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"So the other Element bearers can be found on an apple farm, a rock farm, a forest and a destroyed town centre?" Rarity asked.

"That's right," Twilight said. "We're headed to the rock farm now. Princess Celestia told me where I could find it."

"But what about the others?"

"They might be a bit harder. There a lot of forests and apple farms in Equestria, and neither of us recognised the town square we saw."

"Hmm," said Rarity thoughtfully, "what did the apple farm look like?"

"It looked like this." Twilight walked to a creek and touched her horn to the water. Summoning the picture of the apple farm from her memory, she projected it onto the water.

"I know that farm!" Rarity said excitedly as the red barn with a rooster weathervane came into view. "It's Sweet Apple Acres. My friend Applejack lives there, just outside Ponyville."

"Really?" Twilight asked, catching her excitement. "Then she can help us find another Element bearer. They must live on the farm with her!"

Rarity tossed her mane. "Actually, it wouldn't surprise me if Applejack was the Element bearer."

"Really?"

"You said one of them was honesty, right? Well, Applejack always tells the truth. She's famous for it in Ponyville. Everyone there always relies on her word."

"That means there's only three more Elements to find!" Twilight cried.

"Indeed, so let's get to this rock farm and find one of them!"

The two unicorns picked up their pace, though Twilight knew they were still a long way from reaching the rock farm.


It was late the next day when they finally reached the rock farm. At least, they guessed it was in the late day, as they had walked for a long time after waking up. But the moon was still high in the sky, so they didn't know for sure.

They were walking through piles of boulders, however, when they almost ran into a pony right in front of them. Her coat was so grey they hadn't seen her in the moonlight. The only reason they had noticed her was her pale blue eyes glinting as she stared at them.

"Um… hello," Twilight said.

The pale eyes blinked once, and the pony said, "Hello," in a deadpan voice.

The two unicorns looked at each other, then back at the strange mare. Twilight increased her light so that she could examine her more closely. She was an earth pony. Apart from her grey coat and creepily pale blue eyes, she had a straight purple mane and tail and was wearing a dark grey dress that looked more like a sack. Twilight noticed Rarity winced when she caught sight of it. Her face held absolutely no expression.

"We're looking for the Pie family's rock farm?" Twilight tried.

The strange mare just stared at her.

"Do you know where it is?"

"Yes," said the monotone voice.

They waited. When the mare didn't say anything else, Rarity said, "Could you tell us, please?"

"Yes."

There was another long pause, until Twilight finally said, "Where is it?"

"You're on it." The mare pointed behind them, and the two unicorns cast their lights back to see that they had just passed a wooden fence that must have marked the boundary to the rock farm.

"Oh, well, good," Twilight said brightly, turning back to the earth mare, who had gone back to examining the rocks at her feet. "Then maybe you can help us. We're looking for a pony who might be able to wield one of the Elements of Harmony. Loyalty, kindness, or laughter."

"That's my sister."

"Excuse me?" Twilight asked.

The blue eyes were fixed unblinkingly on her again. "My sister is the Element of Laughter."

Twilight, Rarity and Spike all stared at her. Finally, Rarity said, "Uh…your sister?"

Twilight secretly agreed with her disbelief. This pony didn't look as though she knew how to smile, let alone laugh. How was it possible that her sister could be the Element of Laughter? Twilight couldn't imagine a reason for this mare to lie about it, but the only other option was that she was playing a strange joke on them, and that seemed equally as unlikely. Whatever the case may be, they had reached the place where they would find another Element bearer, so she thought they might as well investigate.

"Will you…take us to your sister…please?" she asked tentatively.

"Sure," said the mare. She turned and started to lead them further into the piles of boulders. Twilight and Rarity followed hesitantly.

There were no signs of trees or grass in any direction Twilight could see; only rocks. It looked like the dullest place in Equestria, which made her wonder how the Element of Laughter could be here. Then again, if she thought about it, she probably wouldn't have expected to find the Element of Generosity on Rodeo Drive, either.

The grey pony led them to a small shack that looked as boring as the rest of the farm. The only interesting thing about it was a massive boulder, shaped like a giant egg, that sat outside. Through the door they went, and found themselves in a kitchen-dining-seating area. A fireplace stood at one end of the room, and a staircase at the back led up to what Twilight assumed must be bedrooms. In the kitchen stood another earth mare, as brightly pink as their guide was grey, with crazy hair – also pink – that looked like cotton candy. They could see that her cutie mark consisted of three balloons: two blue with a yellow one in the middle. The only similarity Twilight could see between her and the grey mare were their eyes, which were both blue. The pink mare was using her hair to stir something in a large bowl and humming merrily.

"Pinkie Pie," said the grey mare dully.

Pinkie Pie turned, caught sight of Twilight, Spike and Rarity, and gave a mighty gasp that lifted her whole body off the floor and caused her mane and tail to stand on end.

"We have guests?! Ohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh! This calls for a PARTY!" She suddenly turned into a pink blur as she bounced around the room, including off the walls and ceiling. Twilight hadn't known that so much energy could be contained in one pony.

All of a sudden she had come to a dead stop right in front of them. "Maud," she said to the grey mare, "go get Mum, Dad and our sisters. We'll give them a proper Pie welcome! I'm going to get my party cannon!"

"Wait!" Twilight cried, before the mare could disappear again. "We're looking for—"

But the pink mare cut her off. "WAIT!" She leaned forwards so far Twilight had to take a step back to avoid their muzzles colliding. The pink mare then fixed her with a stare as unblinking as her sister's. Perhaps there were similarities between them after all, was all Twilight had time to think before the mare suddenly returned to a respectable distance and chirped, "You're looking for the four other bearers of the Elements of Harmony, one of which can be found here on our rock farm, because the Elements can no longer be wielded by the two princesses, because Princess Luna has gone CRAY-CRAY and turned into Nightmare Moon, who wants to have eternal night, so Princess Celestia brought the Elements to you, and it's your job to find the five other bearers, one of which you've already found. Then together you're going to stop Nightmare Moon."

Three jaws hit the floor. Maud shut their mouths without any change of expression.

"How did you know that?!" Twilight gaped.

"Just a hunch," Pinkie Pie replied with a dazzling smile. "Well, except the part about Princess Luna turning into Nightmare Moon. Everyone knows that, silly!"

"You're sister thinks you might be the Element of Laughter," Rarity stammered.

"Oooh, really? That's so exciting! Isn't that exciting, Maud?!" Pinkie gasped.

"Yes," Maud said, not looking the least bit excited.

"Do you mind if we test it?" Twilight asked.

"Sure," Pinkie Pie answered brightly.

Twilight opened her saddlebag and drew out the blue jewel Celestia had identified as the Element of Laughter with her magic. She touched it to Pinkie Pie's neck, and just like with Rarity's, there was a flash of light that caused them all to avert their eyes and next moment, a golden necklace had appeared, holding a balloon-shaped jewel in place.

Twilight and Rarity beamed at each other.

"Three down, three to go," Twilight said triumphantly.

"Next stop, Sweet Apple Acres!" Rarity cried.

"But first," said Pinkie, "let's PAARRTY!"


I really do love Maud's sense of humour. It was really fun to add to the story, because she's not a character we see a lot of. And of course, I get to add the always-adorable Pinkie Pie.

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