A Carrot for Miss Fluttershy
Chapter 2: Act II: In which too much importance is attached to a carrot
Previous Chapter Next ChapterINTERIOR APPLE FAMILY HOUSE - DAY
APPLE BLOOM
Morning, Applejack. I'm gonna go find Sweetie Belle and
Scootaloo.
APPLEJACK
Why're you always playing with them two? Why ain’t you
got no earth pony friends?
APPLE BLOOM
(sadly)
I guess you're right. They're probably tired of me.
EXTERIOR APPLE FAMILY HOUSE - DAY
Apple Bloom walks out of the house. Big MacIntosh is outside, sniffing the ground.
BIG MACINTOSH
Ground's dry.
APPLE BLOOM
That's nice.
BIG MACINTOSH
No it ain't. It was supposed to rain last night.
APPLE BLOOM
That's nice.
(beat)
If you see Scootaloo an' Sweetie Belle - tell 'em - tell 'em
they can play with somepony else today. I won't mind.
Apple Bloom walks O.S, still in a funk. Big MacIntosh watches her go, then heads off in the opposite direction.
EXT. ROAD TO PONYVILLE - DAY
Big MacIntosh walks down the road towards Ponyville. Scootaloo scoots in the other direction, pulling Sweetie Belle along in her wagon.
SCOOTALOO
(halting)
Big MacIntosh! Where's Apple Bloom?
BIG MACINTOSH
She said you can play with somepony else today.
SWEETIE BELLE
Not her too!
SCOOTALOO
It's still okay if we hang out with you, right?
BIG MACINTOSH
Yup.
Scootaloo turns the wagon around. All three head for town.
EXT. FLUTTERSHY'S COTTAGE - DAY
Big MacIntosh knocks on the door with one hoof. ANGEL rushes into the frame and attacks Big Mac, kicking Mac's hooves with his hindfeet and then biting them. Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle retreat from the door.
BIG MACINTOSH
That tickles!
FLUTTERSHY (O.S., BEHIND DOOR)
Please... I don't want to upset anypony. I can't help having
wings.
BIG MACINTOSH
But Miss Fluttershy. Your wings are right purty.
Scootaloo mimes gagging. Fluttershy opens the top half of the door.
FLUTTERSHY
Big MacIntosh!
BIG MACINTOSH
Miss Fluttershy, I wondered if you could round up some rain
for our apple trees. The regular rainponies forgot.
FLUTTERSHY
I've never done that... but I'll try. Angel, be nice.
(to Big MacIntosh)
He's upset because I couldn't get him his carrot today.
(beat)
Something's changed. A lot of ponies are angry.
BIG MACINTOSH
About there bein' no carrots?
FLUTTERSHY
Oh, there were plenty of carrots. They wouldn't sell me any.
BIG MACINTOSH
(beat)
Who wouldn't sell you a carrot?
FLUTTERSHY
Hay Seed.
BIG MACINTOSH
(stamps one hindleg)
I'll get you your carrot, Miss Fluttershy.
FLUTTERSHY
Oh... you don't have to do that.
Angel jumps up on the door ledge and glares at her.
FLUTTERSHY (CONT'D)
I mean, thank you.
Big MacIntosh, Scootaloo, & Sweetie Belle exit.
EXT. HAY SEED'S - DAY
Big MacIntosh, Scootaloo, & Sweetie Belle approach a vegetable stand that appears to have been hastily barricaded. Big MacIntosh knocks on a piece of fence that is serving as a door.
HAY SEED (O.S., BEHIND DOOR)
What's the password?
BIG MACINTOSH
Password for what?
HAY SEED
Password so I know you ain't one-a them flyin' or magicin'
ponies!
BIG MACINTOSH
(snorts once)
(to Scootaloo & Sweetie Belle)
You kids go across the street.
SCOOTALOO
(turning and walking away)
(to Sweetie)
He's ashamed of us!
BIG MACINTOSH
(to the door)
Stand back.
HAY SEED
That ain't the pass...
In one fluid movement, Big MacIntosh spins around, plants his forelegs where his hindlegs were a moment ago, and smashes the barricade into fragments with one kick, revealing a startled Hay Seed and racks of vegetables.
HAY SEED (CONT'D)
What'd you do that for?!
BIG MACINTOSH
Didn't know the password.
HAY SEED
What d'ya want?
BIG MACINTOSH
A carrot for Miss Fluttershy.
HAY SEED
Oh? Well, I'm all outta carrots!
BIG MACINTOSH
What are those?
HAY SEED
Them carrots is been sold!
Hay Seed and Big Mac glare at each other. Big Mac turns and leaves.
TRACKING BIG MACINTOSH, SCOOTALOO, SWEETIE BELLE
SCOOTALOO
That was cool!
BIG MACINTOSH
If I'd kept cool, I'd have Miss Fluttershy's carrot.
SWEETIE BELLE
The Cakes make carrot cake. Maybe they have carrots!
EXT. SUGARCUBE CORNER - DAY
MR. and MRS. CAKE, with POUND CAKE & PUMPKIN CAKE in a stroller, are outside the bakery. Luggage sits in the street next to them. The bakery door has a CLOSED sign.
MR. CAKE
I'm sorry, Pinkie. Ponyville's not safe for our little Cakes
anymore.
MRS. CAKE
I heard somepony said that pegasi eat earth ponies.
MR. CAKE
I heard somepony said unicorns help them do it.
PINKIE PIE
I'm sure that pony didn't mean cute baby ponies!
MR. CAKE
You can't reason with people like that, Pinkie.
Big MacIntosh, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle walk up.
SWEETIE BELLE
Mr. & Mrs. Cake! Have you got any carrots?
MR. CAKE
I'm sorry, kids. I'm all out.
Pinkie follows the Cakes offstage, still pleading.
TRACKING BIG MACINTOSH - PONYVILLE, MAIN ST.
Big MacIntosh takes a few steps down the street, then stops, realizing he doesn't know where he's going.
BIG MACINTOSH
I can't go back without a carrot.
Big MacIntosh sits down in the middle of the street.
SCOOTALOO
You're attaching way too much importance to this carrot.
SWEETIE BELLE
Scootaloo! Sometimes you're as thick as...
DERPY HOOVES hurries on-stage, pursued by a COLT and a FILLY.
FILLY AND COLT
Derpy derpy derpy!
Big M. gives the colt and filly one look and they hurry off.
SCOOTALOO
Were they teasing you because you're a pegasus?
DERPY
Naw.
(her ears flick down)
They always do that.
(to Big MacIntosh)
Why're you sitting in the street?
SWEETIE BELLE
He's mad because Farmer Seed won't sell him a carrot for
Fluttershy because she's a pegasus!
Scootaloo pushes with her helmet against Big Mac's side, trying and failing to budge him.
SWEETIE BELLE (CONT'D)
It's so romantic!
DERPY
You're just gonna sit there?
BIG MACINTOSH
A pony can sit.
DERPY
Because Hay Seed won't sell carrots to pegasus ponies?
BIG MACINTOSH
Yup.
DERPY
(beat)
Will that help?
BIG MACINTOSH
Nope.
After a long pause, Derpy sits down beside Big MacIntosh.
BIG MACINTOSH (CONT'D)
Go home, Derpy.
DERPY
A pony can sit.
Fluttershy flies on-stage, dripping wet, eyes darting about anxiously.
FLUTTERSHY
Big MacIntosh! I was worried...
BIG MACINTOSH
I didn't get your carrot, Miss Fluttershy.
An EARTH PONY WORKER pulling a wagon of hay enters.
WORKER
Hey! Get outta the way!
FLUTTERSHY
I'm so sorry, we were just --
BIG MACINTOSH
Nope.
DERPY
Nope.
WORKER
(to Big MacIntosh)
What are you doin' with these ponies anyway?
You ashamed of your own kind?
His words shock and frighten Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo. They huddle close to Big MacIntosh and sit down as well.
BIG MACINTOSH
You go home, Miss Fluttershy. All of you, go home.
DERPY
Nope.
SCOOTALOO
Nope.
SWEETIE BELLE
Nope.
FLUTTERSHY
N... no.
INT. LIBRARY - DAY
Twilight puts a few more books into a pair of saddlebags she has on. Spike carries a suitcase.
TWILIGHT
It's just until things calm down.
SPIKE
How will they calm down if all the calm people leave?
TWILIGHT
I'm irritating them just by my presence, Spike.
SPIKE
How is that new?
Twilight and Spike exit out the front door.
EXT. LIBRARY - DAY
TWILIGHT
Let's stop by and check on the others on our way.
SPIKE
I think we can skip Sweet Apple Acres.
TWILIGHT
It is pretty far out of the way... You think Pinkie is at
Sugarcube Corner?
Walking towards the center of town, Twilight and Spike stumble into a surreal scene outside Sugarcube Corner: Ponies of all kinds sit in the street, blocking it. Angry ponies on both ends of the street are shouting at them, including the sign-carriers.
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