follow my lead!" Lightning Dust said.

The two started flying in very quick circles...

Which turned into a tornado.

'What are they doing!?' Gohan thought.

They moved the tornado around, and destroyed nearly every cloud in sight.

...But they added a little bit too much power...

"I can't control it!" Lightning Dust said.

She ended up flying out of the tornado because she lost her balance.

Rainbow Dash tried keeping up, but also ended up flying out.

She landed right by Gohan.

Said tornado was now about to hit innocent assistants...

And it passed right through Gohan.

'That's a lotta damage.' He thought.

Rainbow Dash managed to get herself up...

Then he noticed the hot air balloon from afar...

With his friends...

And the tornado was headed straight for it.

...Shit.

"It's a twister!" Applejack said.

And it was massive.

Both Rainbow Dash and Gohan happened to say

"Uh oh."

The tornado ripped the hot air balloon apart...!

First the ropes...

The rest of the Mane 6 all tried hanging on, but...

They all ended up being hurled out.

Since only one of them can barely fly...

They all started falling and screaming.

Except the care package.

Gohan and Rainbow Dash looked to each other and nodded.

Zoom!

They were out.

They both darted at the speed of sound, trying to get below them.

"Okay, here's the plan! We-" Gohan said, but...

"I'll gather enough clouds for them to bounce off of, and maybe you can use your aura to push them to the waterfall!" Rainbow Dash said.

...

"I guess that works." Gohan said.

Rainbow Dash got about 200 feet below the falling mares.

Gohan flew upwards, and got into a position where he'd be just behind the ponies.

Rainbow Dash instantly gathered five clouds, and spun around them.

You could see the rainbow spinning around the clouds...

Rainbow Dash, in doing that, managed to combine all of the clouds together to create a sort of trampoline...

It was enough for unicorns and earth ponies to sit on, okay?

Once her friends safely landed on the cloud, Rainbow Dash 'detonated' it by spinning around it upwards.

They all flew upwards while screaming.

"That's my cue!" Gohan said.

He turned into a Super Saiyan, making his aura flare like there was no tomorrow!

Then the ponies were pushed towards the training course...

Which was concrete and dirt.

So death to all those who land.

Gohan stopped his aura.

"Crapbaskets!" He said.

But, luckily for Gohan, the rest of the ponies at the Wonderbolts Academy caught the ponies with full nelsons and bridal style...

Even the care package was saved.

But Cloudchaser, who caught Fluttershy, was a little pissed that she had wings.

All the ponies were brought safely to the ground...

Both Gohan and Rainbow Dash happened to fly down and up respectively to the same height at the same time.

"Are you guys okay?" They asked.

Then they looked to each other.

Everyone but Pinkie pretty much said

"Uh-huh."

The two flew to their friends...

Pinkie was still on the ground.

"Pinkie Pie!" Rainbow Dash said, a little concerned.

Then Pinkie looked up with a near crying face...

I mean, she looked like she was about to-

"You... REMEMBERED ME!" She said, hugging Rainbow Dash tightly.

Almost choking her...

"Of course she did. It's only been four days!" Gohan said.

"And what are you all doing here?" Rainbow Dash asked, getting Pinkie off her.

"We wanted to bring you a care package. Didn't realize you'd be in the middle of some crazy tornado drill." Applejack said.

Then Lightning Dust happened to fly in.

"That... Was... AWESOME!" She yelled.

"Awesome!?" Rainbow Dash and Gohan asked.

"My friends could have been smashed to pieces!" They both said angrily.

Then they looked to each other again.

'We just happen to say the same things, huh...' They both thought.

"Yeah... But they weren't, right?" Lightning Dust asked.

She flew up to the sky.

"Can't say the same for the clouds. We totally wiped them out with that tornado. The other cadets will have to be up there for days to bust as many as we did." She said, flying down to Rainbow Dash.

She held her hoof out for a hoof bump.

The other ponies were not happy...

"...A hoof bump? Seriously?" Rainbow Dash asked, turning it down.

"You made me clip my wing. You sent half of our class into serious tailspins on the obstacle course. You unleashed a tornado that nearly demolished my friends!" She yelled.

"Yeah. And?" Lightning Dust asked.

"Are you really that dense!?" Gohan asked.

He can't turn off the Super Saiyan with this anger...

"I get that you want to be the best. So do I! But you're going about it in the wrong way." Rainbow Dash said.

"The Wonderbolts don't seem to think so. After all, Spitfire did make me the leader and you the wingpony." Lightning Dust said.

"Except Spitfire didn't see how much of a better pony Rainbow Dash is compared to you." Gohan said.

"What was that?" Lightning Dust asked angrily.

I love how nobody is talking about how he has yellow hair.

"Leaders are supposed to show compassion. They're supposed to get along with everyone. Especially their team. However, in watching you attempt to lead, you utterly fail." Gohan said.

"I don't know what's going on in that monkey head of yours." Lightning Dust mocked.

"Rainbow Dash, you do the honors." Gohan said, crossing his arms.

"I can't express myself under this anger." He added.

"I've got this." Rainbow Dash said.

"You don't talk. You just do whatever you want and expect your teammates to read your mind. You lack compassion. It doesn't matter if you're ahead of everyone, that doesn't mean you have the authority to insult them like that. To add injury to insult, you smash into them just to prove your superiority! The final nail in the coffin? You just shrugged off almost accidentally killing five ponies today. That's just sick. A leader doesn't do any of that. In fact- Any sane pony wouldn't do something that reckless and heartless!" Rainbow Dash said.

...

...What a speech...

Is somepony clapping?

Spitfire?

"I'm very impressed with you, Rainbow Dash." She said.

...

"The Wonderbolts are looking for the best flyers in Equestria, and you're right. Being the best should never come at the expense of our fellow ponies. It's not just about pushing ourselves. It's about pushing ourselves in the right direction. You've shown that you're capable of doing just that." Spitfire said.

She walked right up to Lightning Dust, who was paralyzed with fear...

She snatched her leader badge right off!

"You're expelled. Get out." She muttered.

Her two assistants escorted her away in shock...

"You're no wingpony, Rainbow Dash. You're a leader." Spitfire said.

She removed the wingpony badge and replaced it with the leader badge...

...Then Rainbow Dash got all excited.

"OhmygoshOhmygoshOhmygoshOhmygoshOhmygosh!" She repeated, flapping her wings.

Everyone seemed to be happy for her...!

Even the fellow flyers.

"Now get out there and give me twenty!" Spitfire yelled.

"Yes ma'am!" Rainbow Dash said, flying high into the sky.

The other ponies quickly followed her.

Gohan was no longer a Super Saiyan.

He smiled.

...

"Wait!" Pinkie yelled.

"You didn't even get to open your care package!" She screamed, holding a very crushed box.

"Did I get a care package?" Gohan asked.

"No." Pinkie said.

"Aw..." Gohan said, sad...

"Just kidding!" Pinkie said, pulling out a second but equally crushed box.

"Yay!" Gohan said.

***

And then Discord returned.

Now, this one I actually bothered to do, because it's unacceptable not to.

Yeah, that's right, past me! Go fuck yourself!

***

Our usual group, The Mane 6, Spike and Gohan, were waiting on the outskirts of Ponyville.

Well, minus Fluttershy and Applejack, they were kinda gone for the moment.

They were just hanging around, waiting for Princess Celestia to arrive.

Then Pinkie spoke.

"I love it when Princess Celestia comes to Ponyville! I got my hooves shined just like Rarity for the occasion! You like?" She asked, showing off a hoof.

Rarity and Gohan looked into the hoof.

You could see your reflection as if it was a mirror without pink.

"I certainly do!" Rarity said.

"I'm surprised that this is physically possible." Gohan said.

"I'm surprised she's not here yet." Twilight said.

"What's taking her so long?" Spike asked.

"Wait... What is that?" Gohan asked.

He felt a disturbance...

Something too familiar.

"Is something wrong, darling?" Rarity asked.

"I'm getting this weird feeling... Don't mind me, continue." Gohan said.

"Where are Applejack and Fluttershy?" Twilight asked.

"Fluttershy's detained helping Applejack with a mishap at Sweet Apple Acres. They'll be along." Rarity said.

"But I still don't get why the Princess would be so late." Spike said.

"She's bringing an important visitor. That could be part of it." Twilight said.

"A visitor who's important and SLOW!" Rainbow Dash said.

"Maybe it's somepony so terribly important, she still had many more terribly important things to do before she got here." Rarity chipped in.

Then...

Spike gasped.

Gohan had a very surprised look.

"Maybe the visitor has a deer antler, a goat leg, a bat wing, and a snake tail!" Spike said.

"Yeah, right, that's Discord." Twilight said.

"It IS Discord." Gohan said.

"What?" Everyone asked.

Celestia came in through carriage, and another carriage carried a statue of Discord.

She got off the carriage and onto the ground.

Everyone stood there in complete shock.

...

Twilight was the first to speak up.

"With all due respect, Princess Celestia, HOW COULD YOU BRING DISCORD HERE!?" She asked.

Then she cleared her throat in embarrassment.

"Er, your majesty." She said.

"I'm fully aware that the last time Discord was here, he created serious havoc." Celestia said.

"So, you need me to smash him to pieces so he'll never come back?" Gohan asked.

He then instantly turned into a Super Saiyan.

The ponies all just stood back in fear.

"Because I'm MORE than willing to." He said, clearly enraged at Discord.

He cracked his fingers and his neck.

Celestia raised a hoof.

"No, that isn't needed in the slightest, Son Gohan." She said.

"Please put that away, its super duper scary!" Pinkie said.

"Oh, right, sorry." Gohan said.

He reverted.

"I understand that you may have vengeful feelings, all of you." Celestia said.

"The guy tricked me into thinking my dad hated me!" Gohan said.

"I have use for Discord's magic if it can be reformed to serve good instead of evil. This is why I've brought Discord here, because I believe that you are the ponies who can help him do just that." Celestia said.

...

"Although I'd like to argue, you do have a bit of a point..." Gohan said.

Then Spike chipped in...

"This will never work! This is a disaster! How will we ever control him!? We're doomed!" He yelled.

"Need I remind you that you have two very powerful options to stop him at your disposal? And you have the hero who did it himself right there?" Celestia asked.

"I suppose we can actually use the Elements for a second time..." Twilight said.

"If he needs reforming, then I need to get over his bad deeds... Let's try." Gohan said.

"Uh, w-w-we probably need a volunteer to run away from here right away to get the Elements. I'll do it!" Spike said, about to run off.

"No need, Spike. I have them right here, and I've cast a spell so Discord can't take them and hide them again." Celestia said.

Her guards showed a chest.

"Didn't Discord take them last time?" Gohan asked.

"Now where is Fluttershy? I believe she may know best how to begin reforming Discord." Celestia said.

"Fluttershy? Really?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Eh, makes sense. She's the kindest pony around." Gohan said.

***

Well, Applejack and Fluttershy are talking to a beaver at a dam...

"What's he goin' on about now?" Applejack asked.

"Good news. Mr. Beaverton Beaverteeth has agreed to take his dam apart and move it." Fluttershy said.

"Well, it's about time. My apple trees are so waterlogged, I can practically hear 'em gargle!" Applejack said.

Then the beaver started complaining.

"But he says first you'll have to apologize for calling him a 'nuisance.'" Fluttershy said.

"Apologize!? He's lucky I didn't call him a varmint!" Applejack said.

The beaver responded again.

Well, here's how I think it went...

"Fack uuuuu!"

Fluttershy gasped.

"Mr. Beaverton Beaverteeth! Such language!" She scolded.

She had a mean face on.

Then she turned to Applejack.

"Fine, fine. I apologize." Applejack said.

"Bullshit!"

I-I mean, the beaver spit at her.

Applejack wanted to pound his damn face in, but Fluttershy calmed her a bit.

The beaver moved one stick...

And the whole dam went down.

***

The two made it to Ponyville, and Fluttershy was speaking to Celestia.

Gohan was taking mental notes on apologies and stuff.

"I realize that this is a tall order, but I wouldn't ask if I weren't confident you could get him to use magic obediently of his own free will." Celestia said.

"And... you really think I'll know best how to do that?" Fluttershy asked, insecure.

Celestia raised her head with a hoof, saying: "I do."

Fluttershy blushed in response.

"Now, I must return to Canterlot for Equestria's royal summit. You may release Discord when ready." Celestia said.

She flew away with her royal guard.

Twilight used her magic to pull the chest towards her.

"Okay, ponies, guess it's time to get started. Let's just hope this releasing spell works." She said.

"Or... Let's not." Spike said.

Twilight gave each pony their element with her magic.

"We'd best keep our elements on at all times 'til further notice." She said.

"Check!" The Mane 6 said.

"Gohan?" Twilight asked.

"I'm already ready." Gohan said, not thinking of what Twilight thought.

Twilight performed a spell.

It used all of the elements, causing each pony to float.

They connected again with rainbows!

They unleashed it on the stone Discord, and...

His statue cracked.

And BOOM!

Discord's back, baby!

He roared loudly!

...Which turned out to be a loud yawn.

Then he realized he could move and wiggled his whole body.

"Oh! Ooh! Ooooh! Well, it's about time somepony got me out of that prison block. What a relief!" He said.

Then he snapped his fingers, turning a squirrel into a macho man.

He eats trees now.

"Not even five seconds." Gohan said.

The ponies gasped.

"What do you think you're doing!?" Twilight asked.

Discord stretched.

"Nnnnnnnnngh... Why, stretching, of course. When you're a creature of chaos, stone bodysuits aren't your typical go to fashion choice. Nnngh... " He said, snapping his fingers.

He turned a bunny into a fucking Hulk bunny.

"Make that bunny cute again, now!" Pinkie yelled.

"Oh... He's adorable the way he is!" Discord said, petting him.

He tried eating Discord, so...

He blew a raspberry.

"You know what else is adorable? You ponies truly believe that you can reform me, and that you're putting your faith in this one here to make it happen." Discord said, pointing at Fluttershy.

"Makes me wanna pinch your little horsey cheeks..." Discord said, doing just that to Fluttershy.

"How'd you know about that!?" Twilight asked.

"And stop it!" Gohan said.

"First of all, being turned to stone doesn't keep me from hearing every word Celestia says. Although I admit it makes rolling my eyes a challenge. Second, no." Discord said.

"I REALLY won't hold back this time! I was really ready to talk it out with you!" Gohan yelled.

"Oh? All right, let's talk it out. I'm the psychologist today, it seems." Discord said, wearing glasses and grabbing a pencil and notepad.

He made a couch appear next to Gohan, but he didn't sit.

"Okay, so... You want me to apologize for trying to impersonate your father and make you think you're a murderer..." Discord said.

"H-How did you...?" Gohan asked.

"At this point, I did my research. You're a bipolar, depressed kid." Discord said with a smirk.

"What?" Gohan asked.

"Anyone can see that, especially seeing what you've been through. We could talk about it, make you learn more about yourself." Discord said.

"Enough!" Twilight yelled.

"Unless you want us to turn you back into stone, you'll zap those animals back the way they were, pronto!" She yelled.

Discord removed the couch, the glasses and the notepad.

"Oh, you wouldn't dare turn me back to stone and risk disappointing your precious princess." Discord said, crossing his arms.

He flung the pencil at a tree.

"Try us, Dip-cord!" Rainbow Dash yelled.

"You think you can treat poor defenseless animals like that and get away with it?!" Fluttershy yelled.

"You go, Fluttershy!" Rainbow Dash cheered.

"You'd best watch your step, buster, or I'll give you... the Stare!" Fluttershy said.

"The Stare? Oh no, please, not that! Anything but your disapproving eyeballs!" Discord said sarcastically.

At this point, he was laughing.

Fluttershy unleashed it!

"Oh no! No no no, stop! No, no!" Discord stopped laughing.

He was choking himself, struggling...

"I can't! Stop! I can't take it anymore! I'll do whatever you say! Because..." He said, struggling...

Then he laughed again.

"You're hilarious!" He said, slapping his knee.

"If it turns out we use Gohan or the Elements against you, I'm sure we can convince Princess Celestia it was for a good reason!" Twilight yelled.

"Yeah! Get him, Gohan!" Pinkie commanded, pointing at Discord.

Gohan got into a fighting pose.

"Oh, right. Remember these, best buddy?" Discord asked, snapping his fingers.

A Gohan clone.

"You..." Gohan said.

Then Discord chuckled before removing it from reality.

"I'm just joking, hoho!" He said.

"I was going to eviscerate you and him at the same time, and use your gastrointestinal tract as a-" "-Whoa, whoa!" Twilight interrupted Gohan.

"Keep the language down, Gohan!" Pinkie said.

"In layman's terms, its skullfu-" "-NO!" Twilight yelled.

"Okay! Okay." Gohan said.

"Okay... I'll undo the bunny." Discord said, snapping his fingers.

No more hulk bunny.

Then...

He used his tail to snap his tail fingers?

I dunno.

Then a bunch of nearby beavers had red eyes all of a sudden.

Nobody happened to notice.

"Well, it looks like I know where I'll be crashing while I'm being 'reformed...' With you, Fluttershy." He said, making Fluttershy appear in his arms.

He noogied her.

Then he started cackling.

"Oh dear..." Fluttershy said.

***

Now we're all at Fluttershy's cottage...

Discord lounged on that green couch.

Fluttershy was arranging things, like vases and such...

To be hospitable.

"He may be horrible, but that doesn't mean we have to act the same way. We should at least try to be hospitable..." She said.

Then she realized.

Angel happened to be by...

"You don't mind giving up your favorite spot on the couch, do you, Angel Bunny?" Fluttershy whispered.

Yes. Angel minds a lot.

He hopped to Discord's leg and pulled on it.

In a desperate attempt to get him off his favorite spot...

He gave up pretty easily.

So he walked away in anger.

"Oh, I'm sorry about Angel. Are you alright?" Fluttershy asked.

"Oh, yes. Thank you, Fluttershy, for your concern. If only your pony friends could be as considerate..." Discord sneered.

"Don't listen to him, Fluttershy! He's just trying to drive a wedge between us like he always does." Rainbow Dash said.

"Now WHY in the WORLD would I EVER try to do a thing like that?" Discord asked.

"So you can prevent us from having a weapon to turn you to stone?" Gohan asked.

...

"My thoughts exactly." Twilight said.

"I've NEVER thought of that!" Discord said with a smile.

"You big liar!" Rainbow Dash said.

"Now look who's the liar!" Discord said.

Now that we see him...

"Anyone can plainly see that I'm not big at all." He said.

He's like 1/20th of the couch.

Then Angel came to the couch, wanting to take back his spot...

Then Discord went back to normal size and knocked him away with his size.

In doing that, he also knocked a light over.

Fluttershy was devastated at that...

"Oops." Discord said.

He snapped his fingers to reuse the pieces...

...And made a miniature version of him in a skirt, holding a light bulb.

...Then Angel was back on the couch.

So he used his tail to knock him off again.

"I can't watch." Applejack said.

"We'll be outside." Rainbow Dash said.

"I'm staying." Gohan said.

"Suit yourself!" Rarity said.

Before Twilight walked out the door, she just had to ask Fluttershy...

"You sure you're okay with this?" Twilight asked.

"I know it's not gonna be easy, but Princess Celestia's counting on me. And... I think I actually know what to do." Fluttershy said.

"You do?" Twilight asked excitedly.

Now the real fun started...

In the background of this conversation...

Angel was trying to get on that damn couch.

He tried charging at it and failed, because Discord lifted it up.

Then Gohan came to the couch.

"I think the key is to befriend him." She said.

He grabbed on the leg tight.

Discord tried moving the couch, but that didn't work.

So he repeatedly slapped Gohan in the face with his tail.

"Being kind to him and letting him be my house guest is probably the best way to do that." Fluttershy said.

Angel tried jumping on, but Discord managed to move the couch a few feet to prevent that.

Then Gohan instantly turned into a Super Saiyan...

"You really think that'll work?" Twilight asked.

"I think it's worth a try!" Fluttershy said.

"Okay, but if you need us, all you need to do is whisper 'Help!'" Twilight said.

Discord gestured for a game of Rock Paper Scissors.

So Gohan agreed.

"Saisho wa gu! Jyanken hoi!"

Discord threw rock and Gohan threw scissors, so...

"Eyyy!" Discord cheered.

Gohan looked mildly distraught.

"...And we'll be back here with our Elements." Twilight said.

"So watch that goat-legged step of yours, pal!" She yelled at Discord.

Now he and Gohan were playing more Japanese Rock Paper Scissors.

"Haikodesho!" They both yelled, throwing rock.

Then Discord heard Twilight...

He snapped his fingers.

All of a sudden, he and Gohan were in blue suits, sitting on fancy chairs, holding cups of tea.

Discord got a blue hat, too.

"Wh-what?! Look at me! I'm practically reformed already." He said.

Twilight went outside.

Then Discord and Gohan looked at each other again...

...

"Saisho wa-"

***

Outside...

"She's really alright with him staying there?" Rarity asked.

"That's what she said." Twilight said.

"Personally, I think we should come up with a backup plan, in case this whole 'befriending' business doesn't work out." Rainbow Dash said.

"Well, our backup plans are Gohan, and if that's not good enough... I think I have just the trick." Twilight said.

***

Gohan was now a regular Saiyan, sitting on the opposite side of the couch with Discord...

Who was eating Paper out of a bowl.

With a fork.

"Discord?" Fluttershy asked, poking her head in from her kitchen.

"Oh, there you are. Listen, Discord, I just want to make sure you know that if there's anything I can do to- uh, umm, are you eating... paper?" Fluttershy asked.

Discord swallowed some paper.

"Am I? Huh, how odd of me." He said.

I mean, I used to eat paper just to gross out my friends.

It was funny.

Anyway...

"I know that paper can be eaten, but it's not exactly healthy..." Gohan said.

"Well... Uh... I'm just heading out, so you just make yourself at home while I'm gone..." Fluttershy said.

She went out the door.

Discord stuck half his body out the door with a bathrobe on.

"Bye bye! Have a nice time! Everything is fine! Bye bye!" He said.

Then he stepped back inside...

"Don't get any ideas..." Gohan said.

...

Discord snapped his fingers, and...

Now the entire house was spinning in circles, holy shit.

By that, I mean up to down, not side to side.

Things were falling and...

Shit, Fluttershy's back.

"What's going on here!?" She asked.

Apparently Discord's couch was the only thing stationary.

Fluttershy had to fly to keep on eye level...

"Discord!" Gohan yelled.

"Are you sure this isn't overdoing it? You said to make myself at home while you were gone, but I wouldn't want to overstep my bounds..." Discord said.

A book smashed into Gohan's face.

"Ow!" He yelled.

"Ngh... I did say that, so... If this makes you more comfortable... By all means, please feel free..." Fluttershy said, narrowly dodging her pottery.

"Oh, it does, very much so." Discord said.

"Fluttershy, you can't just let him destroy your house!" Gohan said.

"Oh, hush." Discord said, stuffing some paper into Gohan's mouth.

Gohan spit it out.

"This is completely asinine!" He yelled.

"I-It's fine...?" Fluttershy said.

Wasn't so sure, but...

"Oh, you're so kind." Discord said, moving his head to be beside Fluttershy.

"I always knew that you were the understanding one! Unlike those nasty friends of yours..." He muttered.

"I can hear you!" Gohan said.

Then Angel was smashed into his face.

...That rabbit clung on for dear life.

"Yes, anyhow..." Discord said.

"My friends aren't nasty!" Fluttershy yelled.

"Well of COURSE you'd say that! It just goes to show how understanding you truly are!" Discord said, massaging her shoulders...?

Then he teleported back into the couch.

"I'm actually considering this reformation thing..." He said.

Gohan managed to put Angel on his shoulder rather than his face.

"This is a little overboard!" He said.

"One of the animals could have their neck broken!" He added.

"Fluttershy! Fluttershy!" Someone called from outside.

"Oh! Twilight!" Fluttershy said.

"Wait, take Angel, he's going to be hurt in here..." Gohan said.

So Fluttershy grabbed Angel and headed outside, where...

We could see the fucking house was removed from the ground and...

Spinning in mid air.

As soon as she left the premises, and closed the door...

The house turned into an iceberg.

"Ah!" Gohan yelled.

"MY DICK IS AN ICICLE!"

Fluttershy flew down to Twilight and Spike.

And let Angel down gently.

"What's going on!? Are you okay?" Twilight asked.

"We're fine, everything's going great! Isn't it, Angel...?" Fluttershy asked.

He had the thousand yard stare, don't mind him.

"We've come to take you away from Discord! He's just terrible, and from the looks of it, completely out of control!" Twilight said.

Now the house wasn't an iceberg anymore...

"Oh, but you're wrong! We're making great progress!" Fluttershy said.

"NO WE ARE NOT!" Gohan yelled from inside the house.

"Er... Don't mind him, he's not accustomed to Discord yet..." Fluttershy said.

"It doesn't look like he's being reformed..." Spike said.

"I'm earning his trust by giving him some space to be himself..." Fluttershy said.

"The animals are going crazy in here!" Gohan yelled.

"Hate to break it to you, but he used that 'space to be himself' to tear out all the reforming spells from the library!" Spike said.

"That does explain the paper eating..." Fluttershy said.

"He ATE them!? UGH!" Twilight groaned.

"But we aren't going to need a spell! He's already considering being reformed! He said so!" Fluttershy said.

"You're actually believing him!?" Gohan asked.

"Oh, hush, you're having fun." Discord said.

"My sentiments exactly." Twilight said.

"If I'm going to be his friend, I have to start by giving him the benefit of the doubt!" Fluttershy said.

"This is too much!" Gohan yelled.

"Tell you what, bring all the ponies over for a dinner party this evening, and I'll bet his manners will have really improved by then." Fluttershy said.

"I'll even get him to put the cottage back on the ground..." She added.

"THAT'S IT!" Gohan yelled.

See, you're only looking at this from outside the cottage.

You could hear a certain aura inside...

See it through the windows. Maybe?

"YEAAAGH!"

Then the house was pushed to the ground.

"Uh..." The three responded...

Gohan opened the door...

As a Super Saiyan.

"No need... I already did it." He said.

"Oh, I would've done it myself." Discord said.

"In two hours!?" Gohan asked.

"Why yes!" Discord said, being a troll.

***

Dinner time...?

Spike and the rest of the Mane 6 were approaching the house...

"Ugh! I can't believe we're having a dinner party with Discord!" Rainbow Dash said.

In the background, we can see those beavers from before.

"This evening is sure to be a disaster. Glad I didn't bother wearing my fanciest outfit." Rarity said.

She was the only one with a dress.

"Fluttershy thinks this is the only way to reform Discord and asked us to give it a chance!" Twilight said.

Then Discord came bursting out from the door, looking like a butler.

He even has that moustache.

"Oh! Our pony guests!" He said.

Then he spit out a red carpet...?

"We're so delighted that you'd come! Please. Do come in!" He said.

...

***

This house looks different.

A dining table with pillows as seats...

"See what a beautiful job he did helping?" Fluttershy asked.

"Discord set the entire table by himself! I'm so proud!" She said.

Discord tried taking Twilight's crown...

"May I take your... Hats please?" He asked.

...

"Hang on to your Elements, girls, this is going to be bumpy night..." Twilight said.

"It was bumpy enough watching him do this." Gohan said.

Anyway...

Everyone sat down and had a plate of apple pie, potatoes and... Apples.

"As you all know, Princess Celestia hopes to have Discord use his magic for good instead of evil." Fluttershy said.

Pinkie already dug into her potatoes...

And she had a potato beard?

"Pinkie Pie? Care for some gravy?" Fluttershy asked.

"You bet!" Pinkie said.

"Allow me!" Discord said, snapping his fingers.

Then the cup of gravy grew tiny legs...?

It turned into a dog, I think...

It was barking and panting like one...

There was a drop hanging out...

"Why is the gravy defying the laws of physics...?" Gohan asked.

"Ooh! What a cute little gravy boat you are!" Pinkie said, petting it...?

"Yes you are! Yes you are!" She coddled.

The gravy licked her?

I can't tell anymore.

It poured some gravy on her plate, at least.

It ran all over the table.

"That's one creepy gravy boat if you ask me..." Rainbow Dash said.

"Oh, come on now, Dashie! You're not even giving us a chance!" Fluttershy said.

The gravy ended up pouring some of itself on Rainbow Dash to burn her.

"Hey! That's hot!" She yelled, flying up.

Discord tried containing his laughter.

"Oh- Ha... I'm so sorry!" He said.

"He did that on purpose!" Rainbow Dash said.

"Oh, I don't know about that! Mistakes happen!" Discord said.

"Oh look! Dancing candles!" He said.

There were six dancing candles on the table...

...But Rainbow Dash blew them out in an instant.

"I'm not falling for that! Discord's just trying to distract us from..." She said, before she realized that the candles were flying.

They all started poking her.

"Hey! Knock it off! Ow! I suppose THAT'S another mistake?" She asked angrily.

"No... I just think you made them mad." Discord said.

"You made inanimate objects sentient!?" Gohan asked.

"What do you expect?" Discord asked.

"There's something fishy going on..." Twilight said.

It just so happens that there was a soup terrine in the shape of a fish.

It spit tomato soup right at Twilight...

Then it hit Spike.

It moved around the table.

"Discord...?" Fluttershy asked.

"Well, it's hardly my fault, it's the soup terrine's fault that it thinks 'something fishy' is offensive..." Discord said.

"Not the dress, NOT THE DRESS!" Rarity pleaded.

It spit at the dress.

"That thing's only doing what you're making it do!" Applejack said.

Then it sprayed Gohan, and, well, he opened his mouth to drink it?

It kept going for a while...

"Let's not jump to any conclusions..." Fluttershy said.

It stopped feeding Gohan.

"He's literally laughing at this." He said.

Discord used his hands to cover his mouth, but he was clearly laughing.

"Fluttershy, can't you see what he's doing?" Rainbow Dash asked, kicking a candle away.

"He's playing innocent with you so you won't use the Elements of Harmony against him!" She said.

...Then the soup terrine sprayed her.

"Oh, well, that's a bit harsh... Isn't it?" Discord said.

Rainbow Dash covered the terrine in a dome...

"You see what I'm saying, Fluttershy? Fluttershy!" She yelled.

"You know what I see? I see that Discord's far from perfect! But I also see none of you giving him a chance!" Fluttershy said.

"I am! I'm not trying to blast or fight him!" Gohan said.

Everyone else was just complaining.

"Why do you keep cutting him so much slack!?" Rainbow Dash asked.

Fluttershy hugged Discord.

"Because that's what friends do!" She said.

Discord was a little surprised...

"We're friends?" He asked, genuinely confused.

"Why of course! I can't remember my house being this lively before you came along!" Fluttershy said.

"Oh... Well... I... I've never really had a friend before..." Discord said.

"Well, now you do!" Fluttershy said.

Everything inanimate that was moving stopped...

...But then Angel opened the window.

He tried saying something.

"N-Now is not a good time, Angel, we're having a dinner party..." Fluttershy said.

"Hold up! I think he's tryin' to tell us something!" Applejack said.

First Angle poured a cup of water on himself...

But nobody got that, so he grabbed an apple.

"Apple!" Everyone said.

Then he pointed at Applejack.

"Applejack!" Everyone said.

Nope.

He got a pitcher of apple cider and put the apple in there.

"Sweet Apple Acres?" Rarity asked.

Yes!

I'll take charades for $200.

"Flooding at Sweet Apple Acres! And we all know who's behind that, don't we?" Rainbow Dash asked, pointing at Discord.

"Who, me?" Discord asked.

He suddenly had a halo...

"Well, it might not be him, but I'm sure haloes only go on dead people." Gohan said.

***

Holy shit!

This is a fucking flood alright.

It's like another lake, Jesus.

What the hell, beavers?

They're making Hoover Dams out of wood!

Applejack's relatives were in barrels just to traverse it...

"I've never seen flooding this bad! They've built dams here before, but never like this!" Applejack said.

These fucking beavers and their dams...

Damn you!

Fluttershy tried talking, but they pretty much responded with-

"Fuck off! This is OUR dam!"

"Hell no we're not getting rid of it!"

Fluttershy gasped.

"Such language!" She said.

"It's no use... They won't listen to a word I say!" She added.

"Now we know Discord is behind this..." Gohan said.

"Obviously! Do you all think I'm a silly, gullible fool!?" Fluttershy asked.

"In this regard, you've been totally gullible!" Gohan said.

Pretty much everyone else was trying to say it nicely, but the answer was yes.

"I've just been trying to gain his friendship in any way I can! So that he'd come to trust and listen to me!" Fluttershy said.

"Hey there, Fluttershy!" Discord said from afar...

He was water skiing...

Apparently those fish soup terrines were his boats?

"Want a turn!? The water's great!" He yelled.

He glided on his head...

"Time to see if it worked..." Fluttershy said.

Discord ran onto the land.

"Fluttershy! Oh, there you are! A sight for sore eyes..." He said.

"As you can see, there's a mess down here at Sweet Apple Acres!" Fluttershy said.

"Oh, yes, awful business dam, hmm..." Discord said, drying himself with a towel.

"It IS awful! This is Applejack's home! And it's being destroyed by innocent creatures who would never be acting this way if it weren't for your reckless behavior!" Fluttershy said.

"You need to fix this!" She demanded.

"...Well, yes, very well, I will fix it! I only ask for one thing in return..." Discord said.

"Yes?" Fluttershy asked.

"I ask that you never use your element of Harmony against me!" Discord said.

...

"As a sign of our friendship!" Discord said.

"You can't be serious..." Gohan said.

Fluttershy turned to her friends, who all shook their heads.

...But, she took it off.

"I will never use my Element of Harmony against you!" She said.

She threw it down to Spike.

"Excellent!" Discord said.

He snapped his fingers.

...

What the hell!?

It's frozen over!

"There! Much better! I do prefer ice skating to water skiing!" Discord said, skating...

"Don't you!?" He asked.

Then three more Discords appeared, holding up 10 signs...

"Discord!" Fluttershy yelled.

"That's not fixing it!" She yelled, jumping onto the ice.

Discord stopped skating...

Fluttershy ran at him!

"Why I oughta...!" She yelled, before sliding way past Discord...

"Where are you going?" Discord asked.

Fluttershy couldn't really move now, but she managed to stop sliding.

Discord got in front of her.

"What's wrong, pal?" He asked.

"Don't call me your pal!" Fluttershy said.

"Oh, come skating with me! And we'll let bygones be bygones!" Discord said, making skates appear for a pony.

"Discord!" Gohan yelled.

"Oh, right, you." Discord said.

Gohan was running at him.

"I have a bone to pi-"

Suddenly, all the way from his neck to his feet, he was in a block of ice.

He stopped in place on the ice.

...

"...Really?" He asked.

He burst free, relaxing his arms and legs, and-

Damn it, again!?

"Come on!" He yelled.

Discord kept laughing.

Gohan jumped towards him, and...!

...Fell on the front.

"What are you gonna do now?" Discord asked.

"That's it! Body slam!" Gohan yelled.

"Body wha-"

Gohan threw his icey self right at Discord's face!

He got a direct hit!

So now there's a block of ice just floating there.

"How's that for nothing?" Gohan asked.

He moved himself forward and back, as if jabbing with his body.

"Ha! Ha! Hyah! I know it looks like I'm a master, but I'm really grasping to not fall off balance." He said.

"Wow... Nice hit." Spike said.

"He fixes this or goes back to being stone!" Twilight yelled.

"What she said." Gohan said.

Fluttershy had to choose...

Let Gohan go full power on Discord?

Or let Discord go free...

"...Gohan, don't attack him, please..." She said.

"What!?" Everyone but Discord asked.

Fluttershy took the tied skates by the mouth...

But she still looked pissed.

Yeah, nobody's happy.

Except Discord.

"Yes! Haha! You see? She wants to have fun with me because WE'RE friends! She doesn't want the kid to attack me because we're friends! She can't use the Elements against me because we're friends! I'm free forever!" He bragged.

Then he cackled.

"I can still defy her, you know." Gohan said.

It's funny that a floating block of ice is telling him that.

But...

"I'M... NOT! YOUR! FRIEND!" Fluttershy yelled, hurling those skates aside.

"Who cares? I can do whatever I want, whenever I want!" Discord said.

"I'm still here!" Gohan yelled.

"I'm Discord! The master of chaos!" Discord yelled.

Fluttershy was angrily trotting away.

Discord teleported so that he was skating beside her...

"You think you could boss Discord around? You think I'm just going to turn all this back because you say so? Because if I don't, I'll lose the one friend I ever had?" He asked.

Then it hit him.

He stopped skating, and...

Looked genuinely remorseful...

"Oh... Oh... W...Well played Fluttershy... Well played." He said.

He sat atop a tree...

And he undid everything with a snap.

The dam was gone and everything was back to normal.

Yes, even Gohan wasn't stuck in an ice cube anymore.

Yes!

Success!

"I like it better my way, but... I guess when you're friends, you can't exactly have things your way all the time..." Discord said.

***

We did it, America.

I know what you're saying,

"What did we do?"

"I'm not American!"

We did it.

"What?"

It.

Anyway...

Then when everyone's Cutie mark was changed, it was stupid.

But it was for the best.

Also, this is another one I should've done.

I fucking hate you, past me!

***

What beautiful day!

Gohan was soaring the skies.

The clear skies...

Nobody stopping him now.

Bright smile, having such a good time.

Holding no ball.

Nobody stop him now-

A cloud nearly smashed into him!

"What the-"

He quickly stopped in the air.

...

The clouds are flying everywhere...

"Wait, is Discord doing something again?" He said to himself.

Then some lightning came at him.

"Woah!" He yelled, punching it away.

The spark eventually disappeared from his sight.

...

"...I didn't think that was possible for me... Whatever." He said.

'Well, the clouds are erratic but not pink... I think it isn't Discord.' He thought.

And below him, in Ponyville...

Yeah, see...

Rarity was using her magic to move storm clouds all over the fucking place.

And a bunch of ponies are complaining that she sucks ass at her job.

Gohan flew down to this... scene.

Apparently it's all stupid.

The crowd was yelling at her.

"You stink!"

"We demand a better weatherpony!"

And the sorts.

He landed beside Twilight.

"Oh, thank goodness you're here." Twilight said.

"Can you explain to me what's happening...?" Gohan asked.

Then he saw Rarity's cutie mark...

It was Rainbow Dash's?

"Why...?" He asked.

"I don't know...! Rarity said Rainbow Dash was at her cottage...?" Twilight asked.

"Okay, I think I sorta get it now." Gohan said.

"You're not different, are you?" Twilight asked.

"I don't feel any different..." Gohan said.

"Neither does she..." Twilight said.

"I can only imagine how Rainbow Dash is." Gohan said.

***

Well, those two and Spike were now heading to Fluttershy's cottage.

Or...

Well, you'll see.

"I still don't know what you had to wake me up for. I love sleeping in the rain." Spike said.

"It's not about the weather, Spike. Rarity had Rainbow Dash's cutie mark and said this was Rainbow Dash's cottage." Twilight said.

"Which doesn't make sense at all." Gohan said.

They approached the door, and Twilight knocked...

Rainbow Dash poked her head out through the door.

"...Hey guys..." She said.

"Rainbow Dash, why is Rarity doing your job?" Twilight asked.

There was a loud smash.

So Rainbow Dash zipped back inside.

Gohan opened the door completely.

"And what in Equestria is going on in... here?" Twilight asked.

Every animal was out of control, holy shit.

"And you have Fluttershy's cutie mark... Crapbaskets." Gohan said.

"Gah! Can't you just get them to stand still for one moment!?" Rainbow Dash asked.

She was clearly angry with them...

"You're doing it all wrong, you need to tend to them one at a time." Gohan said.

Rainbow Dash shoved Gummy, a tiny alligator into a birdcage...

"Look." Gohan said, going to a cat that was ruining the curtains with it's claws.

"Hey there...!" He said with a dumb voice.

The cat wanted to gouge his eyes out.

"It's going to be okay..." Gohan said, petting it once.

***

Well, those three were out the door.

Gohan had a bunch of scratch marks on his face.

"Well, that was a bust. I should've remembered that Fluttershy told me that was the cat who hated petting." He said.

"Oh... I hope Fluttershy has it a bit better..." Twilight said.

"Well, she's at Sugarcube Corner... So that can't be good." Gohan said.

***

Fluttershy was trying to make a crowd of ponies laugh...

Failing miserably.

She tried blowing a balloon and letting it loose, but nobody gave a shit.

She wore a funny nose and mustache with glasses...

And still nobody gave a shit.

Someone pulled Fluttershy away before she made an even worse fool of herself.

Behind a cabinet...

Where our three were...

"Fluttershy! What are you doing?" Twilight whispered.

"I'm just doing what I normally do..." Fluttershy said.

"But you normally take care of animals." Gohan said.

"No, that's Rainbow Dash's job... I'm a disgrace at this job, but I have to do it. It's why I have my cutie mark..." Fluttershy said.

"Pinkie Pie's cutie mark, huh?" Gohan asked.

"I-I'm sorry, I have to get back to work..." Fluttershy said.

"I may not be good, but it's all I can do...!" She said optimistically.

I don't even see how that's optimistic.

She went back to fucking up even worse.

Twilight sighed.

"This isn't good... What happened to Pinkie...?" She asked.

"I don't want to answer that." Gohan said.

***

Wow, Pinkie was fucking up worse than Fluttershy.

Gohan, Twilight and Spike all watched in sorrow as they watched Pinkie fail to pick apples, move a plow, and do all sorts of farmwork.

It was just sad to watch...

I mean, Pinkie couldn't even kick the trees correctly.

She had a flat mane.

She bent her backhooves the wrong way every time she kicked a tree.

Sometimes it defied logic...?

"Pinkie..." Twilight said.

"I know, I know, I'm not kickin' it right!" Pinkie said, with a southern accent.

"...You're kicking a dead tree." Gohan said.

And yes, there were no leaves on that tree whatsoever.

"Aw, shoot. Better get to another one..." Pinkie said.

She walked away.

"This isn't good either." Spike said.

"But, she kept saying the same thing." Gohan said.

"It's what I have to do! My cutie mark says so...!"

"What about Applejack!?" Twilight asked.

Applejack's cutie mark...

Fuck.

***

Applejack was at least doing something...

But her cutie mark was Rarity's.

You know what that means?

All her dresses were like shit!

They even smelled like shit!

I mean, Filthy Frank's gonna pop up, yelling:

"IT SMELLS LIKE SHIT IN HERE!"

Anyway.

"Applejack, what the heck are you doing...?" Twilight asked.

"Making dresses... Like my cutie mark says." Applejack said.

She just broke her sewing machine.

"But that's not- Ugh..." Gohan sighed.

"Well, Rarity's stuck with the weather, so..." Twilight said.

"Do you have any idea as to how this happened? I am just lost." Gohan said.

"Well, maybe... Follow me." Twilight said, walking away.

They left the boutique...

"Come back anytime, y'all!" Applejack said.

...

"MAAAAN! IT STILL SMELLS LIKE SHIT!

***

Well, the library.

"This is bad. This is very, very bad!" Twilight said.

"You don't need to capitalize the point, we all get it." Gohan said.

"What's going on? Why is this happening?!" Spike asked.

"Last night when you were taking one of your seven-hour bubble baths..." Twilight said.

"Seven hours!? How do you do that?" Gohan asked.

"How do you train for that long?" Spike asked.

"Huh. Good point." Gohan said.

"Anyway... I got a special delivery from the princess." Twilight said.

Let's cut to last night...

***

Twilight read a letter from Celestia.

"Dear Twilight Sparkle,

The spell contained on the last page of this book is Star Swirl the Bearded's secret unfinished masterpiece." She read aloud.

She gasped excitedly.

"Ooh!"

"He was never able to get it right, and thus abandoned it. I believe you are the only pony who can understand and rewrite it.

Princess Celestia."

Then she opened the book, and flipped to the last page.

She read what was there...

"'From one to another, another to one. A mark of one's destiny singled out alone, fulfilled.' That doesn't make any sense. It doesn't even rhyme!" Twilight said.

The Elements of Harmony, which just so happened to be on display behind her, all changed colors.

Except her's.

"I cast the spell so I could find out what it was, but nothing seemed to happen." Twilight said.

Let's cut back to the present.

"But now I know something DID happen. The spell has changed the Elements of Harmony! That must be why their cutie marks are all wrong!" She said.

Those Elements were on display...

Completely wrong colors.

"So YOU did it?" Gohan asked.

"I didn't mean to...!" Twilight said, stressed out.

"I understand the feeling..." Gohan said.

'Well, sorry, dad.' He thought.

"But we can find a way." He said.

"Yeah! Just cast a counter spell to switch them back." Spike said.

Twilight looked through the book...

"There IS no counter spell!" She said.

"Then we are totally screwed." Gohan said.

"Why don't you just use that memory spell you used to fix everypony when Discord was here?" Spike asked.

"Memory can't change physical and magical attributes, Spike." Gohan said.

"Yeah! It's not their memory, it's their true self that's been altered!" Twilight said.

"Zecora's cure for the Cutie Pox?" Spike asked.

"This isn't a case of Cutie Pox." Gohan said.

"That won't work...!" Twilight said, throwing the book to Gohan.

Twilight went up the stairs to her room.

"I'm sure we can find a way, Twilight!" Gohan said.

"I don't think there's a way...!" Twilight said, stopping short.

"Well, maybe it won't be so bad. Maybe our friends will grow to like their new lives." Spike said.

"No, Spike. They're not who they are meant to be anymore. Their destinies are now changed, and it's all my fault..." Twilight said, with teary eyes.

She went into her room.

"Well, Spike, it's just you and me now." Gohan said.

"I don't know what to do." Spike said.

"Yeah... Me neither." Gohan said.

...

"...You wanna help?" He asked.

"Actually... I think I'll go to bed. I wanted to sleep in." Spike said.

So he went up those stairs.

...

'...Crapbaskets.' Gohan thought.

"Well, only one thing to do." He muttered.

He started by reading through that book Twilight had.

...No lead.

Then he started looking for any spells with cutie marks...

Went through a lot of books.

"There's NO spell related to this!?" He said to himself.

Then he sighed.

"I think I need the chalkboard." He said to himself.

***

It's been an entire day.

Twilight was moping in bed before finally going to bed.

Spike slept the entire day and night...

But he got up.

Uh... Gohan's sleeping on a pile of books.

He has bags under his eyes.

There's a chalkboard with all sorts of math.

And it's only been a day, and everyone's fucked up so bad that they're homeless and shiet.

Pinkie ruined every tree and crop down at the farm...

Fluttershy is scared of being bad at entertaining, and now resides in a fountain.

Rainbow Dash is just contemplating suicide because of all these fucking animals.

Applejack has to close down the boutique, everyone hates it.

And Rarity doesn't seem to have a home either, she's stuck in the rain.

Nobody even wants to be near her.

This is a fucked up episode, now that I think about it...

Twilight woke up, still moping.

She looked out the window...

It was raining.

...

Spike walked by...

...

"Oh, Spike, what have I done?" Twilight asked.

"Aw, come on, Twilight, you'll figure out a way to fix this. These are your friends." Spike said.

...

"You're right, Spike." Twilight said.

She got out of bed, and raced downstairs!

...To find Gohan sleeping on a pile of books.

He did a lot of math on that chalkboard.

Twilight nudged him awake.

Gohan groaned as he slightly opened his eyes.

"Good morning..." Twilight said.

"No, dad, we don't want the house smelling like bacon... Huh?" Gohan asked, actually waking up.

He sat up.

"Is it morning?" He asked.

"Yeah... It looks like you worked hard yesterday." Spike said.

"I can't find a clue. I went through all these spellbooks and nothing." Gohan said.

"I don't know how we can help our friends." He said.

"I know... They mean more to me than anything..." Twilight said, walking up to a framed photo of the seven...

...Holy shit, why is she glowing purple?

"My friends..." She said with a smile.

"Twilight...? Are you alright?" Spike asked.

"You are emitting about 10000 lumens of light! That's unusual...!" Gohan said.

Twilight had magic in her eyes now...

"I've got it! I know what to do!" She said.

"You do!?" Gohan and Spike asked.

"You managed to do it in five seconds, and it took me all day!" Gohan complained.

Twilight grabbed the Elements of Harmony and it's respective chest.

"I may not be able to remind them of who they are, but I can show them what they mean to each other." She said.

She put the Elements in the chest, while putting on her crown.

"They'll find the part of themselves that's been lost so they can help the friend they care about so much!" She said.

"That makes a lot of sense! I wonder how I never thought of that..." Gohan said.

Twilight gave the chest to Gohan.

"Come on, you too!" She said, running out the door.

"Yes ma'am!" The two yelled, following her.

***

Yeah, see...

Fluttershy had a packed bag.

She was headed towards a hot air balloon...

She gave the pilot some bits.

"Fluttershy, wait!" Twilight said.

The three got to her...

"Oh... Hey Twilight... Hey Gohan... Hey Spike..." Fluttershy said.

"Where are you going...?" Gohan asked.

"I'm moving back to Cloudsdale. I don't know what's wrong, but I can't seem to make anypony laugh." Fluttershy said, pulling out a whoopie cushion.

She deflated it, but it made a horrible sound.

"Before you go, I was wondering if you might be willing to help Rainbow Dash. She's really struggling with her animals." Twilight said.

"But... I don't really know anything about animals..." Fluttershy said.

"Well, maybe not yet, but what do you know about Rainbow Dash?" Gohan asked.

"...I... know that she's a true friend, and I'll do anything I can to help her." Fluttershy said.

"Great!" Spike said.

***

That cottage... Again.

Walking up to it...

It seemed quiet.

Then the door got banged on, and screaming was heard.

Then a bunch of animals were screaming.

"In here!" Rainbow Dash yelled.

"Rainbow Dash!" Twilight yelled.

Gohan kicked the door open, luckily not damaging it.

A bunch of animals were marching around a giant pot...

With Rainbow Dash inside.

"Help! I'm trapped!" She yelled, all tied up.

All the animals had forks and spoons...

Gohan was about to race in, but Twilight put a hoof on his shoulder.

"Hurry, Twilight! Can't you do some sort of spell to get her out?" Fluttershy asked.

"No. Fluttershy." Twilight said.

"Gohan, can't you get her out...?" Fluttershy asked.

"No, you're the only one who can help!" Gohan said.

"Rainbow Dash needs YOU!" Twilight said.

Yeah, they're about ready to cut her open.

Fluttershy gulped as she approached the animals...

"Um... Hello?" She asked.

They were all going crazy.

"Little... woodland... creatures?" Fluttershy asked.

A bear used a fucking table as a back scratcher.

Fluttershy went to a mouse.

"I know that you're all very upset and feel like giving Rainbow Dash a hard time..." She said.

Then the animals started paying attention to her.

"...But we'd all really appreciate it if you'd calm down and, um, maybe... rest for a bit?" She asked.

All of them stood at attention with her around!

Well, they were waiting for her to do something.

"Oh, Uh... look!" Fluttershy said, pulling out a salad.

"Here's some nice, juicy leaves for you to munch on. And some crunchy, munchy acorns too." She said, laying those out for the squirrels.

"Uh, wouldn't you like to take a break and have a little snack?" She asked.

All the animals dropped the weapons and silverwear...

Every animal had their food to eat...

"Aww, look at that. I guess you were all just cranky because you were hungry." Fluttershy said.

Then Angel jumped to give her a hug...

Then a few birds surrounded her.

"Oh, you are very welcome, little friends." She said.

Then the bear grabbed her to kiss her on the forehead and give her a hug...

Then she started glowing pink.

"Goodness, it's like I can understand them!" She said.

Gohan, Twilight, and Spike looked happy...

Gohan gave the chest to Spike.

"Hold it for a moment." He said, opening it.

He took out her element of Harmony...

"I... I feel strange, like... like this is what I'm meant to do, like this is who I am! My destiny!" Fluttershy said.

Gohan threw the element right at her neck!

...No, it didn't chop her head off.

Then, as soon as the necklace got on her...

She remembered EVERYTHING.

She eventually collapsed...

But got right back up.

"Wha... What happened...?" She asked.

"Fluttershy, look! Your cutie mark!" Twilight said.

Yeah...

It was back to normal!

"It worked! It worked! Oh, I'm so happy you're back to normal! Now we need your help!" She said.

"I hear a musical number coming." Gohan whispered to Spike.

"Same here." Spike said.

"I'm not a singer, so... Have fun." Gohan said.

Then Twilight started singing...

"A true, true friend helps a friend in need... A friend will be there to help them see!"

Then Fluttershy joined in...

"A true, true friend helps a friend in need! To see the light that shines from a true, true friend!" They sang.

Then Rainbow Dash spoke up.

"Um, hello? Friend trapped inside, remember?" She asked.

Gohan removed the rope for her.

Rainbow Dash flew out of the pot.

"Thanks!" She said.

***

Now we're at Ponyville, where Rarity was fucking up so badly.

"Rarity needs your help! She's trying hard, doing what she can..." Twilight sang.

Rainbow Dash didn't seem like she was willing to help...

But Fluttershy sang.

"Would you try, just give it a chance... You might find that you'll start to understand!" She sang.

Rainbow Dash flew up to kick a cloud...

Then she got the hang of it.

Now she was flying everywhere, using tornadoes to clear the skies...

"A true, true friend helps a friend in need! A friend will be there to help you see! A true, true friend helps a friend in need!" Twilight and Fluttershy sang.

Rainbow Dash started glowing red...

So Gohan opened the chest and took out her element.

He hurled that son of a bitch right into her neck!

Then all her memories came back to her...

"To see the light that shines from a true, true friend!" Twilight and Fluttershy sang.

Rainbow Dash ended up collapsing, but getting straight back up.

"Uh, what just happened?" She asked.

"There's no time to explain, but we need your help." Twilight said.

"Applejack's trying to make dresses." Gohan said.

Then Rainbow Dash knew what the hell was happening...

"Say no more!" She said.

Now our group turned to Rarity.

***

At the boutique, all boarded up and full of bad and smelly dresses...

"I'M GOING TO CALL CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES!"

"Applejack needs your help! She's trying hard, doing what she can..." Rainbow Dash sang.

Yeah, Applejack just broke the sewing machine again.

She really didn't know what she was doing, and started crying...

Rarity went to help!

"Would you try, just give it a chance... You might find that you'll start to understand!" Rainbow Dash sang.

Rarity started by taking the fabric and properly cutting it...

Twilight just threw out all of Applejack's dresses...

Applejack smiled at that...

"A true, true friend helps a friend in need! A friend will be there to help them see!" Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy and Twilight sang.

Rarity started making a dress of her own with different kinds of methods...

Looking at diagrams and shiet.

"A true, true friend helps a friend in need! To see the light that shines from a true, true friend!" They sang.

Gohan pulled out her element!

Why?

Now Rarity was glowing purple.

So he chucked that son of a bitch at her neck.

Then all the memories came flooding back to her...

She ended up collapsing on the table.

Her cutie mark was back...

"Oh my, what a terrible dream I had!" She said.

Then she noticed Applejack and her dress...

"...Or, maybe I'm still having it." She said.

"Rarity, Pinkie Pie is about to lose the apple farm. We need Applejack's help!" Twilight said.

"Lose the apple farm? Well we can't let that happen, now can we?" Rarity asked.

She grabbed Applejack, singing...

"Pinkie Pie is in trouble! We need to get there by her side!" She sang.

***

Now we're at the farm...

Jesus Christ, every crop is dead.

How are they gonna fix this shit?

"We can try to do what we can now! For together we can be her guide!" Rarity sang.

Applejack helped her fix that damn pipe...

Which was the start of this whole thing.

"A true, true friend helps a friend in need! A friend will be there to help them see!" Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Rarity and Twilight sang...

This is going to get long.

Applejack was bucking trees properly, her siblings were farming the right way...

And now she started glowing again.

Gohan grabbed the element...

"A true, true friend helps a friend in need! To see the light that shines from a true, true friend!" They sang...

Gohan hurled it at Applejack!

All the memories came back to her...

Well, no collapsing, but she has her cutie mark now.

"Yeehaw! Now that's more like it! What's next?" Applejack asked.

"The townspeople are furious. We need the old Pinkie Pie back." Gohan said.

"I'm on it. I know just the thing." Applejack said.

***

Now Applejack was carrying Pinkie into Ponyville...

Weird.

"The townspeople need you, They've been sad for a while!" Applejack sang.

Yeah, every pony is fucking mad as shit.

Just looking at each other makes them wanna kill each other.

"They march around, face a-frown, and never seem to smile! And if you feel like helpin', we'd appreciate a lot!" Applejack sang/yelled so loudly everyone can hear her.

Gohan put that damn element on her, Applejack put a funny glasses/nose/mustache mask on her and pushed her in front of the crowd.

"If you'd get up there and spread some cheer! From here to Canterlot!" Applejack sang.

Pinkie got all her memories back just like that...

"Come on ponies, I wanna see you SMILE!" Pinkie yelled, getting all her attributes back.

The poofy Mane and cutie mark...

Then all the ponies shouted-

"PINKIE!"

***

Now we're marching through the town...!

The band and chorus are playing along.

"A true, true friend helps a friend in need! A friend will be there to help them see! A true, true friend helps a friend in need! To see the light!" The Mane 6 sang...

"See the light!" The Chorus sang.

"That shines!" Everyone but the chorus sang.

"That shines!" The chorus sang.

Then Twilight pulled the rest of the Mane 6 in for a huge hug...

"From a true, true friend!" They sang.

Leaving Gohan out, eh?

He's heavy, I guess...

They all got back on the ground...

Then Twilight thought about the spell.

'A mark of one's destiny, singled out alone, fulfilled.' She thought.

Then she gasped.

"What?" Gohan asked.

"Wait a second, that's it! I understand now! I know how to fix the spell!" Twilight said.

"D-Didn't we already fix it, though...?" Gohan asked.

***

Twilight ran back into her library...

Grabbing the book, and a quill.

The rest of our gang came in and watched.

"From all of us together, together we're friends. With the marks of our destinies made one, there is magic without end!" Twilight wrote and said!

And with that, her element shines brightly.

Then it let out magical shockwaves and an even brighter light.

"50,000 lumens!" Gohan yelled.

"NERRRD!" Rainbow Dash yelled.

Then Twilight was enveloped in a white ball...

Then the rest of the Mane 6 had their Elements uncontrollably blast into the ball...

Then the brightest light came from it!

Nobody could see shit for a nanosecond.

Once they could all see...

"Was that 600,000 lumens of light?" Gohan asked.

Well, the more important question is-

"What happened!?" Fluttershy asked.

Then Twilight was gone.

Yep, she left a burn of her cutie mark behind.

"Where'd she go!?" Applejack asked.

"I mean... I think she's in that burn? I can feel her inside it, but you can't actually enter it...?" Gohan asked.

He poked it, and just as suspected...

"I'm confused." He said.

***

Welcome to a ripoff of that scene in Harry Potter!

Twilight's in some different plane of existence...

"Hello...? Where am I? What is this place?" She asked.

Her words echoed...

Then Celestia walked in out of nowhere...

"Congratulations, Twilight. I knew you could do it." She said.

Her words echoed too.

Twilight walked up to her.

"Princess... I don't understand. What did I do?" She asked.

"You did something today that's never been done before. Something even a great unicorn like Star Swirl the Bearded was not able to do, because he did not understand friendship like you do. The lessons you've learned here in Ponyville have taught you well. You have proven that you're ready, Twilight." Celestia said.

She started walking...

"Ready? Ready for what...?" Twilight asked.

Then a bunch of images of her past experiences with her friends popped up like a gallery.

Oh, shit, a musical number.

Let's just skip all that...

***

Our friends were outside the Treehouse...

At night.

"I give up, I can't tell where she is, but I can sense her." Gohan said.

Then, in the night sky...

A giant cutie mark of Twilight appeared!

It slowly shrunk and flew down in front of our group.

"Twilight?" Gohan asked.

There was a giant flash of light...

And a silhouette of Twilight...

"Is that you, Twilight?" Applejack asked.

Then we can see Twilight...

With a minor adjustment.

She got herself up...

And revealed her wings!

With even more light!

And glitter!

Everyone gasped.

"E-Evolution!? That rapid!?" Gohan asked.

Twilight didn't even understand why her wings are there...

"Wha... I-I've never seen anything like it!" Applejack said, completely flabbergasted.

Well, everyone is.

"Ha! Twilight's got wings! Awesome! A new flying buddy!" Rainbow Dash said, hugging Twilight.

She chuckled.

"Why, you've become an Alicorn. I didn't even know that was possible." Rarity said.

"That's scientifically impossible! No recorded data of an organism that large evolving so rapidly exists!" Gohan said.

"Gohan, you're too much of an egghead!" Rainbow Dash said.

"I'm not even mad... I'm just gladly shocked. Your power rose exponentially!" Gohan said.

Then Pinkie flew with a rope attached to...

The sky?

She had fake wings and a party hat as a horn...

"ALICORN PARTY!" She screamed, blowing a kazoo.

Confetti and balloons flew everywhere...

Makes no sense.

"Wow! You look just like a princess!" Fluttershy said.

"That's because she is a princess." Celestia said.

She flew in...

Yeah- Nobody understood what the fuck she just said.

"Hold on a second!" Pinkie said.

She pulled out a glass of water, drank it...

...Only to spit it out.

"...A... A princess...!?" Twilight asked.

"Since you've come to Ponyville, you've displayed the charity, compassion, devotion, integrity, optimism, and of course, the leadership of a true princess." Celestia said.

"Wait a second!" Pinkie said.

"So what's that make him?" She asked, pointing a hoof at Gohan.

"A simple minded warrior. I'm not worthy of that kind of title." Gohan said.

"But... does this mean I won't be your student anymore?" Twilight asked.

"Not in the same way as before. I'll still be here to help and guide you, but we're all your students now, too. You are an inspiration to us all, Twilight." Celestia said.

She bowed to Twilight...

So did Rarity.

Then Fluttershy...

Then Rainbow, Applejack, Pinkie, and Spike...

And Gohan got on one knee before bowing.

Twilight was still trying to take it all in...

We're throwing a lot at her.

"But... what do I do now? Is there a book about being a princess I should read?" Twilight asked.

"There will be time for all of that later." Celestia said, giggling.

***

Well...

Now, it's time...

For Equestria Girls!

Author's Notes:

Finally.

Those edits are done.

After two damn months, it's finally over, damn it!

I really hope this is a lot better than my previous pathetic excuse for a chapter...

I was in a rush to get to Equestria Girls...

But, now I somewhat rectified the mistake.

Please, tell me what you think of the new edits. I tried as hard as I could.