Chapter 4


Cheerilee opens her eyes, she's back at the school, she is alive and well, but her tail is missing,

"Oh you got to be bucking kidding me!" she said to herself.


Meanwhile in the Everfree forest, Eggman's following a zebra, until the zebra made it back to her hut,

"This should be good." Said Eggman,

Eggman walks into the hut, the zebra stops him,

"Stop! Who are you?" ask the zebra,

Eggman didn't want to say his real name; the zebra might know who he is,

"Uh, my name is, uh, Robotnick!" "Damn it Eggman!"Eggman cursed at himself,

"Robotnick? Can I help you?" ask the zebra,

"Uh, why yes you can, Ms….." Eggman tries to guess her name, the Zebra then speaks up,

"Zecora." Zecora introduce herself,

"Nice to meet you, now I need a potion." Said Eggman,

"What kind of potion?" ask Zecora, with a suspicious look on her face,

"To, uh, awaken statues. Good statues, to protect Ponyville." Said Eggman, that got Zecora very suspicious,

"I see what I can do, come back later." Said Zecora,

"Can I just wait out here?" ask Eggman,

"No! I mean no, I need to be alone, or else the potion won't work." Zecora lied,

"Okay, then I'll get going." Said Eggman as he walks off, "See you later."

"I got a bad feeling about that pony." Said Zecora.


Meanwhile, at the other side of the Everfree forest, Jerry and Tails are looking around, the girls are fowling them,

"Are you sure he's in the forest, Tails?" ask Sweetie Belle, she was getting very tired,

"Listen, if you're tired, then go back and get some rest." Said Jerry,

"No, I'm not going back!" yelled Sweetie Belle,

"Whoa, calm down, Sweetie, I'm just trying to help." Said Jerry,

"I'm sorry, I'm just tried, but, I'm not going back." Sweetie Belle told Jerry,

Tails was getting worried about Sweetie,

"Sweetie, is something the matter?" ask Tails,

"No, I'm fine." Said Sweetie Belle,

"Are you sure, you've been yelling at us for a while" said Scootaloo,

"I'm fine!" Sweetie Belle yelled from the top of her lungs,

"Sweetie, did you and Rarity had another fight?" ask Tails,

Sweetie Belle had a tear run down her face, Tails saw it,

"I'm guessing that's a yes." Tails said,

Sweetie Belle begins crying then runs off,

"Sweetie Belle wai…" Tails was about to say something, but he was interrupted by a scream, that scream was Sweetie Belle, she then comes from behind a tree,

"Sweetie Belle, what's wrong?" ask Tails, he then sees a Cockatrice, a monster with a chicken head, and a snake body,

"Run!" yelled Sweetie Belle, everypony ran, they all got behind a rock, they then see the Cockatrice fly away,

"That was close." Said Scootaloo,

"Hey wait, where's Jerry?" ask Applebloom, they look behind the rock, and sees Jerry completely turn to stone,

"No, No NOOO!" yelled Tails, he runs right next to his friend,

"Well don't just stand there, help him!" yelled Tails, Sweetie Belle had never seen Tails so mad before,

"Jerry, NO!" yelled Applebloom and Scootaloo,

"This is all my fault!" yelled Sweetie Belle as she runs through the forest, crying,

"Sweetie Belle!" yelled Scootaloo as she runs after her,

Tails look at his stone friend; tears are rolling down his eyes,

"Tails, there's something Ah need to tell you." Said Applebloom,

"What is it?" ask Tails, still sniffing,

"Ah wanted to say this before but….Ah had a crush on Jerry." Said Applebloom,

"WHAT?" ask Tails,

"That's right." Said Applebloom, with a tear rolling down her eye, she then wipes it off,

"Ah know how to fix this; ah know this zebra, who makes lots and lots of potions." Said Applebloom,

"Really who is this zebra?" ask Tails,

"Her name is Zecora. Come on, I'll show you where she is." Said Applebloom,

"Wait, we can't leave Jerry alone!" cried Tails,

"Yer right, but he's too heavy to carry. Zecora's hut is behind those trees, you stay here and look after Jerry, if that cocka thingy comes back, don't look it in the eyes" Applebloom told Tails,

"Got it!" said Tails, Applebloom then runs off,

"Don't worry Jerry, I'm here." Tails said to the stone pony that used to be a small mouse.


Meanwhile, Applebloom is running to Zecora's hut, Zecora sees the little yellow filly,

"Applebloom, what is the matter?" ask Zecora,

"[PANTING] One….Of my…..Friends has…been turned….into….Stone!" Applebloom cried

"Oh my, that is not good. Here, give this to your friend." Said Zecora as she gives Applebloom a small bottle with a green ribbon,

"Thanks Zecora, Ah knew ah can count on you." Said Applebloom before she runs off, Zecora stops her,

"Wait, if you see a fat pony name, Robotnick, give this to him." Said Zecora as she tosses another potion to Applebloom, it's a small bottle with a red ribbon,

"Give him the one with the red ribbon!" yelled Zecora,

"Ah got it!" Applebloom yelled back,

"I don't trust that Robotnick." Zecora said to herself,

"Ah gotta hurry back" said Applebloom, she then trips on a rock, dropping the potions, she then sees a hoof pick them up, that hoof, was Eggman,

"Eggman! Give them back!" yelled Applebloom,

"I should keep you prisoner again, but that won't be necessary." Said Eggman, as he kick some leaves at Applebloom's face

"Those aren't yours; I need the one with the green ribbon!" cried Applebloom,

"I don't believe you, I'm keeping both of them!" yelled Eggman,

"Okay, that's it!" cried Applebloom, as she kicks Eggman in the face, he drops both of the potions, and Applebloom grabs them, then starts running

"Why you little, GET BACK HERE!" yelled Eggman, as he starts chasing Applebloom,

"Tails, help!" cried Applebloom,

"Applebloom!" Tails cried back, Applebloom runs up to Tails; she throws him the potion with the red ribbon,

"Quick, pour it on Jerry!" cried Applebloom, Tails opens the potion, then carefully pours it on Jerry, nothing happens,

"Applebloom, it's not working!" cried Tails,

"Oh No, Ah made a huge mistake!" cried Applebloom, she sees the red ribbon, they here Eggman laughing,

"Thanks for using the fake potion." Said Eggman, he throws a smoke bomb, blinding Tails and Applebloom, when the smoke cleared up, he was gone,

"NOOOOOOO!" Applebloom cried out,

"Don't worry, we can get another potion from Zecora." Said Tails,

"We can't, it takes Zecora a long time to make another one!" cried Applebloom,

"What?" Tails couldn't believe it; he won't be able to save his friend,

"Tails, ah'm sorry." Said Applebloom, as tears began rolling down her eyes,

"There has to be another way." Said Tails, "Maybe Twilight can help."

"Yer right." Said Applebloom as she wipe the tears from her eyes, "Tails, you can fly, go find Twilight."

"Right." Tails begins using his wings to fly, he continues flying, Jerry was the only thing in his mind,

"It's okay Jerry, I'll be here." Said Applebloom.


Meanwhile, back in Ponyville, Rarity is looking around for her sister, Sweetie Belle, she then sees Rainbow Dash,

"Rainbow, have you seen Sweetie Belle?" ask Rarity,

"I just saw Sweets and her friends running to the Everfree Forests." Said Rainbow Dash,

"WHAT! Why didn't you stop them?" ask Rarity, "Don't you know it's Cockatrice season?"

"Oh crap, I completely forgot!" yelled Rainbow Dash, "We gotta find them, quick!"

Rainbow then dashes off, Rarity follows her,

"Sweetie Belle, I'm sorry." Rarity said in her mind.


NOTE FROM SONICX399: Wow, things are getting crazy, what did Sweetie Belle and Rarity fight about, will Tails make it to Twilight's house in time? Find out in the next chapter.