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I was out hunting for animals because well, I was hungry and I wanted to try a new technique for hunting. I summoned a zebra from my scepter and I used the fear spell that King Sombra always uses to show ponies their worst fear. Yeah, I had the green eyes with purple mist going because I thought it would be effective. I swear I haven't turned evil and got corrupted by King Sombra. Trust me, it will take a lot for me to get me to fall for him. Suddenly, I started hearing weird music, and ran towards it to discover what it was. I went into my shadow form and zipped past trees and plants as fast as I could. Pinkie? What the hay even is that thing? I saw Fluttershy as well, and I thought it would be fitting to appear as Sombra's shadow form and then appear in my lion form. Fluttershy did say "At least no animal is suffering, right Angel?" He was with her? Of course he was. She couldn't go alone in this dangerous forest. Only I could do something like that. He ripped out part of his tail and used them as earplugs because of how awful this instrument was. Ouch. How does that not hurt? I would be screaming in pain if I ever did that. "Well, until now." Oh gosh that sounds so awful.

When I reappeared in Ponyville, all my friends were there watching in horror because of how awful it sounded. Applejack asked "What is that thing?" I honestly have no clue. Twilight said "It's called a Yovidophone." That's what it is. Let me guess, it comes from Yakyakistan? "It's from Yakyakistan, where it's actually quite popular." Figures. I said still in my shadow form "That doesn't surprise me considering how… interesting it sounds." Everypony turned around and had looks of horror on their faces except Twilight. She knew this disguise. I rolled my eyes and went back to my lion form. "I'm not Sombra, so you can throw that out the window. I just got back from hunting, and I accidentally forgot to switch back to my lion form." Fluttershy asked me "Wait. You hunt?" I said "Of course I have to. Lions are supposed to hunt for food in order to survive. I would list the prey that lions eat, but you would immediately disapprove, so I'll keep quiet. However, I just summon an animal from my world and kill it that way. *turns back into shadow form* I'm only like this because it blocks out the music that Pinkie is playing and I'm not exactly sure if it's music to my ears." Rainbow said "Is it supposed to sound like that?" I don't think so. Another loud blow and I was already hating it. This sounds so awful! Twilight said "Not exactly. It's known to produce a fairly complicated melodically rich and harmonious tone." Well that don't sound rich and harmonious to me. More sounds like offkey and terrible.

It's so bad that a poor bird had all of it's feathers blown off. That's just cruel man. Even the bird was annoyed with this instrument as it gave Pinkie a dirty look for stripping it of all it's feathers. Rainbow asked "Are you sure we're talking about the same thing?" No not really. Another loud blow and I was about to give it to her, but then she stopped and panted in exhaustion. Hmm. Odd. She said "Phew! And that's with only a few days of practice!" HA! You think? That don't sound like it to me. That's like me trying to figure out how to play a trumpet. I was terrible at it and decided to switch to a Clarinet a few days later. I wasn't the greatest at it, but I was better because I could at least play it unlike a certain OTHER. After the 7th grade though, I quit playing instruments and moved on to the tech world. A good choice in my opinion. My mother was disappointed because she wanted me to play in the high school marching band, but she understood why I quit. The interest wasn't there anymore and had basically died. However, with this overpowered magic I have, I could easily play any instrument super well without any practice and not break a sweat at all.

"Can you believe it?" No, I can't. I'm so surprised. Not really. I could care less. She blew the instrument super loud another time and I had enough. I said "Pinkie! Stop doing that! Unless you all want us to go deaf, I would lower the volume a bit and not try to blow us away to the other side of Equestria!" The others nodded in agreement and Pinkie said "Well, if you enjoyed listening to my playing half as much as I enjoyed playing my playing, then I should totally play more." Please no. That thing sounded so horrible that the entire town fled and a poor bird's feathers got stripped. So please spare us the pain and go do it somewhere else. "That way we'll be even!" How is that calling that even? That's only with revenge and when people are out for blood. It has nothing to do with this. Twilight said "Oh, I don't think that's necessary, Pinkie." Yep totally. All of us agreed and Rainbow begged "Please. Don't." I agree. Pinkie said "There's a chance I may have missed a note or two here or there, but I just love playing it so much!" That's a massive understatement. "You complete me." What? You're kidding right? You are making it sound like it's an idol, and I don't stand for that. I know this world doesn't have religion, but I could care less. That only makes you look like dragons or griffons, who are both extremely greedy and will do anything to defend their possessions. Foolish in my opinion, but whatever. They'll learn the truth someday.

Twilight said "Well, I for one am glad you're having so much fun with your new hobby." I am too, but it will become a problem if you don't play it somewhere else. Pinkie said "Uh-huh, sure." You ain't even paying attention. How foolish. Twilight said "And it's great that you're learning a new skill and… and you're just waiting for me to finish talking so you can start playing again, aren't you?" I hope not. Pinkie said "No! But if you're done… And-a one, and a two, and-a I know what to do…" Oh dear me. She went off the stage and started playing that horrible instrument again. Applejack asked "Anypony else think that sounded like an apple core caught up in a pulp grinder?" I said "I sure do. I have no idea how she suddenly got this obsession, but if she continues this, I'm going to be driven absolutely nuts and I'll have to go burn something down in frustration. I don't know what, but it will be something." Everypony tensed up at that and I rolled my eyes. I'm not going to burn the whole world down, so chill. Twilight said "Ok, so maybe she isn't good yet, but she's our friend and we should be supportive." If you think so. Applejack said "She just started playing. She's bound to get better. Right?" I wouldn't be so sure about that.

Rainbow said "Yeah, we just need to be supportive of her practicing. So the getting better part happens as fast as possible." I said "If that's what you desire. Now if you excuse me, I need to conquer the Everfree Forest." I went back into my shadow form and stared into the Everfree Forest as Sombra's shadow form and took off. I heard Rainbow ask "Why is he acting so strange today?" It's what I do. Twilight said "It's just what he does. I've tried figuring it out, but it's like trying to figure out Pinkie sense. It does me no good. I can only sit and watch as he does that." Fluttershy asked "He's not really going to conquer the Everfree Forest, is he?" Twilight said "Of course not. He only said that as an excuse to get away from here so that he can do his own thing. I don't know why he does it, but that's just how it is. So I accept it." I went off to search the Everfree Forest for any trouble, and I noticed I was hungry. So, I went down and summoned an antelope for a snack and when I used the fear spell on it, I heard Pinkie's playing and it hurt my ears. Once she faded away, I noticed that the animal ran away and I roared in angered frustration. I'll get you for this Pinkie. I went back into my shadow form and zipped back to Ponyville to talk to Twilight about this. Thankfully, it didn't take long and the others came as well to voice their concerns.

Applejack said "We need to do something about Pinkie Pie's playing." I agree. No one messes with the King of all Beasts and gets away with it. Rainbow said "Like now." Definitely. Twilight asked "Is it really that bad?" I said "How about as bad as having my afternoon snack escape from ME?! She'll pay for interrupting the meal time of the King of all Beasts!" All the others voiced their concerns and I was mad. Like real mad. I get super angry when I don't have my food. Poor Fluttershy. She couldn't even stay awake. I tried not to think about it, but when I saw what the effects of it are, it only fueled my anger. Basically, adding gasoline to the fire. Applejack said "I mean, I know we said we should all be supportive, but Pinkie's been playing for moons now and she's not getting any better." She thinks that she is improving, but in reality, she isn't. Rainbow said "Yeah, if anything, she's gotten worse!" I agree and something must be done about it. Twilight said with her "mobile library" next to her "Ok, maybe we can just pretend she's really good and then I'll find a spell that will-" before Applejack cut her off and said "Oh, no no no, we're not going through that again!" Yeah, I remember the last time we tried that. It went terribly wrong and caused a whole bunch of chaos. It was so bad that even Discord would find it entertaining.

"Remember how well it worked out when you weren't honest with Celestia about her acting ability?" Oh, gosh. Who can forget? I tried telling her, but she ignored me every time and look what happened. It went horribly wrong. Twilight looked down in shame "You're right. We'll just have to tell Pinkie Pie she's not very good at the Yovidophone." That might hurt, but it's much better than a lie. Trust me, I have had this issue way too many times and have tons of experience with it. We heard ponies screaming and running away and it turns out it was more horrible music coming from Pinkie. I said "Well, I'm going to get my snack before I burn Ponyville down for having my meal time interrupted." I went back into my shadow form and took off to the Everfree Forest. I was able to track down the antelope that ran away and I killed it. I put it in my furnace and then ate it. Quite delicious if you ask me. But now there is a bigger issue. Pinkie's music playing. I went back into my shadow form and hurried back to Ponyville so we could execute this. I came back and returned to my lion form. Twilight gave me a deadpan stare and said "Are you happy now?" I said "Yes I am. It's just you don't mess with the meal time of the King of all Beasts. I've always been this way. Whenever I'm hungry and don't get my food, I get angry and things will turn ugly if I don't get it as soon as possible."

Everypony rolled their eyes and Pinkie played more awful music. Rarity said "Well, there's no time like the present." She does have a point. We all rushed over and thankfully, Pinkie had stopped playing just as we arrived. She said "Phew! That's weird. I could have sworn this place was packed a second ago." You were too ignorant to notice that everypony ran away in fear because of how awful that sounded. I'm just saying. "Hey guys. Can I favor you all with a tune? I take requests!" I said "Uh, no thank you. I'm good. I've already been angered enough today. I don't need any more." Pinkie looked confused and Applejack said "Actually, we do have a request and yeah, it involves your Yovidophone." Well, that sure does make sense. Pinkie said "You mean the thing I love more than anything else in Equestria?" Yes, that thing. Why does that have a sting on me? I hope she doesn't value that more than friendship or else I'll be ticked. "My sun, my moon, my stars! My everything?" I started twitching my left eye because I couldn't believe she was saying all this. She's starting to sound more and more like a fool who only has room in their heart for their foolish possessions and nothing else. I'm not trying to call Pinkie that, but she's kinda starting to act like it.

"Oooh. Tell me! Tell me! Tell me!" How about no? I am perfectly fine if I didn't. Applejack said "All right. In all honesty… Uh… In all honesty, Rarity has something to say." Really? You're the Element of Honesty and you're going to put Rarity up to the spot like a coward? Such foolishness. Rarity said "Pinkie, please! Listen to Rainbow Dash!" Really, you're going to play this game? If none of you tell her the truth, I will. Rainbow said "Ugh. Fine. So Pinkie… remember when we all were shocked to discover Princess Celestia wasn't so good at acting?" Who could ever forget something like that? I sure wouldn't. If you did, you're a fool. It's nothing personal, it's just facts. Pinkie said "Yeah, she was awful." Well, that was blunt. I didn't expect Pinkie to be that cold about it. "But that's kind of a random thing to bring up." Not really. It correlates pretty well on what we are trying to do. "I thought you wanted to talk about my Yovidophone playing." We are, you dimwit, but can you just give us like two seconds? Some of us over here aren't telling the truth and are playing hot potato on who will tell the truth to you. Rainbow backed away nervously and said "Well, it's ah, it's just… you need to know the… Twilight?" Before she could say anything, I said "UGH! Will somepony finally tell the truth here or do I have to?!" Everypony gave me blank stares and I sighed.

I said "Very well then. Let me show you how it's really done. Listen, Pinkie. We are not trying to be rude or hurtful in any way, but unfortunately, I have to say, you aren't really that good at playing. I know it's your favorite instrument to play and your prized possession, but you really haven't gotten any better over the last couple of weeks. I'd hate to be the bearer of bad news, but unfortunately, I must tell the truth instead of telling lies or simply trying to cover it up." Pinkie stared for a second and said "Oh. Why didn't you just say so?" She deflated the instrument and Rainbow said "Ah! We were all really nervous to tell you." Even I was. But I don't let fear get in the way of me. Pinkie said "Why? It's just a silly instrument." I guess so. "Well, lunch break's over, gotta get back to the bakery." Wait, you were on lunch break? Hmm. Odd. "Those apple turn-overs aren't gonna apple themselves." Apple turnovers? WHERE ARE THEY?! Sorry, but I just loved them as a kid. The best ones were from Arby's in my opinion. Never tasted ones that were better than those. Not even store brand could keep up with those. They were the best ones ever. I might be a bit biased, but oh well. I don't care. "No more Yovidophone playing for me!" Uh, I didn't say you had to stop, but just don't play it as loud and not where ponies can hear you. That's all.

She closed the door and Fluttershy said "Wow. She took that so much better than I thought!" I said "I'm not so sure about that." Twilight asked "Why do you think that?" I had my eyes turn green with purple mist and looked towards the door. I said "I sense that she's hiding how she actually feels and just did that so that we wouldn't take it the wrong way. The reason I know this is because the Tree of Harmony does. Things seem to appear fine for now, but I would keep a close eye out just in case." I went back to my shadow form and left. I came back later at night and saw the trash pony picked up the deflated instrument and put it in the bin. I looked up and saw Pinkie was depressed. I knew it. It was all an act. Nothing ever is hidden from me. She said in some sort of sleeping bag wrapped around her "No more Yovidophone playing for me." I didn't tell you to stop playing, just don't do it where we can hear you. "And a one, and a two, and I don't know what to do…" She started crying and I felt bad for her. Poor Pinkie. She really did like it and here I am to bear the bad news and supposedly tell her to "stop playing it or else" when that wasn't true at all. This makes me feel awful. I don't regret telling the truth, but I regret not telling her that she can still play just not in our hearing range. I watched for a few more seconds before I headed back to the castle. I couldn't take it anymore. Maybe things will be better in the morning.

The next day…

I was out in Ponyville watching everything happening in my shadow form when I heard Twilight say "Another beautiful day in Ponyville." The weather is, but I'm not sure about the mood. It feels off. Like how it normally shouldn't be. Spike asked "Uh, Twilight, when was the last time you saw Pinkie Pie?" Last night. I know where your lead is. Twilight said "Hmmm. Not since we told her to stop playing the Yovidophone. I'm still surprised with how well she took it." I said standing right in front of her "Well, sorry to bust your bubble, but I beg to differ on that." Twilight said "What do you mean? And can you please stop having your appearance like that? It's quite creepy." I said "How else am I supposed to present myself? I'm not called the King of all Beasts for nothing. I need to practice being terrifying just in case anything fishy happens." Twilight rolled her eyes and said "Will you answer my question?" I said "Look straight ahead." Twilight did and saw Pinkie had lost her color and her mane was deflated. She looks like how she did in "Party of One" where she turned into a psychopath and mentally insane. I couldn't stand watching it because she looked like she would turn into a serial killer and destroy anyone that opposed her.

The pony standing behind the flowers said "Top of the morning to ya." What the hay is that supposed to mean? Pinkie said with a lack of enthusiasm "Is it morning? I hadn't noticed." How could you not? It's so flipping obvious that it's morning. Twilight said "That's not good." I told you this would happen. All of a sudden, the rest of our friends showed up and Rainbow said "There you are! We've been looking all over for you!" I bet you have. Rarity said "It turns out Pinkie may not have taken our critique of her Yovidophone playing in the spirit with which it was intended." I said "I knew this would happen. When it comes to being the Guardian of the Tree of Harmony, nothing ever slips past me." Honestly, it looked pretty bad. Spike said "There's gotta be something we can do." I said "I'm not so sure on what though. The only thing that might be able to bring her back to full happiness is if she plays her instrument again." Rainbow said "How do you know that?" I said "Well, for one, I can read her intentions and thoughts, and second, think about it. She said that has brought her more joy than anything else. So it would be fitting for her happiness to be restored if she started playing it again."

Rainbow said "I don't get it! So she's no good at playing the Yovidophone. What's the big deal?" I said "It doesn't matter how good she is. It brings her joy and happiness playing it. She has a passion for it. If you take that away from her, then her emotions will do the same." They all thought about it and Rainbow said "Yeah, but there's soooo many other things she's really good at doing!" That's not really the point. Applejack said "Yeah. Not being able to play the Yovidophone is nothing compared to all the things she can do well." That is a fair argument, but you're still not getting it. Twilight said "And that's exactly what we'll show her." Good luck with that. "I bet if we get her to do the stuff she likes and is good at doing, she'll cheer right back up and forget all about the Yovidophone." It's not that simple. It will be more challenging than you may think. I said "You still don't get it, do you? Fine. Have it your way. But come get me when you actually see the truth and realize how the problem can really be solved." I went back to full Sombra mode and took off. I heard Rainbow say "Why doesn't he ever listen to our ideas?" Because I don't. Twilight sighed and said "He's very skeptical about things and only thinks logically. It takes a lot of convincing in order to get him to believe you. Trust me. I learned that the hard way." I remember that quite well.

AFter a little bit, I saw my friends all sigh in defeat. I told you I was right. Twilight came up to them and said "So, I'm guessing nopony had any success?" You think? Nope. Applejack said "My party cannon idea was a real dud." I bet it was. I saw what happened. Rainbow said "Don't blame yourself. None of us did any better. It turns out Zachary was right all along." Told ya, but you ponies never listen to me whatsoever. I said "I told you ponies that idea would never work, but you decided to do it anyways and look where that led to." Twilight gave me an annoyed stare and said "Okay. We get it. You're right and we're wrong. Can you move on now?" I snarled at her a bit and said "Fine. If that's what you want." She turned to the rest of the group and said "Anyways, not to worry, I came up with the perfect solution." And what might that be? Twilight gave me a glare and I rolled my eyes. Sorry for not showing any enthusiasm. You said yourself that I am very skeptical and only think logically which is very much true and it will always stay that way. I know it can be a pain in the rear, but I don't care. That part of my personality is never changing. I regret nothing. "Instead of trying to remind her what she's good at, we'll remind her what she's best at. And that's being our friend!" Well, that sure is a splendid idea, but you might want to hurry.

"We're going to throw her a Pinkie Pie appreciation party!" That's not too bad of an idea now that you said that. Fluttershy said "That's a wonderful idea!" I guess it is. "If anypony needs to know how much she's appreciated, it's Pinkie Pie!" I guess that's a fair argument. Rainbow said "We can get the whole town involved, just so she can see what a good friend she is to everypony!" That is a fair point, but you might want her to stay here and not go north. Twilight said "Then I hereby officially declare today "Pinkie Pie Appreciation Day!" Ok, I'll write it down as a decree and put it in the law book and then take it to Celestia to make sure it's enforced. I said "If you plan to do this idea, you might want to tell her that before she heads up north." Twilight squinted her eyes at me and said "What do you mean?" I said "How about her going to Yakyakistan in the unforgiving tundra of the Frozen North and staying there until further notice?" Twilight said "You're lying. There's no way she could do that." I said "I'm not lying." Twilight said "Like I'll ever believe that." I said "Fine. Suit yourself. But don't come complaining to me when she's gone and nowhere to be seen." Twilight rolled her eyes and I took off.

I watched to see the party come together and Twilight flew down with the rest of the group. Rarity said "Now this is perfection!" I do admit, it looks nice, but this won't solve your problem. Rainbow said "Yeah, if anything can help Pinkie cheer up and make her forget about her Yovidophone, this is definitely it." You still don't understand do you? This won't solve your problem! Applejack said "It sure is. Ok, who's going to get her?" Not me. Twilight landed on the ground and said "No need. Gummy's on it. In fact, there he is now!" They all looked, but didn't see Pinkie with him. HA! What did I tell you? Applejack went up to him "Uh, Gummy? You were supposed to bring Pinkie Pie. What happened?" I'll tell you what happened. Rarity asked "Is she still coming?" Nope. Twilight asked Fluttershy "Fluttershy, can you understand what he's saying?" I doubt she can. Fluttershy said "I could… if he were talking." Spike walked up to him and said "Let me try something. Gummy, where IS Pinkie Pie?" He only licked his eye with his tongue and didn't respond. Twilight said "Maybe we should just go and get her." Good luck with that. They teleported in her living quarters but found it empty and boxes everywhere.

Applejack said "What in tarnation is goin' on here?" What do you think? Rarity said "The decor is dreadful!" What do you expect? She obviously packed up her stuff and headed north. Rainbow asked "And all of Pinkie's stuff is gone?" Where else would it be? I said appearing in my shadow form and looking down at them with Sombra's eyes "HAHAHAHA! You really think she would still be here? Please. I told you that she would head up north, but like always, you never listen to me." Twilight shot me an angry glare and said "Will you stop gloating that you are always right?! It's so annoying!" I said "Hmm. How about no? I tell you ponies time and time again about what happens, but you NEVER listen to me. The Tree of Harmony is NEVER wrong and yet, you continue to doubt it. Such a shame really. Anyways, if you want to know where Pinkie is, look no further than Yakyakistan. Well then, I should be headed there and conquer the Frozen North. See ya!" I took off with an evil laugh and went full speed towards the Frozen North. I wasn't really going to conquer the Frozen North, but it just sounds cooler and makes me look tougher as the King of all Beasts. Once I arrived to Yakyakistan, I looked on my computer screen to see what happened. Twilight asked Maud "Um, Maud, can I ask you a question?" Yeah sure make it quick though. I have a kingdom to conquer. Maud said "You just did." Uh, okay. That was unexpected. 1000 IQ moment right there.

Applejack said "Well, can I ask you a question?" I don't know. Can you? Maud said "You just did." You know you just said that, right? She probably don't care though. Rainbow asked "Agh! Fine! How about if I ask you a- wait." Stop repeating the same question you dimwits. It's starting to become annoying. Rarity finally had enough and said "Oh, for goodness sakes. Maud! All of your sister's things are gone. Explain." Dang boi. Fine, have it your way. Maud said "No, they're right here." She technically is right. Hasbro did a good job on making her have 1000 IQ moments like this. I envy them quite a bit. Fluttershy asked "Have you seen Pinkie Pie?" I have. She's in Yakyakistan next to the unforgiving tundra that is the Frozen North, that is if you actually believe that. Maud said "Lots of times. I grew up with her." Man, I'm loving the 1000 IQ moments. Only keeping them farther apart from the truth and just continuing to be dumb. Maud took off and the group followed. Twilight said "Ok, let's try this a different way." I think you've exhausted every option that could be thought of. "Why did you pack up all of Pinkie's things?" Because Pinkie told her to. Common sense really.

Maud said "She asked me to." What did I tell you? The group all said "What?" in shock and Maud continued by saying "Pinkie told me to pack up her room and take everything to the rock farm." Oh right. I forgot about that part. She wanted to have all her personal belongings at her childhood home and just hang out in Yakyakistan. The group was even more shocked and I snickered. They really didn't know, did they? I knew this whole time and after telling them repeatedly, they continue to doubt me and the Tree of Harmony. Such foolishness, but I guess lessons can't be learned that way, so I guess I'll let it go. Maud said "She said she wouldn't need them since she's moving to Yakyakistan." Hehe. Told ya. There's the truth right there. The group couldn't believe it and I gave an evil laugh. I told you, but you never listen so that's what you get. Rarity said "Terribly sorry, Maud. Must have misheard you." No you didn't. You heard what she said. You're just refusing to believe it. "It almost sounded like you said Pinkie's moved to Yakyakistan." That's exactly what she said, you dimwit. Why do you have such little faith in me? Just admit it already and come find her in the Frozen North. HAHAHA! Sorry. I get like that sometimes. Anyways, moving on!

Applejack said "Uh, Rarity, she did say that." FINALLY! Someone actually gets it now. How many years did that take? Rarity said "Uh… terribly sorry, Applejack; must have misheard you." OH FOR CRYING OUT LOUD! HOW DUMB ARE YOU?! UGH! Why do I keep interacting with these ponies that have such ignorance? "It almost sounded like you said she did say that." This pony is starting to get on my last nerves. If she don't quit it, I'll march right back over here and have a winter snowstorm surround Ponyville until you stop being so foolish. I'm not kidding. I'm serious this time. It will be time to show my dominance over other creatures as the King of all Beasts. I don't play around. Twilight asked Maud "Maud, I don't understand. Why would Pinkie leave Ponyville?" Why do you think? Rainbow said "Yeah. Why would she wanna go live with the Yaks?" You should know the answer to that one. Maud said "She said without the Yovidophone, her life has no meaning and at least in Yakyakistan, she could listen to the masters play. She hoped that would give her some semblance of happiness." How come I don't hang out with this mare more? She's a lot less ignorant than the others.

Maud took off and Rarity said "Well, no. Nononono! That will not do." It's her choice. Applejack said "I say we go to Yakyakistan right now and make her come back home." You can't do that. You can't tell Pinkie what she can and can't do unless it's threatening Equestria, which she's not, so it's not a big deal. Twilight said "We can't just march up there and tell Pinkie what to do." Well, for the first time today, Twilight has some decency. That's a first. Fluttershy said "But, we didn't even get a chance to say goodbye." That's life sometimes. You can't visit them when they are dead and it's too late. Also, what's stopping you from telling her goodbye? I already did. I know that's cruel, but I knew this was going to happen, so I didn't bother waiting. Twilight said "Well, we may not be able to go to Yakyakistan and force her to come home, but we could go say goodbye." That's the least you could do. When I said my goodbye, I apologized for making her feel this way, and she seemed to forgive me for it, so there's that. "And if we happen to mention how much her friendship means to us, and how much we'd miss her if she were gone forever, and then she decided to come back home on her own…" Face it Twilight. It's over. Unless she gets that instrument back and she starts playing again, nothing will convince her.

Rainbow said "Then what are we waiting around here for?" Fine. Have it your way. But when you arrive, I will basically shame you for still not being able to get the point and how much ignorance you have lying in your hearts. "Let's get going to Yakyakistan!" We shall meet again. Hehe. When they arrived, I surrounded the town with my shadow form and a snowstorm. Twilight looked at the snowstorm and said "We get it you were right! So how about you stop your gloating and come out, you coward?" Excuse me? I came out laughing evilly and said "Well, how about that? You finally heard the truth. What does that tell you in having such little faith in me? I told you time and time again that Pinkie would be here, but what do you do? You continue to ignore me. How pathetic." Twilight said "We never said we didn't have faith in you, it's just you never know about these situations!" I said "Oh, sure. Uh-huh. Everything was so dang obvious that even Discord could figure this out." Twilight said "We don't have time to discuss this right now. We need to find Pinkie."

I said "Fine. Have it your way. But this isn't over. She's right over there in case you wanted to know where she was. Now if you excuse me, I have a kingdom to conquer. See ya!" I took off towards the Frozen North and looked on my computer screen. They walked in and when Rainbow talked, she got shushed to which I just laughed. I know the culture here. You don't talk at all when someone is playing. You sit down and shut up. Otherwise, you get kicked out. They went over to Pinkie and she looked terrible. She said "I feel nothing." Well, that's a shame. Twilight said "Maybe we can help with that." HA! Good luck with that. Pinkie said with a lack of emotion "Oh. Hey. What are you guys doing here?" Trying to get you to forget about the instrument and come back home. Applejack said "Hear us out." How about no? I don't want to hear anything about saying that instrument was stupid and whatnot. I'm done listening. Rainbow said "We respect your decision to move to Yakyakistan." Do you? Or are you just trying to say that to make her come back home? Twilight said "But we just wanted to remind you how much you mean to us, and how much we'd miss you if you decided to move here for-" before getting cut off by Pinkie who said "Fine. I'll move back to Ponyville." Don't force it.

Rainbow said "Wow. That was a lot easier than I thought." ARE YOU FLIPPING DENSE?! She showed no emotion at all and you considered that good enough?! You clearly have bumped your head on crates of beer bottles. "We're awesome!" Shut up. Twilight went up to Pinkie and asked "Pinkie, what's wrong?" What do you think?! You ponies keep making me more and more mad because of how stupid you are acting. Pinkie said "That's what's wrong." The Yovidophone? That's odd. That is actually good music. "I thought coming here and listening to real Yovidophone playing would make me happy." And I'm guessing it didn't? "But it makes me feel worse." Ouch. That's some self doubt right there. "I'm never going to sound like them." Hmm. Maybe not to ponies, but I think the Yaks have a different opinion. The Yak who was playing the Yovidophone said "Yovidophone Fan-pony watch instrument while Yigrid visit little Yak's room?" Is that what they call bathrooms these days? That's just so cringe. Pinkie said "Eh, if I can't play it, I might as well do menial chores for those who can." That's heartbreaking and crushing too. Applejack said "Ok, so Pinkie Pie is obviously still miserable." Gee, Applejack. Thanks for pointing out the obvious. We already knew that.

Fluttershy said "I can't bear to see her like this." Neither can I. But I just deal with it because nothing will change unless she starts playing the Yovidophone again which who knows when that will happen? Probably a while at least. Rarity said "Indeed. But what else can we do?" Nothing really. It's over guys. Just admit it. Rainbow said "Yeah, we've tried everything!" Not everything. Fluttershy seemed to have been reading my mind as she conjured up an idea. She said "Maybe not! Look!" They looked and all saw Pinkie play notes with it. She saw them looking and put it away sheepishly. She said "Hee hee! Whoops. Sorry. I forgot what an awful Yovidophoner I am." I really do feel bad, but there's nothing I can do about it. Twilight said "Playing it makes you so happy!" You think we didn't know that already? Pinkie sighed happily and said "It sure does. I mean it did." What a change of emotion. Twilight said "Then you should never stop!" Yeah, I never said to stop, but I should have made that more clear. The rest of the group agreed and Pinkie said "But you were the ones who told me to stop because I wasn't good." That's where I came in. I appeared to her in my lion form and I said "I never said that you had to stop playing, I only meant that you should play it when it's not in our hearing range. I should have communicated that better. I'm sorry."

Twilight said "He's right. We were wrong." Finally, you get it. Fluttershy said "Playing makes you happy." That's quite obvious. Rarity said "And as long as it makes you happy, it doesn't matter how good you are." I guess that's a fair point. Applejack said "So get up there and show these Yaks how it's done!" There's a slight problem with that. Pinkie said "I don't know if you've noticed, but the audience are all Yaks and they kinda have "issues" with things that aren't perfect… like my playing." Well, they are thinking illogically. Nothing is ever perfect and until the second coming happens, everything will continue to not be perfect because of our sin nature. Rainbow said "Pinkie Pie, you get up on that stage and play." Dang boi. That's some determination. "If these Yaks don't like it, they'll have to answer to us!" Yeah, Yaks having to answer to the King of all Beasts. That should be fun. Pinkie said "Well, ok. If you all say so." It will be fine, and if these Yaks have a problem, then I will take care of business as the King of all Beasts. Rainbow flew up to the top of the building and shouted "Ladies and Gentle Yaks!" Well, that was an introduction. "Performing for her very first time here, let's give a big round of stomps for Pinkie Pie!" Let's see if they actually do that.

She went up and said "Um, hi. So any Yaks here from out of town?" They just snorted and Pinkie began to get nervous. How about you start playing before they smash you to death? "Ok. And a one, and a two, and a uh, kinda remember what to do…" It was extremely out of tune, but she got her color back and her mane was restored back to normal. I went into my shadow form so I could block out the music, but I still watched. She finished playing and when she looked to the audience, all of the Yaks cheered. Wow. I did not expect that. "Uh, I kinda wasn't expecting this." Neither was I. Typically, out of tune instruments would immediately get booed off stage from the audience because of how terrible it was. Rainbow said "Me neither." The yak who was playing the Yovidophone earlier said "Pony play good set." If that's what you say. Pinkie asked "You think so? Even though it wasn't perfect?" Apparently so. The Yak explained "Yovidophone is instrument of happiness." That makes sense. "Playing Yovidophone make pony happy. Pony playing is perfect!" So the one thing that doesn't have to be perfect is a flipping instrument?! You Yaks are weird.

Pinkie said "Well, if that's the case, let me play you the song I wrote two seconds ago." That quick? Dang. "It's called: "I've got the Best, Most Supportive Friends a Pony Could Ever Ask For." Well, that's a mouthful. I joined her up on stage along with the rest of the group and Pinkie whispered to the Yak "It's a working title." Oh, okay. That makes sense. The group did the countdown and Pinkie began playing again. I went back into my shadow form, but I watched her play anyway. After she was done, she played a couple more and then we headed back down south. I went ahead of them just cause I have to make sure nothing goes wrong. Once they arrived home, I was waiting on the balcony of the castle to see what was happening. I saw that they went to have the party and while I went to snag a few things myself, I heard Twilight say to me "I'm sorry for not believing you Zach." I sighed and turned around to face her. What I saw completely shocked me. She had a pleading expression and was about to cry a river. I said "It's fine. This was all so obvious yet, I keep forgetting if you knew the obvious like I did, there would be no point in friendship lessons. That's the whole point of this series."

Twilight said "It still doesn't excuse me for my unbelief. I understand if you don't forgive me." What? Does this pony really think I wouldn't forgive her just because she didn't believe me? Heck no. It takes a lot more than that in order for that to happen. I said "Twilight, come here." She turned around and came to me. I said "Do you really think I wouldn't forgive you just because you didn't believe me?" Twilight thought for a moment but couldn't come up with an answer. She said "I guess that was foolish of me to think, huh?" I said "Not really. I would have thought the same thing, but it doesn't really matter now." Twilight came up closer and I gave her a hug. I said "Everything will be fine. Nothing to worry about now. Pinkie is back to her old self and all is forgiven." After I finished hugging her, she let go and I said "Now let's go enjoy that party, shall we?" Twilight nodded in agreement and we headed over to the center of the party. Even if Twilight continues to not believe me, she'll always apologize for it afterwards when she's been proven wrong.

AN: Happy New Year! We can finally say goodbye to that horrible excuse of a year that was 2020 and say hello to 2021. I hope this year is better than last year. The biggest goal I want for this year is for this stupid pandemic to finally end. Even though some people say that it could last years, I refuse to believe that. Unless I'm proven otherwise, then I will continue to hold on to that hope. Anyways, it seems like Zachary has the dark magic flowing through him. It's only a sneak peek of what's to come in the future. That's all I'll say. But he only uses it for hunting for now, but that will change later on. So hope you guys enjoyed the chapter!

Next Chapter: The road to love and friendship! When Starlight and Trixie go off to Saddle Arabia for being on tour, Zachary gets an idea and wants to take Twilight to Baltimare just to hang out and learn valuable history. There is only one problem: Somepony is trying to ruin their fun. It takes them a while to figure it out, but it eventually takes a toll on them. Will they be able to find the culprit, or will their reputation in Baltimare be completely destroyed?

Until then, my fellow readers