Prompt: They came back with a vengeance.

"This oughta show 'em." With a grunt the farmer hefted the last of the ingredients into the machine which turned them into a fine paste with a loud crunch.

Applejack took off her trademark stetson hat and wiped the sweat off of her brow before turning to her companions. "How's things going ya'll?"

"Everything is on schedule Applejack!” Came the reply from her purple friend, who was levitating five barrels filled with the paste at the same time with relative ease. Distributing it evenly between smaller balloons “They won't know what hit them.”

“Should we really be doing this?” came the meek question from Fluttershy “I'm sure they didn't mean to cause such problems.” she warily eyed one of the balloons with the sticky substance before deftly tying it closed.

“I should say so dear.” Rarity said rearranging her mane “Whether or not they meant to is irrelevant  It has caused trouble for everypony in ponyville after all.” she levitated the small balloons into a cart and made sure they were secured tightly.

“Ah'll say, Ah can't believe the nerve of those two/” Applejack snorted “Ah still feel greasy, we all done?”

“Almost, just make sure you don't get any of that paste on you, I've improved the formula and this new version has more colors and won't wash out for weeks...”

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The trouble had started with an idea had by ponyville's premier pink party pony: Pinkie Pie: exploding cupcakes... of which Rarity and her little sister had been the first victims.

It had then escalated when Equestria's fastest flier had become involved, Rainbow Dash had manged to convince Pinkie that it would be a good idea to use a similar formula to put into water balloons with which she could then bombard ponyville for laughs.

But this time they'd gone too far.

While the intention had been harmless enough the eggs were a tad more powerful than the cupcakes had been... what was worse, was that the grease Pinkie had used in her latest creations was natural pigment and what was supposed to be a short lived prank turned into a gigantic disaster with a lot of ponies being convinced they were going to die when the bright pink spots manifested themselves on their coats.

Things had settled down after a while ofcourse, as nopony actually died and it was observed that the pink could be washed out.. but finding the reason behind the spots had taken a long time.

Especially since the two perpetrators that had known about it had apparently disappeared from the face of Equestria.

Unfortunately for the duo, being best friends with the personal protege of the princess had allowed Twilight to craft a detailed location spell....

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“Are you sure they're in there darling? It looks dreadful.” The white unicorn huffed, brushing aside a couple of low hanging branches as they made their way to a hut deep within froggy bottom bog that had started sinking into the muck.

“Yes Rarity, if my spell is correct, and I have no reason to doubt it, they''ll be hiding out in there.” Twilight levitated a whole slew of the balloon in her magic, and with her determined expression one might be forgiven for thinking she was about to go off to battle.

“Ah can't wait ta see them deal with the fallout of their prank.” Applejack had balloons which were a bit sturdier making it easy for her to buck them towards her targets with deadly accuracy.

“Let's make them pay for ruining our perfectly delightful spa treatment Fluttershy!” Rarity's expression was possibly even scarier than those of the other two ponies, almost openly scowling on the one hoof and grinning at the thought of sweet vengeance.

“Uhm... okay...” Fluttershy was the only one that had no balloons, simply standing on the side, waiting to see what her friends had in store for to the two pranksters.

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“Geez pinks... how long are we supposed to hide out here?” Rainbow dash was flitting about the inside of small hut, she was getting antsy, she needed to fly!

“Just a little longer Dashie, Ponies can't stay mad for long!” Pinkie beamed before her ear flicked and she suddenly went uncharacteristicly quiet.

Dash who was watching her pink companion with interest noticed her change in demeanor immediately. “Uh oh, What's gonna happen Pinkie?”

“They've come for us with a vengeance...” the pink mare whispered, eyes wide as saucers.

“They what?!” Dash's eye went wide and in honor of her name she dashed to the door, ignoring Pinkie's cries of warning.

“Dashie wait!” Dash opened the door and found her other four best friends on the other side, holding and levitating what looked to be balloons, very familiar balloons...

“Mercy!”...... her plea went ignored. Next Chapter: Pancakes Estimated time remaining: 8 Minutes