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Looney Ponies: Friendship is Looney!

by Nathan Traveler

Chapter 2: Meet the Tunes

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Meet the Tunes

Royal Throne Room...just after the last Chapter.

Twilight's jaw dropped at the sight of the six creatures. These are supposed to be our brave heroes? They don't look like heroes at all! More like...like... She stopped that train of thought when she realized that she didn't have anything to compare them to. They were things that she'd never seen before in her life!

The figure, which she realized was an anthropomorphic rabbit, looked over at her, and his ear twitched. He scratched his head, and said, "Pardon me doc, but you wouldn't happen to know where we are, would you?"

Twilight could only stare, stunned. "You can talk...this can't be real..." She managed to stammer out.

"Well of course this is real!" The rabbit exclaimed, tossing the carrot stub behind him. "If I wasn't real, could I do...this?"

With that, the rabbit grabbed Twilight's face in both of his hands, and planted a huge, slobbery kiss right on her mouth. Twilight's eyes widened in shock, and she pushed him away, while wiping at her tongue in a panicked frenzy. "Ewewewewewewewew!" She shouted, attempting to wipe off the flavor of that kiss.

"Now what's all this, I said, what's all this hub-ub?" A new voice asked in an accent that was surprisingly like Applejack's. A massive white figure, with a brown colored head and large yellow beak stood up, dusting off his knees as he did so. He looked over at the slightly wet faced unicorn, and the laughing rabbit, and shook his head, chuckling. He turned to the other stunned ponies, and said in a knowing voice, "Now, I reckon someone wasn't thinking straight, and they said something like, 'He can't be real', right?"

Applejack was the first to recover from her initial shock, and she nodded. "That's about what happened."

The Rooster laughed uproariously, slapping his stomach in his mirth. "Oh, that's rich, I say, I say, that's richer than my Grannie's homemade pea soup!" He brushed a few tears away, and looked at the orange pony again. "Well, pardon me miss, but it seems I've forgotten my manners! Foghorn Leghorn's m'name," He said, tipping an invisible hat, and extending a massive, white feathered hand.

Applejack decided that she liked this newcomer, and she instantly grabbed his hand, and started shaking it in true Apple family fashion. "Well Howdy-Do there Mister Leghorn! Mah name is Applejack, and it's a pleasure making yer acquaintance!"

The Rooster grinned. "Well I'll be, I ain't had my hand shaken like that since my Pappy taught me that a good handshake is the first step in a good impression! And you Miss Jack, have just made a fine one!"

Meanwhile, another of the figures had started to awaken, and he blinked quickly, unsure of what was going on. The last thing he remembered was snatching some cheese from that loudmouth duck, and then poof! He and his friends were falling into...nothing.

"Madre de Dios," He groaned, adjusting the sombrero on his head. Glancing around, a rainbow maned Pegasus caught his eye, and he zipped over, faster than almost everypony could make out.

"Excuse me senorita!" Rainbow Dash looked around, snapped out of her daze, and looked down. A small mouse wearing a sombrero was waving at her. "Si! Down here!"

"Who the hay are you?" Dash asked, glaring at the mouse suspiciously.

"I am Speedy Gonzalez, the fastest mouse in aaalll of Mexico!" Speedy said proudly, pronouncing Mexico as "Meh-Hee-Co."

Rainbow Dash forgot all of her suspicion, as a familiar glint appeared in her eyes. "Is that so? Well I'm Rainbow Dash, the fastest flier in all of Equestria!"

"Ees that where we are?" Speedy questioned, tapping his foot.

"Yeah, that's right! Hey, while you're here, how about a race?" Rainbow Challenged, lowering her head so she could meet the mouse, and look him in the eye.

"Maybe later senorita, but I'd like to see if my amigos are okay," Speedy laughed, excited at the prospect of racing someone who could match his speed...other than the Road Runner of course.

Rainbow Dash huffed, but she couldn't help but agree with the mouse's loyalty.

A fourth figure picked himself up, grumbling all the while. He readjusted his bill, which had become slightly lopsided in the crash, and said, "Ever since that moronic hunter tried blasting me in the face, my bill hasn't ever been the same...Alright Rabbit, where are we now?"

He searched the room, and then his eyes widened as he beheld the magnificent gemstone necklace on a white unicorn. He didn't care in the slightest that he was in a room filled with mythical creatures that shouldn't exist. I mean, did you SEE the diamonds on that baby!? Dollar signs appeared in the black duck's eyes, as he eyed the necklace appreciatively.

"Forget that question! Why haven't we come here sooner!" He shouted, running over to the confused unicorn. He skidded to a halt, landing on one knee, and held the necklace in trembling hands. "Just look at the almost perfectly cut diamonds on this one of a kind, custom made, gold royalty style chain! They must be worth a fortune!"

Rarity blushed, and said, "Oh, this old thing? I just decided to throw it on for the occasion. It's not everyday you get summoned by royalty...Oh, but where are my manners? My name is Rarity, proud owner of the Carousel Boutique in Ponyville, where you can find some of the most exquisite and tasteful outfits in all of Equestria!"

Daffy Duck only heard one thing before going off into la-la land. "Royalty hmm? That means that we're in the presence of rulers...wise beings...noble creatures...LOADED WITH MONEY!" He jumped up, his semi-greedy little heart pounding in excitement. "Yes! I'm gonna be rich! RICH RICH RICH RICH RICH!" He started bouncing around the room, making his trademark, "Hoo-hoohoo-hoo-hoo" Sound, and he was quickly joined by Pinkie Pie, who started bouncing around with him, giggling as she did so.

"You're funny mister!" Pinkie said, giggling when she passed the Duck on the ceiling.

"And you're pink!" He replied, grinning. He didn't know why, but he liked this weird horsey thing.

The last two figures woke up at the same time, and one shook their head, sending drops of slobber everywhere. He looked at his friend, and started snarling and jabbering incoherently to the tall, almost emancipated figure besides him.

"I can't quite say, my good chum," The figure replied, apparently able to understand what the other was saying. "But I must admit, this place does seem rather intriguing..." He cast his intelligent gaze around the room, where it landed on a unicorn who was still watching Daffy bounce around the room in confusion. He cleared his throat, and held out a small business card to the unicorn.

Rarity eyed the card, and used her magic to lift it in front of her face, not really reading it. She looked at the figure, who extended a hand, and said in a polite and intelligent sounding voice, "Please pardon my Colleague, Daffy Duck, he tends to get a little excitable at the prospects of a potential opportunity to increase his wealth."

Rarity took the hand in her hoof, and shook it daintily. "It's quite alright. At least it would appear that you know proper etiquette. My name is Rarity, proud owner of the Carousel Boutique."

The Coyote bowed, and replied, "It is an honor to meet a pony with such an exceptional sense of style. May I have the honor of introducing myself?"

Rarity nodded, delighted to meet someone that met her level of sophistication. It wasn't that she didn't love her friends, but she did appreciate the occasional pony (or in this case, alien) of high quality. Although she did have to admit he appeared rather malnourished.

"As it says on my card, my name is Wile E. Coyote, and I am, in both profession and lifestyle, a genius," He said, placing his hand over his chest in a gentleman's bow.

"A genius? Why it sounds as if you would get along famously with my friend, Twilight Sparkle. She is the unicorn who just got, erm, kissed by the rabbit..."

"Oh? Another intellect for me to match wits with? Delightful! I shall make her acquaintance at once, but first, there is the matter of dealing wi-" Wile E. looked up suddenly, and pointed at the last, unknown figure, and shouted, "TAZ, PUT THAT DOWN, THIS INSTANT!"

The Tasmanian Devil looked over, a large statue of a pony held over his head, as he opened his jaws to devour it. He snarled, and set it down, crossing his arms in a huff. Going into a frenzied spin, he whirled around the room in a fierce brown tornado of fangs and claws, searching for something to satisfy his hunger. He stopped in front of a butterscotch yellow winged-horsey (as Daffy had told him they were called) and started snarling and waving his hands about.

Instead of being frightened, as everypony expected, Fluttershy smiled softly, and nodded her head at the beast, already guessing what kind of animal he was. "Oh, you poor baby, you're just hungry, aren't you?" She cooed, reaching into a set of saddlebags. "Don't worry, I have just the thing for you!"

Taz took on a look of confusion, which quickly changed into one of happy surprise when Fluttershy hoofed him a small pile of dried apple slices. He quickly snatched them from her hooves, and devoured them quickly, leaving a mess of drool all over the throne room.

The rabbit wiped off the small bits of saliva that had hit him, and said, "Say it, don't spray it Taz."

Taz burped, and said in a gutteral, growling voice, "Sorry." He then looked at the winged-horsey, and grinned, baring all of his razor sharp teeth, as his small stubby tail wagged happily.

Fluttershy smiled, not at all intimidated by the ferocious appearance, and patted his head gently. "You're just a big ole' hungry fella, aren't you? Yes you are, Yes you are!"

She proceeded to scratch his stomach, and Taz started kicking his legs just like a dog would.

While all of this was happening, Princess Celestia looked on, smiling. She had a feeling that there was more to these creatures than they could guess, but right now...

"If I could please have everypon- Or, I should say, everyone's attention," She called out. Everything in the room stopped, and looked at the Princess politely. "I am sure that you would all like to know why you are here, is that correct?"

The group of creatures looked to the rabbit, and he nodded, saying, "Yeah, that might be a nice way to start things."

Celestia nodded, and said, "Alright. Now, as I'm sure you all have figured out by now..."

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After the situation was explained, the creatures were silent, as they thought about what they were told. They were unsurprised, and as Daffy had put it, "Well, I guess this is Karma. We asked a basketball player from another world to help us, and now WE'RE the ones who need to help out...But what's in it for us?"

Before Celestia could say anything, a mad cackle cut her off, as Discord reappeared, grinning wildly.

"Celestia! You actually changed the game up a little!" He said proudly, flying over the newcomers. "I'm impressed! Just look at these things! Wherever did you find them?"

Daffy spoke up then, and spat out, "Probably not the mysthical scrap heap! Unlike you of course!"

Instead of getting mad, Discord's smile grew even larger. "And they even know how to say decent insults! Oh, this is WONDERFUL! Now this will be a truly wondrous game!" He rubbed his hands together gleefully, as he considered all of the chaos these new creatures could cause. Oh, what glorious fun he would have!

The rabbit stepped forward, and while munching on another carrot that Fluttershy had been so kind as to provide for him, said, "Eh...What's up 'Cord?"

Discord teleported in front of the rabbit, and said, "Now who might you be, rabbit?"

"The name's Bugs. Bugs Bunny."

The Chaotic being then appeared behind him, and snatched the carrot out of his mouth. "And WHY do you keep trying to eat while I'm talking to you? Don't you know it's impolite to eat while others are talking?" He said, a glint of anger in his voice.

Bugs shrugged nonchalantly, and pulled out a small book from his apparently invisible pocket. "Well don't YOU know the foist thing about challenging dimensionally displaced heroes?"

Discord was, for the first time in his life, dumbstruck. "There are RULES!?"

Bugs laughed, and while Discord wasn't looking, crossed out the title of the book with a red pen, and wrote in, "Chaos for Dummies" over it.

"Of course! Why, just look at page 231, right here!" Bugs shoved the book in front of Discord's face, and slammed it shut on his nose, leaving it comically flat. "It says that if something new is thrown in by the challenged, then the challenger has to throw in a hint to make things fair!"

Discord frowned, and reshaped his nose back into its normal shape. "Let me see that book!" He said, reaching out to take it."

"Ah, ah, ah! Sorry Doc, but you should have studied before you got us into this!" Bugs said, hurriedly stuffing the book back into his pocket. "Thems the rules you know, right fellas?"

All of Bugs' friends nodded, and pretended to agree with him. Discord sighed exasperatedly, and said, "Fine. Even I have to go by my own rules...Very well. Your precious Elements can be found in places where I have and haven't been!"

Rainbow Dash scowled, and said, "That isn't a good hint! What do you expect us to do with that!?"

Discord laughed mockingly, and answered, "Well that just seems to be your problem! I gave you a hint, and now you have to-" He stopped for a moment, and poofed up a pair of sunglasses that rested on his head. "Deal with it."

There was the sudden sound of an explosion, and a piercing voice yelled out, "YYYYYEEEEEAAAAAHHHH!" while Discord disappeared, leaving all confused.

Bugs glared where his carrot now lay on the ground, and then he looked at all of the ponies. With a familiar ear twitch that his friends recognized, he slowly said, "Of course, you do realize, that THIS. Means war!"

Celestia sighed in relief, and looked at Bugs. "That was fairly clever, tricking Discord into giving us a hint, vague as it may be...Perhaps you are the heroes Equestria needs right now."

"Speaking of which," Wile E. cut in. "But might I make a suggestion? If Ponyville is, as you say, untouched by this being's brand of magic, then might we stay there for the time being, as we try and puzzle out that riddle, and get to know more about the way this world works?"

Foghorn smacked him on the back, and said loudly, "Now that's a mighty fine idea there Cai-yote! Why didn't ya say somethin' earlier?" He then picked the coyote up, and set him on his feet, grumbling, "Stand up boy, you're tripping over your feet again!"

Wile E. sighed, and nodded, by now used to the Rooster's rough and tumble manner.

Celestia considered it, and looked at Luna. They both nodded, and Luna said, "That is, as the Rooster said, an excellent idea."

"Twilight, you are hereby charged with familiarizing these newcomers with the workings of Equestria, and I would also ask that you find them a place to sleep for the duration of their stay."

Twilight bowed, and said, "It would be my pleasure." She looked at the others, and said to herself, I feel sorry for whoever has to stay with Bugs though...

And with that, they all left for Ponyville, each of the Looney Tunes eager to learn about this world for their own various reason.

"Those gems! Could there be anymore like that?! Oh, I'll be RICH!"

"I reckon that there Farmpony might know her way around a ranch! Wonder how they grow things here?"

"Wah, hubllealiba wubba!"

"I wonder if this poni really is as fast as she says she is?"

"What sort of technologies do these ponies have? Could my inventions finally be used for good now?"

"Eh, I'm just in it for the adventure!"

Equestria, get ready to meet....The Tune Squad! Next Chapter: The Gem In Daffy's Eye Estimated time remaining: 10 Minutes

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