A/N: (Sarah runs into the writers' studio and finds Dede42 at her laptop.)
Sarah: Dede42, I-
Dede42: Don't worry, Sarah, I already made the change to the chapter title.
Sarah: Oh, that was fast.
Dede42: (winks) Well, I had a long day at work, and this was worth coming home to.
Sarah: Super busy at the movie theater?
Dede42: (nods) Yup.
The Last Roundup (AU): Chapter 11: Chase and Truth Part 1
*Hey, guess what? It's the next morning! Here comes the sun! Here comes the sun! I say, it's alright...STOP SINGING BEATLES SONGS! Anyway, everyone inside the ranch house at Cherry Hill Ranch is wide awake and on their way to Applejack's room.*
Sunrise Blossom: I'm glad we're finally gonna get some answers from Applejack.
Dr. Hooves: Yeah, and once we get those answers, then we can convince Applejack to come back to her home in Ponyville.
Timon: (not entirley convinced) Yeah, maybe.
Pumbaa: Don't worry, Timon. She's gotta fess up after making a Hakuna Matata promise.
Timon: Okay, seriously? A Hakuna Matata promise? What even IS that? Did you just make that up at the last minute yesterday?
Pumbaa: Yep. Pretty much. The point being is that a promise is a promise and Applejack must keep it no matter what.
Timon: Pumbaa, I have a really BAD feeling in my gut that Applejack may have broken her so called ''Hakuna Matata'' promise and ditched us while we were still sleeping!
Derpy: (starting to worry) Ooh, I don't know about you, Doc, but I'm starting to get this feeling myself. What if Timon's right?
Dr. Hooves: Only one way to find out. (Knocks on Applejack's bedroom door) Wake up, Applejack! It's time for breakfast! (Long pause) Applejack?
Sunrise Blossom: (presses her ear against the door and hears no answer) Huh. I guess she must be still sleeping.
Discord: Are you sure? (Presses his own ear against the door) If she was still sleeping, then we would still hear her snoring because I don't hear anything in there.
Pumbaa: Neither do I.
Derpy: (getting worried again) Nor me.
Timon: Oh no. I fear the worst.
Sunrise Blossom: (tries to open the door) Come on, doorknob. TURN! (Fails miserably at turning the doorknob) Uh, guys? I think it's locked!
Everyone (except Timon who probably knew this would happen): WHAT?!
Discord: (snaps his fingers to turn himself back into the body of Tigger to say...) IMPOSSIBIBBLE!
Dr. Hooves: Locked? But why would Applejack lock her door?
Pumbaa: Maybe to keep burglars out?
Derpy: Can't you use your magic to open the door, Sunrise?
Sunrise Blossom: I don't really know any door opening spells.
Tigger (Discord in Tigger's body): Alright, you blokes! Stand back! ''Tigger'''s got this. (Growl)
Timon: Oh? And how would Tigger open a door, Discord? BOUNCE on it? Pfft, like THAT would work.
Tigger (Discord in Tigger's body): FOR WINNIE THE POOH! (Does a great big pounce on the door causing it to break open and lands on Applejack's bed) Consider yourself pounced. Hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!
Sunrise Blossom: Way to go, Disco...
Derpy: Sunrise, no! The door's now open and Applejack's not supposed to know who ''Tigger'' really is. Remember?
Sunrise Blossom: Oh. Right.
Dr. Hooves: Is she in here?
Tigger (Discord in Tigger's body): (checks under the covers) Um, no. It would appear she's not here.
Everyone (except Timon who probably knew this would happen): (gasps)
Timon: I knew it. I KNEW it! I just KNEW this would happen! I was right not to trust Applejack when she said she'd keep her promise even though she was LYING! But no, no, no, you...Pumbaa? Why do you look so mad?
Pumbaa: (makes the sound of a kettle boiling until his face turns power red until he screams) NOBODY BREAKS A HAKUNA MATATA PROMISE!
Timon: Pumbaa, I've told you. There's no such thing as a...(Pumbaa begins running for the front door)...Pumbaa, come back here, you mook! (Chases after him)
Sunrise Blossom: Come on, gang. I'll bet Pumbaa's after Applejack. If we hurry, we might catch her.
Dr. Hooves, Derpy and Tigger (Discord in Tigger's body): Right! (All follow Timon and Pumbaa)
Spongebob Squarepants Narrator With The French Accent: Meanwhile at the campsite Twilight and her friends set up the previous night...
*So, five ponies all having to share just ONE tent. Gee, I can imagine how awful spending a night in there must have been. Anyway, here comes the tired ponies who have just woken up.*
Twilight Sparkle: (yawns) That had to be one of the WORST nights I had ever spent in my entire life!
Rarity: I agree, Twilight. It was all cramped up in there. I could barely get any sleep at all.
Fluttershy: I don't think any of us got any sleep at all what with Rainbow Dash's loud snoring keep us all awake last night.
Rainbow Dash: HEY! I wasn't the one snoring my head off last night! It was Pinkie Pie!
Pinkie Pie: Um, actually, Dashie. I think YOU were the loud snorer.
Rainbow Dash: No, YOU were!
Pinkie Pie: No, YOU were!
Rainbow Dash: No, YOU were!
Pinkie Pie: No, YOU were!
Twilight Sparkle: EVERYPONY, BE QUIET! Let's just go into the ranch and find Applejack.
Rarity: What makes you sure she along with Sunrise and the others are still in there, darling? They could be out having breakfast somewhere.
Fluttershy: Or Applejack could be out in a cherry orchard applebucking like she does back at home.
Pinkie Pie: Wait. If she's in a cherry orchard, don't you mean cherrybucking?
Fluttershy: Um, I guess.
Twilight Sparkle: (knocks on the ranch house door again) Hello! Boss Beaver! Are you in there?
Boss Beaver: (opens the door furiously) WHAT DO YOU WANT?! I'M VERY BUS...oh, it's just you five ponies who came by last night. And how was your night out?
Twilight Sparkle: Horrible. Anyway, I know last night, you said you already have guests here in this ranch. But, do you allow visitors by any chance?
Pinkie Pie: Yeah. We need to find our friend Applejack.
Twilight Sparkle: And my sister.
Fluttershy: And all her other friends.
Boss Beaver: Your sister and her other friends? You mean, that unicorn that was hanging out with the grey pegasus, the brown earth pony, the tiger and that meerkat and warthog?
Twilight Sparkle: Yes. Are they still in here?
Boss Beaver: Sorry. There WERE here a few minutes ago. But from my room, I heard they left to chase after that orange pony that apparently broke some sort of promise she made to them. Hearing their hoof steps, it sounded like they were headed to the train station or something. I could be wrong. Yeah. They're not here. Bye. (Slams the door shut)
Twilight Sparkle: (jaw drops in fury) ARE! YOU! KIDDING ME?!
*Over at the train station, which surprisingly, has no trains coming by or stopping here at the moment, Applejack is literally bouncing in anxiety with her saddlebags on her back in a desperate need to escape before her friends find her and Pumbaa goes all Mr. Pig on her. After all, when Mr. Pig's mad, he's REAL mad!*
Applejack: (tapping her hooves impatiently while panicking) Consarn' it! Just how long is it gonna take for the train to get here? Ah gotta go or Ah'm dead meat!
Spongebob Squarepants Narrator With The French Accent: Meanwhile at some railway that...apparently hasn't got a name according to this 1991 half an hour animated film...
The Talking Tower: C'mon, Casey! I know you already took over for the...errr...(checks his clipboard)...''Equestria'' train from Ponyville to Dodge Junction yesterday that apparently has been taken into prepares for unexplained reasons. But, from what I've heard, they need you to pull this train again as they're train still doesn't work.
Casey Junior: (sarcastically) Oh, sure. And have some idiots breakdancing on those desert train tracks and make me crash into them like LAST TIME?! No, thank you! Get my little sister Tillie to do it.
The Talking Tower: WHAT?! That SWITCH engine?! But all she's ever good for is shunting freight cars, helping the other trains out of the roundhouse in the mornings and...
Casey Junior: She took the birthday train to that little kid who lives over those dangerous icy mountains, didn't she?
The Talking Tower: SHE DID WHAT?!
Tillie: Oh yeah. Um, by that point, you were asleep and I went off to take it when you didn't notice. (Nervous giggle) Sorry, Tower.
The Talking Tower: WHY YOU LITTLE...
Casey Junior: Ah, put a cork in it, you talking...inanimate object.
The Talking Tower: EXCUSE ME?!
Casey Junior: Just get Tillie to pull the Equestria train through that instead of me. I'm staying right here and that's final!
Tillie: Please, Tower? Can I? Huh? Huh? Can I? I think I can! I think I can!
Casey Junior: That's my sister.
(Remember when you said you liked the story of The Little Engine That Could when we were talking about good books we have with great pictures in them when I reviewed Read It and Weep, online sister? Have you ever watched the 1991 half an hour animated cartoon version? I've seen it and I actually kinda like it. In fact, Tillie, in a way, is kind of like Casey Junior with her ''I think I can'' thing. And she's just as cartoony as him. And that birthday train she pulled was kinda like Casey Junior's circus train in Dumbo. So it only makes sense to have the two of them related like Applejack and Pinkie Pie, right? Dede42: Absolutely, and I recalled watching the animated cartoon a long time ago.)
*Cut back to Applejack who is STILL waiting impatiently for the train and panicking at the same time.*
Applejack: Come on, choo-choo. Don't be late. Save me from my gruesome fate. Ah'll pay extra if you leg it. Please, hurry up before...
Pumbaa: (racing towards the station seeing red) APPLEJACK! YOU HAKUNA MATATA PROMISED!
Applejack: (yelps) AGH! Right. Forget the train. Ah'm just runnin' for it! (Bolts out the station with her friends giving chase)
Pumbaa: Applejack, come back here!
Timon: Pumbaa! Slow down! Wait for me!
*Running as fast as she possibly can, which isn't very fast at all, Applejack spots a nearby stagecoach and leaps onto it with no second thought.*
Applejack: Giddy up, fellas. Ah gotta get the heck outta Dodge!
Coach Ponies: Awwww! Do we have to?
Applejack: Do you WANT me to die?!
Coach Ponies: What makes you think you'll die if you're friends catch you?
Applejack: Look at Pumbaa!
Coach Ponies: (look at Pumbaa still in his enraged Mr. Pig mode) YIPE! Okay, good point. This ain't no hayride! Let's get outta here! (Take off toward the other end of town)
Derpy: She's gonna get away!
Sunrise Blossom: Oh no, she won't! (Points to a rusty old wagon) Look over there!
Dr. Hooves: You're kidding, right? I'm not getting into that rusty old thing! Wagons aren't cool.
Timon: Well, what ARE cool then?
Dr. Hooves: Fezzes. Stetsons.
Sunrise Blossom: We don't have time for this, Doc. Okay, gang. Listen up. Doc, no one else but you and Derpy wanna ride the TARDIS, you two ride in that while me, Timon and Discord ride in the wagon and Pumbaa pulls us. Sound good?
Discord: ...Why don't I just teleport her back here and glue her wagon to the floor so it can't move with my chaos magic instead?
Derpy: Awww! Where's the fun in that? I like exciting chases! A lot of movies have them! Particularly, movies about the Wild West!
Timon: I don't know, Derpy. Discord's idea sounds better. Plus, it'll be quick and Pumbaa can get his anger out of his system.
Pumbaa: THAT'S MR. PIG TO YOU!
Timon: Oh, fine, Mr. Big FAT PIG!
Derpy: (gives them all big puppy dog eyes) PLEASE?! For the birthday girl?
Sunrise Blossom: But Derpy, your birthday was yesterday...(Derpy begins making sad puppy dog noises)...alright! Alright! We'll do it your way. Sorry, Discord.
Discord: Drat.
A/N: I say that this chapter is done and we can move onto part 2. Right, Sarah?
Sarah: Finally!
Dede42: Yeah, I say that it's time. Bye for now! R&R everyone!