THE

RAINBOW

FACTORY

"IS IT READY?" SAID THE STALLION IN CHARGE.

"YES INDEED, SIR!" SAID HIS ASSISTANT. "GOOD. I CANT WAIT ANY LONGER TO UNFOLD THE TRUE DESTINY OF CLOUDSDALE!"

"SIR, I THINK YOU SHOULD SEE THIS."

HE GALLOPED TOWARD HIS ASSISTANT. HE SLOWED AT THE SIGHT OF HIS FACTORY. HE STOPPED AND LOOKED AROUND. HE THREW HIS FEDORA OFF HIS HEAD IN ANGER.

"NO NO NO! YOUR DOING IT ALL WRONG!" HE STRUGGLED TO LOOK AT HIS FACTORIES CREATIONS.

"RAINBOWS ARE CLOUDSDALE'S SYMBOL! IF WE CANT MAKE RAINBOWS COLORFUL THEN WE WOULD BE TRASHING OUR REPUTATION!" HIS FACE IS HOT.

"BOSS WHAT DO WE DO? WE CANT MAKE RAINBOWS MAGICAL BECAUSE PEGASI DON'T HAVE ENOUGH MAGIC!" SAID FERET, ONE OF THE WORKERS.

HE PULLED HIS FEDORA BACK ON HIS HEAD. HE HAS CALMED DOWN BY NOW. HE SMILED WEAKLY.

"I KNOW WHAT DOES..." HE SAID. "BUT WE NEED SOME ONE TO GO AND GET SOME."

" I WILL, BOSS!" SAID DERPY HOOVES. HER EYES CRAZY LIKE NORMAL.

" BUT YOU ALREADY HAVE AN IMPORTANT JOB... WE NEED SOMEONE TO TAKE YOUR PLACE." HE CLAIMED.

A GREY FILLY WALKS UP TO THE BOSS STALLION. HER BLONDE HAIR SHIMMERING, SHE PUFFS UP HER CHEST CONFIDENTLY. "I CAN HANDLE IT BOSS!"

"AND WHO ARE YOU?" HE SAYS.

"I AM RAINBOW DASH. I KNOW I DON'T LOOK LIKE A RAINBOW... BUT I GO REALLY FAST! AND MY PARENTS ARE RAINBOW COLORED."

"OK, RAINBOW DASH , YOU ARE THE NEW RAINBOW WORKER. BUT YOUR JUST A FILLY ... KEEP THAT IN MIND."

PONYVILLE

"LETS SEE..." DERPY MUMBLED AS SHE CRUISED ABOVE PONYVILLE . SHE STARED INTENTLY AT FAMILIES BELOW. SHE SAW A UNICORN FAMILY OF FIVE. SHE TOOK A GIANT NET OUT OF HER BAG. SHE SAT DIRECTLY ABOVE THE FAMILY WITH THE NET IN HER HANDS. SHE READIED HERSELF. TOOK A DEEP BREATH. AND THREW THE NET.

THE NET FLEW DIRECTLY ONTO THE TODDLER COLT. IT EXPANDED AND IMPRISONED THE WHOLE FAMILY.

THE COLT STARTED TO CRY. IT DREW THE ATTENTION OF THE NEIGHBOR HOOD AND THE WHOLE NEIGHBOR HOOD PANICKED. BEFORE SHE DREW ANY MORE ATTENTION, DERPY GRABBED THE NET AND TOOK IT BACK TO CLOUDSDALE.

SHE KNEW IT MIGHT TAKE A BIT BECAUSE THE

FAMILY OF FIVE WAS HEAVY FOR ONE PEGASUS.

CLOUDSDALE , RAINBOW FACTORY

RAINBOW DASH WAS HARD AT WORK, UPGRADING THE FACTORY TO GET IT READY TO SUCK THE MAGIC FROM THE NEW ARRIVALS. SHE WANTED TO MAKE SURE IT WORKED BEFORE SHE SAID SHE FINISHED, SO SE TURNED THE FACTORY MACHINES ON.

SHE LOOKED AT ALL THE MACHINES. HER EYES GREW.

"ITS DONE!" SHE CLAIMED AS SHE STOMPED AROUND.

"OUCH!" SHE SUDDENLY REALIZED HER TAIL WAS STUCK IN THE MACHINE. SHE TRIED TO PULL IT OUT BUT NOTHING WORKED. SHE CHARGED ONE LAST TIME. IT CAME OUT BUT SHE WAS STUNNED THAT IT WORKED SO SHE FLEW ACROSS THE ROOM. SHE COULDN'T FLY YET SO SHE COULDN'T SAVE HERSELF. SHE FLEW RIGHT OVER THE PIT OF RAINBOWS. THEY WERE FRESH SO THEY WERE BOILING HOT.

SHE HELD ON THE EDGE. SHE TRIED TO KEEP HER HIND LEG OUT OF THE RAINBOWS. SHE LOST HER GRIP AND FELL IN

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!" SHE SCREAMED IN TORTURE. SHE KNEW SHE HAD TO GET OUT IF SHE WISHED TO LIVE. SHE SWAM TO THE SURFACE OF THE BOILING RAINBOWS. SHE GRABBED THE EDGE AND PULLED MOST OF HER OUT. HER WINGS AND TAIL WERE STUCK IN THE STICKY RAINBOWS.

SHE PULLED HER WING OUT AND FLAPPED AS HARD AS SHE COULD. SHE FLEW OUT OF THE RAINBOWS. SHE WAS SO WEAK SHE COLLAPSED.

DERPY ARRIVED FROM THE HUNT.