My Little Pony Friendship is Magic: Bridle Gossip
A/N: Hey, guys! So, I'm planning on doing a lot of posting this week, hence the fact that I'm about to post the next chapter. Any how, I'm not in my studio writing since Discord, bless his little heart, accidentally filled it with tribbles as a part of his plan to torment Thanos, and so I've had to relocate to a different location that I won't be revealing for fear of them popping up. Oh, and a message to Roleplayer48:
I just got an idea that I'm sure you'll enjoy. Instead of trying to come up with deleted scenes for my earlier stories since it's difficult even with the rough drafts that I gave to Sunrise Blossom to give to you, and that idea is that how about you guys do a blooper reel for Season 1 instead. You see, when I'm writing the stories, I pretend that they are being filmed at the same time, and we all know that filming a scene for either a show or a movie can lead to an entertaining blooper reel.
If you like that idea, then go for it, if not, then that's fine too. Oh! I managed to finish writing all of Season 2 last night and I will be starting on writing Season 3 next, and I promise that Timon and Pumbaa will be showing up now that they're official a part of the canon of the series.
Read, review, and enjoy!
Disclaimer: I don't own anything from My Little Pony: Magic is Friendship. I just own any and all characters that I just happen create.
CHAPTER TWO: THE MANE SEVEN CURSED?!
Several hours later found Twilight Sparkle searching frantically through the books in the library, trying to find something to explain what was happening to her horn, and maybe find a cure to fix it. "No no no no no!" she shouted, slamming shut a book and searched through another one. "None of these books have a cure! Ugh! There has to be a real reason for this! An illness? An allergy?!" And she poked her useless horn in frustration.
"A curse!" said Spike, looking up from a green book with a leaf symbol on the front.
"I said a real reason," Twilight Sparkle reminded him, having heard enough about curses to last her a lifetime. "Something that points to something real."
Spike held up the book he'd been reading. "How about this one?"
"Supernaturals"? Spike, the word supernatural refers to things like ghosts and spirits and zombies, which are as make-believe as curses," the purple unicorn scolded when she read the title. "This book is just a bunch of hooey!"
"But what if you're wrong, Twilight?" the baby dragon questioned. "What if this really is a-"
"Ah pfurse!" Pinkie Pie shouted, entering the library with a swollen tongue covered in blue spots.
"A purse?" Spike repeated, confused. "How could it be a purse?"
Twilight Sparkle stared in horror at her friend. "Pinkie? What happened?" she asked, worried.
"Pee pah Zthecora!" Pinkie Pie shouted the best she could around her swollen tongue. "Sthe put a cursthe on me!"
Spike cringed at the spittle that was flying everywhere. "Hey, say it, don't spray it, Pinkie!" he protested.
Just then, there was a crashing sound as Rainbow Dash collided with the closed window. `"Ow!"` she yelped, crashing into the window again, then the wall, and then she finally came flying through the door, crashing into one of the ladders before falling to the floor. "Oh! She's – ow! Trying to say – ow! - Zecora – oh! – she slapped us all with a – ow – curse!" And it became apparent why she was crashing into everything: her wings were inverted!
Hearing another crashing sound, Twilight Sparkle turned to see her twin sister come stumbling through the doorway, and it was clear that whatever was going on, was affecting her legs, which were wobbling all over the place. "Sunrise, what happen to you?" she asked, her concern growing with each second that passed.
"I don't know if this has to do with Zecora, but my center of gravity is way off," Sunrise Blossom answered, trying to stay upright, but she ended up sprawling on the floor. "Ow! I haven't been this off-balance since that blasted cold I had two months ago. Maybe this is a curse."
Rarity, whose hair was super long and was covering her entire body entered the library next. "I'm afraid I have to agree," she admitted, blowing hair out of her face, and both Spike and Twilight yelled in surprise.
"I hate to say I told ya so, Twilight, but I told ya so!" Applejack called out in a high-pitched voice, and her friends gasped to see that she was tiny and was having to ride on Apple Bloom's back. "It's a curse, I tells ya!"
Twilight Sparkle wasn't sure if what was happening to them was a curse or not, but it was serious, and then she turned to Fluttershy, who'd just arrived and looked to be the only pony unaffected. "But Fluttershy… seems just fine!"
"Yes, there doesn't seem to be a thing wrong with her," Rarity agreed, slightly jealous as she tried to push her hair out of her face so that she could see.
"Fluttershy? Are you okay?" Twilight Sparkle asked the yellow pegasus, who shook her head. "Is there something wrong with you? Would you care to tell us? So… you're not going to tell us? Yes you're not, or yes you will?" She was started to become impatient as her friend wouldn't talk, only nodding or shaking her head at each question.
Fed up, Applejack jumped off her sister's back, ran across the table, and confronted the yellow pegasus. "Good gravy, girl! What's wrong with you?!" she demanded.
Embarrassed, Fluttershy turned her head away and finally spoke… in deep male voice. "I don't want to talk about it." And her friends stared in shock.
Spike, however, snorted, and then he burst out laughing. "This is hilarious! Look at all of you!" he exclaimed, making up names for each of them. "We got: Hairity, Rainbow Crash, Spitty Pie, Klutzy Sunny, Apple Teeny, Flutterguy, and…" he turned to Twilight Sparkle and frowned, "uh… I got nothin'… Twilight Sparkle. I mean seriously, I can't even work with that."
Twilight Sparkle rolled her eyes. "This is no joke, Spike," she reminded him sternly. "Now start looking for more books so I can find a cure!" And the grumbling baby dragon went back to searching the books.
Groaning and grunting, Rainbow Dash finally freed herself from the ladder. "I think we'll find a cure to this curse at Zecora's place!" she declared.
"It's not a curse!" Twilight Sparkle protested.
"I agree with Dash!" said Applejack. "We'll go to Zecora's and force her to remove this hex!"
"It's not a hex either!" Twilight Sparkle snapped and soon they were all arguing with the exception of Spike, who was still trying to think of a nickname for the purple unicorn, and Apple Bloom, who was watching the group of ponies that she looked up to.
She was feeling guilty as she watched Sunrise Blossom trying to remain upright. "This is all my fault," she whispered. "If I hadn't followed Zecora in the first place, none of this would have happened. I just gotta fix this." And she turned toward the door.
Applejack just happen to notice her little sister sneaking away this time. "Now where does she think she's goin' this time?" she wondered, running across the table and leapt into her little sister's tail, already seeing an upside of being so small, and they both left the library without any pony noticing.
"I don't care what you say, Twilight," Rainbow Dash snapped, struggling to stay up in the air. "It's time to pony up and confront Zecora. Come on, girls. Are you with me?" she asked, and she got agreements from Pinkie Pie, Rarity, and even Sunrise Blossom, who thought it was possible that the zebra could probably help them.
"Uh, I don't know," Fluttershy said uncertainly in her deep voice. "Seems awfully dangerous." And Spike giggled, still getting a kick out of her deep voice.
Not surprised that Fluttershy would be uncertain, Rainbow Dash glanced over at the table for a certain orange pony. "How about you, Applejack? Applejack?" she asked, alarmed when she saw that there was no trace of their friend on the table.
"Pf-she's gone-pft!" Pinkie Pie exclaimed.
"Aah!" Rarity yelped and began checking her hooves. "Or somepony stepped on her!"
"… or sat on her?" said Twilight Sparkle fearfully.
"Rarity's hair!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed.
Rarity immediately began protesting when Pinkie Pie began checking her hair. "Oh! OH! Pinkie, what are you doing? Ah, really. Aah! You ever hear of personal space?" she demanded.
Pinkie Pie shook her head and stopped searching. "Nopthe."
"Apple Bloom is gone too!" Sunrise Blossom yelped, realizing that the filly was gone once again.
"I bet they went after Zecora," Rainbow Dash predicted.
"Well we better go find them," Twilight Sparkle agreed. "Come on girls, let's go." And she hurried out the door with Sunrise Blossom staggering and crashing after her.
Rarity also moved to follow, but she couldn't since Pinkie Pie was standing on a long strand of hair, and she grunted "Oh dear. Oh, this is so unseemly. Auuuaah!" she screamed, for when she tried to tug her hair free, the pink pony had removed her hoof, and she was sent tumbling through the door.
Rainbow Dash moved to fly after them – and crashed to the floor instead. "Hey, a little help here?"
"Oopsie!" said deep voice Fluttershy and, with help from Pinkie Pie, helped the blue pegasus up. "Sorry."
Rainbow Dash rose into the air and headed for the door – only to crash into the nearest wall. "OW!" Recovering, she managed to fly through the door before crashing again and Pinkie Pie hurried after her.
Fluttershy started to follow, pausing when she saw that Spike was standing before an open book. "Uh… Spike? Are you coming?" she asked.
"Nope!" said the baby dragon. "Uh… gotta stay here and look for a cure." And when she left, he picked up a quill and came up with a nickname for Twilight Sparkle. "Twilight Flopple!" And he eagerly wrote it into the open book.
Meanwhile, Apple Bloom ran along the path and into the Everfree Forest. She hurried along the route she'd seen Zecora take yesterday, and she only stopped when she heard her sister's high-pitched voice.
"Stop right there!" Applejack ordered, popping out from her sister's mane, glowering at her. "Turn around right now, missy!"
Apple Bloom smirked. "No."
"No?!" Applejack repeated. "You can't ignore a direct order from your big sister!"
Apple Bloom, however, giggled and tossed her sister into the air and caught her in her mouth. "Hehehe. Sorry, Applejack," she set, putting her on a branch that was over a small ditch, "but I'm the big sister now." And she happily trotted off.
"Apple Bloom, you come back here right this instant!" Applejack shouted after her. "I'm gonna tell Big Macintosh on you! Aw, pony feathers." She looked around, wondering how she was going to get off the branch and save her little sister.
A short while later, the other ponies also entered the Everfree Forest, with Sunrise Blossom riding on Pinkie Pie's back in order to keep her from hurting herself, and Twilight Sparkle was leading the charge. "C'mon girls. We've got to get to Zecora's. Hurry!"
Rarity was doing her best to keep up with her long hair and ended up tripping on it, tumbling to the ground. "Ooh… Ahaha. Easier said than done," she grumbled, getting back up and ran after her friends while being fully aware of the leaves and twigs now stuck in her hair. 'I will need a serious bath after my hair is back to normal!'
Rainbow Dash was trying to keep up, but her inverted wings were making that nearly impossible. "Hey, wait for me!" she shouted before crashing through a bunch of trees, and landed upside-down in a the ditch, groaning.
Just then, Applejack popped out of the blue pegasus' mouth, having been accidentally swallowed. "Rainbow!" she exclaimed, hopping to the ground. "Thank Celestia!" She quickly assembled a bit and harness out of a branch and vines, and shoved the bit into her friend's mouth before climbing onto her belly. "There's no time to lose! I need to get to Zecora's pronto! Giddy-up pony!"
"Ex-CUSE me?" Rainbow Dash asked, her voice muffled by the bit.
Applejack jabbed her knee into her friend's stomach as an answer and they flew into the air. "YEEE-HAW!"
"What the…?" Rainbow Dash began as she flew backwards.
"No, Rainbow Dash," said Applejack, directing her with the makeshift rope. "Other way!" And they were soon flying in the right direction.
A/N: Whenever I have a bad cold, my center of gravity tends to go haywire, worse if I have an ear infection. R&R everyone!