AUTHOR'S NOTE: This idea came to me from a Hasbro toy line of the 1980's called Fairy Tails, which were birds with long tails (if you want more info, then I'm going to give you four words: Look It Up, Dear). But the birds don't come into this story until later. This also has a lot of elements from the MLP Movie.
It was another beautiful, sunny day in Ponyland. But at Skull Mountain, the Witch Trio were sulking, watching the ponies. Witch Cat gnashed her teeth as she watched them.
"Just look at those little ponies!" she shouted. "I can't stand it! I want to get the best of them!"
"Why not send Smooze on them?" Witch Poodle asked.
"SMOOZE DIDN'T WORK YOU BONE HEAD!" Witch Cat shouted, bopping Witch Poodle on the head. "But I have an idea that will work!"
"What's that?" Witch Kitten asked.
"Gloob!" Witch Cat asked.
"Gloob?" Witch Poodle and Witch Kitten asked in unison.
"Of course," Witch Cat said. "Gloob! Okay, I'll admit, you have to get some of the same stuff you get to make Smooze, but not all of it. Here's the list."
Witch Kitten and Witch Poodle looked through the list and went through it, until they came to the horror of all horrors.
"BEGA ROOT!" they shouted.
"Not Bega Root! Anything but Bega Root!" With Poodle shouted.
"Oh please, oh please, oh please, oh pleee-heee-heeee-heee-heeeeze don't make us get Bega Rooooooot!" Witch Kitten whined.
"GET WHAT I TELL YOU TWO TO GET NOW GET GOING!" Witch Cat bellowed.
Witch Poodle and Witch Kitten ran off as fast as they could. They didn't want to make Witch Cat mad, that was for sure! The two of them went into the forest to look for all the ingredients to make the Gloob.
"This is disgusting," Witch Kitten said. "Why can't Ma get all this herself?!"
"You know Witch Cat," Witch Poodle said. "We'd just better get this stuff before she has our heads."
After Witch Poodle and Witch Kitten gathered up the Moose Moss, Mildew Drops, the Humoungus Fungus, and the purple slime from Slurple Swamp, they went to the Forbidden Forest to go get the Bega Root. It was guarded by Dog Wood Trees, Dandy Lions and Tiger Lillies. But not the kind you see in your yards or in flower shops. Dandy Lions were plants with the heads of lions, and Tiger Lillies were plants with the heads of tigers. Dog Wood Trees looked like trees, but they barked like dogs. Some said their bark was worse than their bite, but no one could prove it (that, and it's a terrible pun, don't you think?)
"Well, how are we gonna get past them?" Witch Poodle asked.
"Oh ye of little faith," Witch Kitten said. "We're witches, remember?"
Witch Kitten took a pouch of magic powder out and threw it at the Dog Wood Trees, Dandy Lions, and Tiger Lillies. They froze in place. Witch Poodle ran past them, pulled up some Bega Root, and put it into the bucket. Then the two witches high tailed it back to Skull Mountain before the spell could wear off.