Chapter Thirty Seven: Pinkie Multiplie
Planet Zoas was a relatively peaceful planet, known for its lush vegetation and scenic views. It was hailed as one of the best vacation spots in the galaxy. The people who lived on the planet were just as peaceful. They typically kept to themselves, and never really bothered anyone. Thus far they had stayed out of any trouble in the universe, and they for one were happy about that.
That is, until a mysterious wizard showed up. He barely spoke to anyone, not even on his arrival. Pretty much all of his time was spent in his tower, which he most likely created with his magic. Any attempts to talk to the wizard failed as he never left the safety of his tower. His seclusion had the population worried, but there was little they could do about it.
It seemed that he just wanted a place where he could study and practice his magic in peace... but that wasn't the case actually. The wizard came to Zoas to claim it as his own. He had been shunned from his own planet, all because he was a failure of a magic user. Well, he vowed to make them all pay!
"Hehehe, a magical failure eh? Well I'll show them all that I'm a force to be reckoned with!" He bellowed to the heavens as he poured more ingredients into his cauldron. Soon enough he would have the whole world begging for mercy. And then, after that, he would make everyone who mocked him pay!
The wizard took a step away from the concoction to grab more ingredients. Upon reaching one of his many shelves he searched around for something special, something to really give his recipe power. "Ah, here it is." He grabbed a jar filled with dark red liquid. He then walked over to the cauldron, and instantly poured the entire jar into the mix.
"Yes, yes! I've done it!" He laughed. "Now no one can stop me!"
"Oh really, I beg to differ."
Nearly jumping out of his skin the wizard turned around and saw a strange man wearing blue standing there. How could anyone have gotten into his sanctuary? His force field should have kept anyone and everyone out. "W-who are you? H-how did you get in my tower?"
"I'm Vegito. I was sent by the Supreme Kais to have a little chat with you." He said with a grin.
He could've sworn he heard of Kais before, perhaps from someone on the planet, The wizard then shook his head. His people worshiped gods, and they certainly weren't called Supreme Kais. "So... how can I help you?" His voice became calm despite the slight tension in the air.
"I heard you were trying to gain power, a lot of it."
"That's right. I want revenge against my home planet for shunning me."
Vegito smirked. The idiot just openly confessed. "I'll bet you were going to test out your power on this planet."
"Of course, I wouldn't want to go home only to realize it didn't work. But that's a foolish thought, I know this will work!" He boasted.
"Well I hate to burst your bubble, but your plans for revenge are going to stop. Permanently!"
A hearty laugh escaped the wizard's mouth. "Oh, and who's going to stop me, you?"
"That's the idea." The Saiyan stated.
After taking another moment to laugh he placed his hands out in front of him. Instantly they became engulfed with flame. "You fool, you have no idea what you're up against." Without warning he thrust both hands forward, creating a giant wave of fire. He continued doing so, not wanting to stop until the arrogant intruder was dead.
Suddenly Vegito emerged from the flame, completely shocking his opponent. As the potara fused warrior walked through the flame he raised his hand and unleashed a tiny ki blast, hitting the mage in the chest.
The blast knocked the wizard into the back wall. His body impacted the stone hard, and pain coursed through his body as he slowly slid down the wall.
"That was only a very very small bit of my power." He told the now cowering wizard sternly. "I suggest you forget what you're doing unless you really want to get hurt."
In a rash move the wizard put his hands on the floor, turning it to ice. The ice spread all along the room and he managed to trap his foe within it. As he stared at his new ice sculpture he couldn't help but laugh in triumph. "Ha! It looks like he was all talk and no action." His laughter slowly died down though upon seeing the ice crack.
With ease the fused Saiyan shattered the ice prison. A huge grin appeared on his face as he stared at the terrified man. "So, what's it going to be?" His answer came in the form of a lightning bolt that was aimed for his face. Raising his left hand he blocked the attack with nothing but his palm. "My patience is starting to wear off. Either surrender, or I'll be forced to take you down for good."
Realizing that nothing was working, and that no other spells would work, the wizard finally relented. "Okay you win, just please spare me."
Vegito's hard gaze quickly turned to a smile. "Good, I'm glad we reached an understanding." He then aimed his palm at the cauldron. With another little ki blast he completely destroyed it, as well as the concoction inside. "Oh, and if you try something like this again I won't hesitate to end you." He then placed two fingers to his forehead and vanished, leaving behind a very scared wizard.
Pinkie Pie was galloping as fast as she could through Ponyville. Today had started off well enough, but it quickly turned to disaster. The mare came to a realization that her friends were all doing fun things, and by hanging out with one of her friends she would miss having fun with another. So she set out to get in as much fun as possible, which meant running all around town. She did her best but she just couldn't keep going, even though she really wanted to.
After taking some time to rest Pinkie was ready to try again. Something bad happened though when both Applejack and Rainbow Dash planned fun things at the same time. And since she was unable to choose she decided to hang with them both. Her plan was to simply run back and forth between the two, but she soon found it hard to keep doing that.
So, running out of options, she went to the one person she knew could help. The pink maned pony reached the spaceship rather quickly, and as soon as she did she noticed a note on the door. After reading it her face settled into a frown. "Aw... what am I going to do now?" When all hope seemed lost she heard the familiar teleportation noise. Her frown became a huge smile upon seeing his return.
Vegito didn't expect anyone to be waiting for him, and was thus caught off guard when Pinkie Pie leapt at him.
"Hi Vegi!" She greeted while in midair.
He caught her before she could land on him, and then set her onto the ground. "What are you doing here Pinkie Pie?"
"I came looking for you because I need your help. Ya'see I woke up this morning and knew that today was going to be a fun day so I bounced around Ponyville and looked around for something fun to do and that's when I ran into Twilight who was practicing spells and then Rarity came by showing off her new dress and that's when I realized that fun things are going on all the time even when I'm not there so I..."
The fused Saiyan covered her mouth with his hand. He didn't need, or want such a long winded explanation. Although he did have a feeling it was going to happen given it was Pinkie he was talking to. "Here come into my ship." He walked over and pressed a button on the side, making the door open.
"Oooh." The pink mare hadn't been inside his ship that often, so it was always exciting to go inside.
Once they were both inside Vegito turned towards his friend. "Just tell me what you need help with, and this time keep it short."
Pinkie nodded at his request. "Applejack and Rainbow Dash are planning fun things at the same time this afternoon and I was hoping you could make me faster." To help her case she gave him a really big smile.
He shook his head. "I'm sorry but I can't."
"Why not?"
"Pinkie, it would take a lot longer than a few hours to increase your speed. Training takes time and hard work." He explained.
"Okay but I don't have that long!" She exclaimed. "Isn't there some place where time goes by slowly, like some kind of planet or something?"
"There is, but the only way to that place is destroyed."
Hearing that made the mare frown. She then put a hoof to her chin to think. If she couldn't get faster than there had to be someway to basically be in two places at once. Wait... that was it! "Oh, well maybe you could train me to be in two places at once."
"You mean like this?" He grinned as he dropped down into a slight squat and crossed his arms in an X around his chest. Concentrating his ki he used the Multi-Form technique, making another version of himself.
Pinkie Pie's jaw dropped all the way to the floor. At first she thought she was just seeing double, and that her eyes were playing tricks on her again. But no, there were actually two of him standing there. The pink earth pony knew Vegito had lots of cool abilities, but there seemed to be plenty that she didn't even know about!
"This is the Multi-Form technique. It allows me to split my body up into however many of myself I need, but unfortunately I'll lose more power the more of me I make." He then willed his clone to return to him, leaving only one Saiyan in the room.
It took the pony a few moments to compose herself. "Ooh, can you teach me to do that?"
"It would take a lot longer to teach you that, even more so than just trying to increase your speed."
Her frown returned once again as she headed for the exit. "That's okay, I'm sure I'll think of something." Right as she reached the stairs she stopped, gasped really loudly, and then smiled to herself. "That's it! The legend of the Mirror Pool!" She then bolted down the stairs and headed for the Everfree Forest.
Vegito would have asked her what she was planning but she was already gone. Sure, he could have easily caught up wit her, but he figured his help wasn't needed anymore. Besides, if she really did need his help it wouldn't take long to find her. Another more important reason for not accompanying her was hunger.
As the loud roar of his empty gut filled the room he scratched the back of his nervously. "I guess it's time to go fishing." With a sheepish grin he exited the ship and closed the door. He then began his walk towards the lake.
Pinkie Pie's pace slowed down dramatically as she went deeper into the Everfree Forest. If she couldn't split herself in two like Vegito than she would try another way. Back when she was just a filly her nana told her of a mysterious pool, and if one said a certain rhyme while entering the pool they would make a clone of themselves. While that may have sounded ridiculous to some Pinkie believed it.
After a while she reached some thick brambles, which told her she was on the right track. Her walk through the brambles was rough, and it gave the mare a little bit of pain. Once she cleared the brambles she fell right into a hole.
After taking a rather painful fall/bounce through the winding tunnel she found herself in an underground cavern. Picking her face off the ground she gasped loudly when she noticed what was in front of her. "The Mirror Pool!" Her voice echoed throughout the cavern, and at first she thought she wasn't alone. "Oh, and there's that voice again! Tsk, tsk, tsk. Ah Pinkie, you have got to stop talking to yourself. Starting... now."
The pony walked forward before stopping right in front of the pool. "And into her own reflection she stared, uh, yearning for one whose reflection she shared, and solemnly sweared not to be scared at the prospect of being doubly mared!" As she spoke she walked into the pool, and once she came out the other side there was another Pinkie Pie.
"Wheee-heee!" This new Pinkie Pie had a huge grin on her face and bright eyes.
"Wow, the legend is true. It really worked!"
The clone was too excited to stand still, so she ran all around the cavern. "Fun, fun!" She repeated that word over and over again.
"Okay, wait. I promised not talk to myself anymore. I should say something to her. Or... would that still be talking to myself? Excuse me, me? Can I have a word with you? Uh, I mean, me?" Her attempts to talk to herself failed as her clone kept moving around. "Listen, I can see you're having lots of fun, but–"
Hearing the word fun was all the clone needed, and soon after her attention was focused on the real Pinkie. "Fun?! Did somepony say fun? Where?" She could hardly stand still as she searched for whoever said that word.
"I did, over here!" The pink maned mare called out.
Instantly the cloned pony ran over to the real one. "I thought someone said something about fun! Where is it? Over here? Over here? I don't see it! Where is it? Where is it?"
"Whoa, calm yourself, Pinkie, there's loads of fun to be had in Ponyville with my girls, and Vegito!" She then led herself back up the ramp that sent her down. "Trot on over back to Ponyville with me and I'll tell you all about 'em."
Since it was such a nice day outside Vegito walked through the streets of Ponyville, instead of just teleporting to the fishing spot. A nice cool breeze struck his face as he continued his journey. As he walked he passed by several shops and stores, but he had no interest in stopping at any of them today.
"Excuse me?"
The Saiyan paused and turned towards the source of the voice. It had come from a light brown earth pony with a darker brown mane. His cutie mark was an hourglass.
"You're Vegito correct?"
"Yeah... is there something I can help you with?" He was a little surprised that this pony didn't know him. Then again, he didn't really recognize the stallion either.
"It really is you!" He said with wide eyes. "I've heard a lot about you but I've never gotten the chance to officially meet you. Is it true that you're a powerful space alien?"
Vegito nodded.
"Incredible. It must be great having all of that power."
"You're telling me." The fused warrior smirked. "So, uh... I'm sorry, but I don't know your name."
The stallion chuckled lightly. "My name is Time Turner."
Hearing that made the Saiyan pause. As he stared at the stallion he started to recognize him, even if he hadn't seen him before. He had heard several ponies talk about somepony who was supposedly an inventor, and how they were trying to create advanced pieces of technology. "Wait I thought your name was Doctor Whooves?"
Time Turner scoffed. "No, that's just what someponies call me. You make a few clocks and suddenly ponies think you're trying to revolutionize Equestria." He stated with a sigh.
"So you're not interested in technology?"
"Of course I am!" The pony exclaimed. "But, I only really know how to make clocks."
When Vegito headed out to Ponyville he was originally going to just go fishing, yet he now had a much better idea. "How would you like to see my spaceship?"
Time Turner raised a curious eyebrow. "Spaceship, what in the name of Celestia is that?"
"Follow me and I'll show you."
Pinkie Pie couldn't have been happier if she tried. The idea of cloning herself was pure genius, and she couldn't believe she didn't think of it sooner. After telling her duplicate about her friends she sent her over to Applejack's for the barn raising. And with her clone helping Applejack she was free to hang out with Rainbow Dash.
When her friend showed up Rainbow was slightly surprised. She figured that Pinkie would have gone over to Applejack's, which apparently was the case. After being told that the earth pony was on the way to the barn Rainbow became confused. So she asked her friend to explain.
"So you see, that's how I'm able to have fun in two places at once."
The cyan mare gave the pink pony a bored expression, finding it hard to believe what she had just been told. "Duplicates of you, huh? Heh, yeah, sure, Pinkie." A yawn then escaped her mouth. "Look, I was just gearing up to catch some Z's, so, uh..."
"Gotcha. I'll have the rest of my fun really quietly." She quietly walked over to the swing and swung off of it. "Wheeeee..." She exclaimed softly as she fell towards the water. Before hitting the water she slowed herself down as to not make a huge splash, in fact she didn't make a splash at all. Instead her body gently sunk into the pool.
Rainbow stared at the scene with pure confusion. "How'd you do that?"
"Just trying to show a little consideration for my sleepy friend." Out of the corner of her eye she noticed her clone in the bushes waving at her. "Ooh, ooh, gotta run. Looks like I'm trying to get my attention. Excuse me."
"And me."
The pegasus looked on with wide eyes, unsure if that really just happened. She then shrugged before lying back down.
After walking for a little bit the two Pinkie Pies were in an open field. The real one was excited to hear about all the fun her clone had. "Ooh, ooh, tell me all about it! Did they pull the walls of the barn up slow or fast?"
"I-"
"Maybe slow to medium fast, somewhere in that range?"
"I-"
"Ooh, did you get ice cream? What kinds did they have? Banana brickle?"
"I didn't make it!" The clone exclaimed. "I was on my way there and then Fluttershutter–"
"Fluttershy." The pink earth pony corrected.
"Yeah, her. She offered something else fun for me to do! A picnic, with cute little animals!"
Despite not going to the intended destination Pinkie couldn't really be angry. She probably would've done the same thing in her clone's position. "Aw, how could you say no to that?"
"That's what I'm saying! Then I would've missed the super fun thing with Applesauce!"
"Applejack."
"So I didn't do anything fun at all!" She cried.
Pinkie got down and placed a gentle hoof on herself. "Aw, my poor poor me! There, there. Tell me what, we just need a couple more Pinkie Pies. Easy peasy."
"Really?"
"Come on, would I lie to me?" She stated with a big smile.
Time Turner looked on with wide eyes as he gazed upon the giant spherical structure. He had never seen anything like it before, and it certainly put all of his clocks to shame. Although it wasn't fair to compare a clock to this giant thing. It stood on four legs, with windows all along the exterior. Capusle Corp. was written on the front of it but the stallion had no idea what that meant.
Vegito smirked upon seeing the shocked look on the earth pony's face. It was just like when he showed his friends. "I take you're impressed?"
"In all my life I've never seen such a thing. It's amazing!"
"Well it gets better. You haven't seen the inside yet." He smirked as he walked over to the side and pushed the button.
As the door opened Time Turner's mouth nearly hit the floor. That certainly was the coolest door he had ever seen! He stood there for a few seconds, letting it all sink in. Then, at the Saiyan's gesture, he made his way up the stairs. And once he was officially inside the vessel he was blown away.
The fused warrior stood next to him. "Welcome to my ship."
"It's beautiful." He observed as he gazed all around the room. Everything was amazing, even the floor, which was made out of some unknown material. Taking several steps forward he noticed something strange. Whatever it was had all kinds of buttons and dials on it, as to what they did he didn't have any idea. "What is this?"
"This is the command console." Vegito said as he walked over to it. "These buttons control the ship and all of its functions."
"Remarkable." The stallion muttered as he turned towards the fused warrior. "What kinds of things can this ship do?"
"The main use of this ship is for training. It has a gravity modifier and can output five hundred times the gravity of Equestria." He paused a moment to take in the completely shocked look on the pony's face. "It can also travel through space. With a few button pushes we could travel to any planet in the universe." His smirk grew bigger as he noticed the pony was unable to respond.
Time Turner liked to believe that somewhere, out there beyond the stars, that other worlds existed. Of course, ponies had always laughed when they heard that. But now he had just received proof that he was right... of course, Vegito was already proof enough.
Not a moment later Vegito's stomach rumbled, making it sound like a monster was somewhere on the ship.
The earth pony was startled out of his thoughts and began to look around in a panic. "What was that?!"
"That was my stomach." The Saiyan told him with a sheepish grin. "I'm really hungry, and as much as I would like to show more of my ship I think I need some lunch."
"I understand." Although Time Turner was still curious he didn't think he could handle hearing that horrifying noise again. Plus his brain probably would've overloaded from all the crazy alien technology. He then made his way over to the exit. "Well I'll see you later Vegito, and thank you for the tour." With that he left the vessel and started off for his home.
Vegito gave a small wave before his gut rumbled again. "Time to go fishing." This time though he wasn't going to walk. There was no way he could last that long, and a battle against hunger was one he had no intention of losing. So he placed two fingers to his forehead and teleported to the spot.
A huge smile graced the Saiyan's face as he finished putting his clothes back on. Fishing had gone even better than he expected it to. He wasn't sure how or why, but there were way more fish than usual. The best part was that most of them were big, not quite as big as some of the ones he had seen on Earth, but given how many he caught it was going to be a great meal.
Grabbing hold of his multiple catches he flew back over to where his ship was. It didn't take him long to get there but when he got to the spot he noticed his ship was gone. The Saiyan paused for a moment. He could've sworn he didn't capsulize it.
His eyes then widened in shock, he just remembered he left the ship's door open. In his haste to get food he forgot to close the door. That meant that anyone could have wandered into his ship and, not realizing it, blasted themselves off into space. Mentally cursing himself he set his fish on the ground and quickly ascended into the air. Luckily it shouldn't have been too hard to spot... unless it crashed of course. Although flaming wreckage could be pretty easy to see from a distance.
As he flew around in search of his missing vessel he sensed Pinkie Pies, lots of them. Vegito was genuinely confused as to why and how this was happening. It was then that he sensed several of them in the sky, and unless they were in a hot air balloon he knew where his ship was. A white aura enveloped his body as he headed for the ki signatures.
In just a few seconds he reached his ship, which was flying through the sky without any sense of direction. At this rate it would most likely crash into something. So he flew into the ship, and once he did he gasped loudly.
"Fun fun fun fun!"
Multiple Pinkie Pies were running around the inside of the ship like crazy. One of them was pushing random buttons on the control console, others were simply moving around in a bizarre manner.
"What the hell is going on here?" He said a little too loudly.
On cue every Pinkie turned towards him. They stared at him for a few seconds before continuing their merrymaking.
The potara fused warrior's patience was quickly running out. "Stop right now!" His warning went un-heeded, and the multiple versions of his friend continued having fun. Realizing that talking to them, or yelling at them, wouldn't work he decided to use an easier method. Moving quickly he dashed towards each pony, and with a simple weak blow he took them down.
One by one each Pinkie fell onto the ground in unconsciousness. It was interesting how the tone in the room changed so dramatically. One moment a bunch of hyperactive ponies are frolicking around, and the next it's completely silent.
After taking care of the crazy earth ponies Vegito went over to the controls and stopped the ship's flight. Luckily it didn't crash into anything or anyone. With that done he brought the vessel down for a landing, and once on the ground he stepped outside and placed his hand on the side. Putting two fingers to his forehead he teleported the ship back to where it normally was.
Vegito then glanced at all the pink mares in his ship. 'This is very strange, just what did Pinkie Pie do?' It was then that he heard the familiar shouting of the word fun. He sensed a lot of Pinkies, and they were all moving around Ponyville at a rapid pace. He could also sense nearly everypony in Ponyville gathered outside of the library. "I guess there's only one way to find out... but first." Moving quickly he walked out and grabbed his fish and placed them in the fridge in the lower portion of his ship. With that done he went over and picked up each downed pony. After doing that he used Instantaneous Movement to go see Twilight Sparkle.
Twilight Sparkle hadn't expected the entire town to be right outside of her door, and she knew they weren't interested in getting books. By the sounds of it they were all angry about something. As to what they were mad about she didn't know, but that didn't mean she couldn't try and help them. "Okay, everypony, please, calm down!"
"Calm down? I just had a Pinkie hurricane raging through my shop!" Rarity yelled.
"And they trashed our critter picnic!" The shy mare added.
Everypony else had similar complaints about Pinkie Pies interrupting their days, and or causing some kind of mayhem.
"Please, everypony, hang on while I try to figure something out!" She used her magic to open the door, and then she and her assistant ran inside. "Come on, Spike. I've gotta try to remember the name of that legend she mentioned." The unicorn searched through the various shelves trying to find it.
Spike was also searching. After pushing some books aside he noticed a horseshoe indented in the back of the shelf, as well as cobwebs around it. Curiously he pushed it, causing the back wall to rise up. Hidden in a secret compartment was a book, and the dragon instantly pulled it out. Upon doing so he was thrown backwards, and the book landed on his head.
Twilight grabbed it with her magic. "Aha, here it is! "The legend of the Mirror Pond"... It describes a spell I can use to send them back where they came from!"
"That's perfect! Let's go!" The drake said as he walked towards the door.
"But there's a catch." She called out, making him stop. "If I can't figure out which one's the real Pinkie, I might send her back by mistake!" Twilight stated in a worried tone.
"Well, we'll just have to figure out who the real one is then. Shouldn't be too hard."
With the plan set the two of them walked back outside. "Does anypony here know how we can tell the real Pinkie Pie from all the rest of them?"
Unfortunately nopony had an idea. To them all of the Pinkie Pies looked the same, talked the same, and acted the same. So there was no foreseeable way to tell them apart.
Just then Vegito appeared in front of the crowd, with about five knocked out Pinkies in his arms. He took a glance around and could almost instantly tell what was going on. "Let me guess, you all had encounters with a hoard of Pinkie Pies?" He asked as he set them down on the ground.
They all nodded.
In the back of the crowd one Pinkie was jumping up and down frantically, trying to get the attention of her friends.
"Vegito, are we glad to see you." Twilight stated. "Spike and I figured out a way to send all these clones back. But we need to know which one is the real one, otherwise we could risk sending the real one back."
"Well that might be a problem. They all have the same energy signature, I can't tell them apart."
After several moments the pink pony made it to the front of the crowd. "Twilight! I have to talk to you, I need your help!"
"Excuse me, whoever you are," The purple mare began as a Pinkie clone joined her and mirrored her movements. "but I'm not talking to any of you Pinkies unless you're the real Pinkie."
"Oh, but, but I am the real Pinkie!"
Not a moment later another Pinkie entered the scene. "No, you're not! I'm the real Pinkie!"
Suddenly more and more Pinkie Pies showed up, all of them claiming to be the real one. Soon enough the entire crowd was half townsponies, and half Pinkie Pie. And every time a new one showed up they proclaimed that they were the real one.
Applejack soon joined Twilight and Vegito. "How in tarnation are we supposed to tell which is the real Pinkie?"
"I have no idea." Twilight admitted.
The fused Saiyan put a hand to his chin. "I'm not sure either, but we'll find out. They can't all be the same."
"Me either. Ohh... We've all got the same adorable tails, we've all got the same adorable manes, we've all got the same adorable hooves! Which one of us is the real Pinkie?! Oh! I haven't the slightest clue! And if I can't tell us apart... who can?" Pinkie then fell to the ground and started crying.
Vegito paused for a moment, taking note of that one's actions. Every other pink pony was acting hyperactive, and they seemed to be constantly in that state. Yet this one was breaking down into tears. "I think I might have an idea." He said to his friends.
"What is it?" Spike asked hopefully.
"If we can't tell them apart by appearance, or by ki signature, than we'll have to be a bit more creative."
The farmpony raised an eyebrow. "Just what ar' ya suggestin'?"
"What if we were to give them a test." He stated, much to their confusion. "But not just any kind of test, a test that Pinkie Pie could easily fail. And the last one remaining is the real one."
"You know, that's not a bad idea." Twilight told him.
Hearing his plan made the previously crying Pinkie perk up. "That's a great idea!" She exclaimed. "This is great! If I pass, I get to be with my friends again!" She then gasped loudly in realization. "But what if I don't pass? Oh, what if I'm not the real Pinkie Pie?! Ohhhh! Stupid," She slammed her head into the ground. "magic," And again."mirror," And again." "water! This is all your fault! ...And mine."
They ignored her little moment and focused on their new plan. "So what are we going to do for the test?" Spike asked.
There was a moment of pause before Twilight got an idea. "I think I've got something, but we're going to have to round up all these Pinkie Pies."
Beside her Vegito was cracking his knuckles. "Leave that to me."
Before anypony could speak he was already gone. They then watched as each Pinkie fell to the ground, lying there lifeless. It didn't take long for them to know what he was doing, and they were actually glad for it. With him knocking each Pinkie out it wouldn't take nearly as long to get them all together. And even if there were a few stragglers out there the Saiyan could just as easily locate them.
After about ten seconds Vegito touched down next to his friends. "That's, wait..." In an instant he vanished. A few seconds later he appeared with two more Pinkies in his grasp. "Now that's all of them."
"That was quick." The drake noted. At this point though he wasn't too surprised.
He ignored the dragon's comment and turned towards the Pinkie that had previously been crying. He then removed one of his gloves and placed it onto one of her hooves.
The pink pony stared at him curiously. But before she could ask him about it she felt a sharp pain in the back of her neck, and the next thing she knew she was unconscious.
Everypony stared at him curiously. "Why'd ya do that?"
"Just a hunch." He told them. The fused warrior could see their confusion but ignored it. "So what's the plan Twilight?"
Pinkie Pie's eyes slowly started to flutter open. Her vision was blurry, and she had no idea where she was. The last thing she remembered was being with her friends, and then Vegito putting one of his gloves on her hoof. After that it was all a blur. 'He must have knocked me out, but why?' Looking around she noticed she and every other Pinkie were in some building.
Standing on stage were Twilight, Spike, and Vegito. "Welcome, Pinkies, welcome. Please have a seat and make yourselves comfortable." The mare noticed the few that were still knocked out were just not getting up. "Okay, I suppose you can't be comfortable staying in one place, but have a seat anyway."
Once every pink pony was awake they almost instantly went into hyperactive mode. They were all jumping around wildly, shouting things about fun.
"SIT DOWN!" The Saiyan yelled. His voice managed to shake the building lightly.
Instantly every Pinkie was sitting down and had their eyes glued to the stage.
Twilight took a second to make sure her eardrums weren't damaged due to how close she was in proximity to his yell. "Better. Now, I suppose you're all wondering why I've gathered you all here today."
"For fun?" One Pinkie guessed.
"No, just the opposite actually." She smirked. "Pinkies, you've been brought here to take a test."
As if on cue every pink pony whined.
"Don't worry, it's a simple test, about as simple as they come, and whoever passes gets to stay." The unicorn could hear the Pinkies accepting of the offer. "Curtain, please." She motioned to her assistant, who pulled the curtain up. "The test... will be watching paint dry!"
Rarity and Fluttershy pushed a wall covered with paint forward.
Every Pinkie gasped loudly. They didn't expect to get such a boring test, and they weren't sure if they could do it. But if they wanted to stay they had to do it.
"On your mark, get set, go!"
With that every Pinkie began staring intently at the wall of drying paint.
Spike grabbed a stool and a bag of popcorn. "Ooh, this is so exciting!" He cheered. Soon enough though he realized watching them was just as boring as what they were doing. And it didn't help that he ran out of popcorn. "Okay, maybe not that exciting."
What felt like hours went by and every Pinkie was still standing. Their eyes were still glued to the wall, but it was becoming obvious that the test was taking its toll on them. Pinkie Pie could only sit still for so long. One of them, who was standing by a window, noticed a bird outside. "Oh, hey, look at the birdie!"
That little distraction was all Twilight needed to see, and she knew that one wasn't real. So she fired a beam from her horn.
Upon getting hit by the beam Pinkie's body expanded to the size of a balloon, and then her body collapsed into itself, leaving behind only a trail of pink smoke. The trail traveled all the way to the Everfree Forest and returned to the mirror pool.
Every other Pinkie seemed to not notice what just happened and continued staring. One of them couldn't take it anymore and turned towards another. "Watch me bounce and touch the ceiling!" She got that Pinkie's attention as she jumped into the air. Not a moment later both her, and the the pony she distracted were sent back to the mirror pool.
A few seconds after the sounds of a frog croaking got a Pinkie's attention. Glancing out of the window she saw the same frog that got turned into an orange earlier. "Is that... is that a frog crossed with an orange?"
"Cool!" Another Pinkie exclaimed as she went over to the window to get a good look.
And then another one joined them. "Where?" All three of them were then hit with the spell.
One Pinkie turned towards the other with her left front hoof raised. "Look what I can do with my hooves!" Blowing air into her other front hoof slowly made appendages sprout from the hoof she raised, and soon enough she had a hand. And while that may have been cool it cost both her, and the Pinkie she distracted to get sent back to the pool.
A Pinkie Pie turned towards another. "Betcha can't make a face crazier than..." She turned away and moved her hooves around her face rapidly. "this!" She showed her new face to the Pinkie, and it somehow made her look... older. And not a second later the two of them were struck with the spell.
And so a pattern began. Whenever a Pinkie Pie got distracted they would get sent back. It actually didn't take much for them to get distracted, and soon enough there were only two left. One with the glove on, and another without. Both of them were staring intently at the wall, not wanting to mess up now.
Vegito, who had been meditating quietly during this whole thing, stood up. Realizing that there were only two left, and wanting to put his hunch to the test, he decided to make a move. "Hey look at this!" He said as he held his hand up. His plan was to make a ball of ki to distract them, but it turned out all he needed to do was just tell them to look over.
The Pinkie without the glove looked over at the Saiyan, and then she was promptly blasted.
Once that was over everypony smiled brightly. There was only one Pinkie left, and they were sure it was the real one. "Pinkie, you can look away now." Twilight said with a smile.
The pink maned mare blinked before glancing around. "I passed?"
"You passed. You're the only Pinkie who kept staring at the wall."
"I had to. I just had to. I couldn't leave my friends, I just couldn't. But I guess sometimes I will have to choose between them."
"I knew you'd be up to the challenge." The purple mare smiled.
The fused warrior then walked over them. "I'll be taking my glove back now."
Pinkie smiled brightly as she gave him his glove back.
"So, how did you know that was the real one anyway?" Spike asked.
He smirked as he put it back onto his hand. "Simple. We are all aware of how happy and hyperactive Pinkie can be, but she has more emotions. And out of all the Pinkie Pies she was the only one who displayed those other emotions. When I saw her crying on the ground I knew that she had to be the real one."
Everypony was actually surprised by how he figured that out, as well as ashamed that they didn't even think of that.
Pinkie looked up at the Saiyan with tears in her eyes. "Oh Vegi, you know me so well!" She exclaimed as she leapt up and hugged him tightly.
He instinctively flinched before accepting that she was hugging him. And while he didn't quite hug her back he did pat her on the back. The sweet moment lasted a few moments before a loud roar echoed throughout the building. Vegito chuckled nervously as he watched his friends get startled by the sudden noise, as well as the pink pony, who leapt away in shock. "Well, since this whole mess is over, I've got some food waiting for me back home." Without saying another word he teleported to his ship.
"Dear Princess Celestia, It's great to have fun, but it's even greater to have great friends. And having lots of friends means that you sometimes have to make choices as to who you'll spend your time with. But that's okay, because good friends will always give you lots of opportunities to have fun. So even if you're missing out, it's never for long. Respectfully yours, Pinkie Pie."
After that whole ordeal Pinkie Pie had gone back to Sugarcube Corner in order to just unwind. It had been such a crazy mess, and she just wanted to take it easy. As she was about to head inside she noticed her friends walking up towards her.
"Hi, Pinkie Pie. We were thinking we should go out and celebrate." Twilight told her.
"You up for some wheelbarrow races?" Applejack asked.
"Or I could take everypony on a cloud ride!"
"I could throw a party with punch and zesty cucumber sandwiches! Ooh!" Rarity suggested.
Despite all of those things sounding fun Pinkie had another idea. "You wanna know exactly what I feel like doing right now?" She walked backwards a few feet before falling onto the ground. She then let out a big sigh of relief. She then quickly fell asleep.
They all stared at her for a few seconds before Fluttershy spoke up. "That looks like fun."
With that they all shared a big laugh and Twilight closed the front door with her magic.
That just about does it for this one, and the title was spelled that way on purpose. This took me a little bit, but I finally got it done. That stuff with Time Turner was put in because, apart from the Mane 6, Vegito doesn't really know anypony else in Ponyville, so I figured why not build a few friendships with some of the other townsponies. And I figured it wouldn't be hard for Vegito to tell which one was the real one, even if Pinkie hasn't had too many sad moments thus far. The next chapter should be a good one, but I won't spoil anything. Be sure to R&R and have a wonderful day!
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