The Griffon Brush Off

One afternoon, Twilight sat upon a bench at the park enjoying her book. The Digimon were all sleeping soundly on the grass, after eating a big lunch.

It was a peaceful day at the park, and they wanted to enjoy the moment together… At least, it was peaceful for a while. Recently, a certain cotton candy pink pony had since shown up and had been rambling about, talking endless over a certain rainbow-maned cyan-coated Pegasus.

Pinkie Pie exclaimed, "Hoof-biting action overload! She was like a stunt superstar, flying higher and higher, and then Rainbow Dash swooped down—swoosh—and right before she hit the ground—shoom, she pulled up—vrrrmmm!"

"Uh-huh," Twilight replied, continuing to read.

"And then she looped around and around like whoo whoo whoo whoo whoo whoo whoo!" Pinkie continued.

"Uh-huh," Twilight continued.

It was then that the Pegasus in question flied high in the sky, over the three ponies. Pinkie Pie quickly dashed after her.

Phew!" Twilight sighed.

Grateful for the peace and quiet, Twilight turns the page of her book.

In the meantime, Rainbow Dash was just keeping herself occupied with her flying when she heard a familiar shout.

"Rainbow Dash!" Pinkie Pie called out.

Rainbow Dash looks down, seeing Pinkie Pie trot after her.

Pinkie Pie?" Rainbow Dash grunted. "Not again."

Pinkie Pie, "Rainbow Dash."

Apparently, the pink pony had been following Rainbow Dash for the past couple of days and she was trying very hard to go about her business.

"Rainbow Dash!" Pinkie called out again.

"Not now, Pinkie Pie!" Rainbow shouted annoyingly.

"But, but Rainbow Dash—"

"I'm in the middle of something."

"But—"

"I said not now—"

CRASH!!!

Poor Rainbow Dash was so busy trying to avoid Pinkie Pie, she wasn't paying attention to where she flew and smacked herself along the side of a mountain. She slowly slide down the slope, coming to a stop right in front of Pinkie.

"I was gonna tell you to look out for that mountain," Pinkie said innocently.

Rainbow Dash just grumbled to herself, preferring not to get up as Pinkie Pie stood.

The next day, Rainbow Dash lazily reclined on her own little fluffy cloud high above Ponyville. But all the chatter from below was not helping her already sour mood. Growling with irritation, Rainbow grabbed some bits of cloud and stuffed it in her ears. It was then a familiar pink pony arrived, humming to herself and approaching a group of ponies near a vendor.

"Hi, I'm looking for Rainbow Dash," Pinkie said. "Have you seen her?" She then approached another group of ponies. "Hi there, have you seen Rainbow Dash? Okay, thanks anyway." She spotted Tai and Agumon down the streets, so she approached them. "Hi, Tai, hi, Agumon, you seen Rainbow Dash?"

"Not since yesterday," Tai said.

"Sorry," Agumon added.

"Oh, okay, thanks anyway," Pinkie said.

By now, Rainbow desperately tried to bury herself in her cloud to hide from Pinkie Pie. The latter then caught sight of Twilight and

quickly approached her.

"Twilight!! Have you seen Rainbow Dash anywhere?" She asked.

"Isn't she right up there?" Twilight replied, motioning towards a nearby cloud.

Rainbow Dash had her head stuck in the cloud, her rear end sticking out like an ostrich. She secretly prayed that Pinkie Pie wouldn't notice her.

"Rainbow Dash!!!" Pinkie exclaimed.

Rainbow grunts before taking off at high speed, taking the cloud with her. Pinkie just hopped after her, while Twilight, Tai, and Agumon looked on.

"What do you think she wants from her, Twilight?" Agumon asked.

"Not in the slightest," Twilight said.

"Let's just hope even Rainbow Dash is fast enough to lose her," Tai said.

Meanwhile, Rainbow Dash flew as fast as she could toward Sweet Apple Acres, hiding herself behind the barn. Rainbow breathed heavily, as she peeked from behind the side of the barn wall.

"Phew!" Rainbow sighed in relief. "That was close."

Rainbow Dash was safe… for about two seconds.

"Hi!" Pinkie greeted.

Rainbow did a fast 180, discovering the pink pony right behind her.

"Aah!" Rainbow screamed.

The Pegasus took off as fast as her wings could carry her, while Pinkie casually hopped after her. Rainbow did her best to change directions as often as she could, before ducking inside the branches of the Great Oak Library. She quickly peeked over the top before settling into her new hiding place. She panted to regain her breath… when the pink pony poked her head from underneath her.

"Hi again!"

"AAH!"

Rainbow took off even faster, zipping awards towards the right, while Pinkie casually bounced after her once again. As Pinkie made her way down a hill, Rainbow pops out of the cloud above, tip-toed away in the air, and zipped as fast as she could to shake off Pinkie Pie. She makes an exhausted landing toward the edge of a nearby pony when… guess who… surfaced from the water wearing a snorkel.

Pinkie spits the water from her mouth before getting straight to the point.

"I need a favor, Rainbow Dash."

"Waaa~"

Rainbow jumped and prepared to take off again, but landed belly-first on the ground.

"—oh, forget it!" Rainbow sighed, defeated.

"I totally promise it'll be totally fun!" Pinkie assured from the water.

"Okay," Rainbow sighed, exhausted.

A short while later, Rainbow clutched a small cloud just outside Town Hall. Apparently, Pinkie Pie was instructing Rainbow where to position it.

"Over to the right," Pinkie remarked. "No, no, a little to the left. Oh wait, back to the right. Now a little leftish while staying rightly. Stop. Hmm… maybe a few inches to the south. Now a couple centimeters north. Okay. One more smidgimeter to the…"

Rainbow was rapidly losing patience over Pinkie's indecisiveness.

"Pinkie Pie!"

"Uh, I mean, perfect," Pinkie answered. "Now wait for my signal."

Annoyed, Rainbow nevertheless waited. It was then Spike came out carrying a large number of scrolls in his arms, humming a merry tune. Pinkie makes a gesture and Rainbow kicks the cloud, causing it to give out a clash of thunder.

"D-aah!" Spike jumped frightfully, dropping the scrolls.

(hiccup)(hiccup)

Once the hiccups began to come out, Pinkie Pie started laughing.

"Oh Rainbow Dash, we startled Spike into getting the hiccups!"

As Pinkie continues to laugh, Rainbow found herself chuckling. Even Spike chuckled to himself.

"Good one Pinkie (hiccup) Pie," Spike replied, being a good sport. "You're always pulling a fast one (hiccup) on me. (hiccup) Nnaa—"

As Spike reached for another scroll, his hiccup burned it up instead… sending it directly towards Princess Celestia. In the meantime, a look of concern crossed the ponies' faces.

"Oh no, you're not hurt are you?" Pinkie asked worriedly.

"Ne-(hiccup)-eh, don't be (hiccup) silly," Spike replied. "Dragons are (hiccup) fireproof."

"Oh, okay, good."

Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash exchanged looks, before falling on their backs laughing. Spike kept trying to pick up the dropped scrolls, but every time he tried, he'd hiccup and burn up a scroll.

"I wish the same thing (hiccup) is true with scrolls," Spike remarked.

Little did the dragon know, all the burnt-up scrolls headed straight toward Princess Celestia. Soon the Princess was bombarded with tons of scrolls all at once.

Back in Ponyville, as Spike continued to hiccup and burn all the scrolls, Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash were left in stitches.

"Have you ever seen anything more hilarious?" Pinkie laughed.

"I can think of one thing," Rainbow said slyly.

Rainbow gave the cloud another kick, causing it to thunder again.

"Aah!" Pinkie screamed, now having the hiccups.

Realizing she had been pranked, Pinkie laughed and hiccups to herself. Rainbow laughed as well, as she flew back down.

"I didn't take you for a prankster, Pinkie Pie," Rainbow admitted.

"Are you (hiccup) kidding?" Pinkie replied, between hiccups. "(hiccup) I love to pull pranks. It's all (hiccup) in good fun, and Pinkie Pie lo—(hiccup)—oves to have (hiccup) fun! (hiccup)"

"You know Pinkie Pie, you're not as annoying as I thought."

Pinkie merely replied with a smile… and a hiccup.

"You wanna hangout?" Rainbow offered.

"(hiccup) That'd be (hiccup) I'd really (hiccup) When do (hiccup) I mean (hiccup) When would you (hiccup)…"

Pinkie's hiccups caused her to bounce about uncontrollably. Rainbow grew annoyed until Pinkie bounced straight for her and Rainbow caught the bouncy pony with her hoof clutched to her mouth and nose.

"A simple nod would do," Rainbow replied.

"Mmm-hmm," Pinkie nodded with puffed-up cheeks.

Soon they made their way out of Ponyville's very own joke shop, carrying buckets loaded with pranks and jokes galore. Along the way, they met up with Davis and Veemon walking down the street.

"Hey, Pinks. Hey Rainbow. What are you up to?" Davis asked.

"Just getting started with some pranks on our friends," Rainbow Dash answered.

"Pranks?" Davis and Veemon both asked.

"Yeah, pranks are super fun!" Pinkie Pie said.

"Can we join in?" Davis asked.

"This should be loads of fun to do," Veemon added.

"Sure, the more, the merrier.

Joining the pink earth pony and Pegasus, the dark blue unicorn and Digimon joined right in for the pranking fun.

Their first stop was at Carousel Boutique. They quickly ring the doorbell, before ducking behind some bushes.

"Is she even home?" Rainbow asked.

"I don't know," Pinkie said. "This is going to be gold."

"There she is!" Rainbow pointed.

They all snicker behind the bushes, as Rarity opened the door and discovered a vase loaded with beautiful flowers.

"Ooo…" Rarity replied.

She gives the flowers a nice long sniff, but reels back as some power was stuck on her nose… causing her to sneeze. Rarity heard snickering a few yards away, spotting Rainbow, Pinkie, Davis, and Veemon with a powder vial. It didn't take long for her to realize they put 'sneezing powder' in the flowers. Rainbow took her leave as Pinkie, Davis, and Veemon kept laughing, when Rainbow Dash dropped the powder and a huge dust cloud came out.

"Aaa-choo!"

Pinkie sneezed so hard, she flew away from Rarity towards Rainbow's direction. Davis and Veemon followed them both. Rarity just smirked as the four disappeared.

At the Grand Oak Library, Twilight Sparkle busily prepared a new potion with a sheet of paper to take notes. She puts two mixtures together and quickly jots down her research. She proceeds toward another mixture only to find her paper was blank.

"Hmm?" She mumbled puzzled.

She didn't have time to reason why the notes she wrote vanished, when her mixture suddenly exploded behind her and she heard snickering. She looks outside her window, spotting Rainbow Pinkie, Davis, and Veemon laughing outside. The former held a jar of… disappearing ink. Twilight glares, as she went to clean up her failed experiment. The other three and Digimon ponies kept laughing amongst the branches.

Over to Joe, he was carrying some medicine for the Ponyville hospital with Gomamon riding on his back. Just when he was heading down there, he noticed a sign pointing to the left. He turned left and he and Gomamon fell right in a small ditch. Gomamon caught the case containing the medicine. Joe heard some snickering, and it was Rainbow, Pinkie, Davis, and Veemon, holding shovels.

"Hey, that wasn't funny! I would have been hurt, and this medicine is very important!" Joe exclaimed.

"Yeah," Gomamon agreed, getting peeved.

They just laughed as they took off. Joe and Gomamon both sighed.

Over at the cafe, Matt and Gabumon were waiting for an order of hayburgers. Just as the waiter was bringing them their food, Pinkie Pie distracted the waiter as Davis uses his unicorn magic to lift the buns. Veemon pours some hot sauce on the burgers. Davis places the buns back on as the waiter shook it off and presented them their meal. Matt and Gabumon took a bite as steam literally came out their ears and their faces turned red.

"SOMEBODY CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT!" Matt and Gabumon yelled, catching the attention of the other patrons. They ran around as flames spews from their mouths and took the jugs of water and guzzle it down to cancel out the spiciness. He sighed in relief as they hear some snickering. Rainbow Dash, Pinkie, Davis, and Veemon laughed so hard.

"YOU ARE GOING TO GET YOURS, MOTOMIYA!" Matt roared as they ran off.

"COME BACK HERE AND TAKE YOUR BEATINGS LIKE A MON, VEEMON!" Gabumon yelled after him.

Sora, Mimi, Yolei, and Kari were checking out the Ponyville Spa as the two earth ponies Lotus and Aloe were taking out some shampoo when Rainbow Dash switched the shampoo with whipped cream. Davis and Veemon snickered as the spa ponies placed the whipped cream all over them. The girls sniffed and opened their eyes that they were covered in whipped cream. And they felt very sticky. Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Davis, and Veemon were all laughing as Mimi and Yolei puffed their cheeks.

Cody was doing some kendo practice in the park as he took a break. He was unaware that the prune juice he was going to drink was switched with some vinegar. Cody took a drink and he quickly spat it out. Rainbow Dash, Pinkie, Davis, and Veemon were laughing as Cody chased after them, swinging his shinai at them. Armadillomon followed him.

Izzy, Tentomon, Ken, and Wormmon were doing some research on Equestria, but then a box appeared. Izzy was quite curious. Ken, Tentomon, and Wormmon were also curious. Tentomon opened the box and four custard cream pies hits them in their faces. They turned to see the unicorn, pegasus, earth pony, and Digimon laughing.

Gatomon was taking a cat nap in a tree when a toy mouse was seen skidding across the ground. Gatomon jumped off and playfully chased after it. She pounced right on it and it gave a cheese whizz in the face. She turned to see Rainbow Dash, Pinkie, Davis, and Veemon laughing.

Over to Biyomon, she sees a pile of fruit on the ground as well as Palmon, Patamon, and Hawkmon. They headed for the fruit and they all took a bite. They didn't realize it until it was too late that the fruit is made out of wax. They heard some snickering and spotted the pranking quartet.

Veemon leaves behind a trail of cookies and leaves a pile under a tree. Rainbow Dash has placed a case of water balloons and Pinkie tied the rope to pull as Davis left some signs. They get into hiding as Agumon ate the cookies off the ground. He saw the pile of cookies and started to wolf them down. Pinkie pulled the rope, making the water balloons fall and splash all over the Digimon of Courage. Agumon was now all wet as he heard Rainbow, Pinkie, Davis, and Veemon laughing.

Meanwhile, Tai and TK were helping out Big Mac with a delivery of apples to a brown earth pony with a black mane and tail. He has light blue eyes, and three money bags as his Cutie Mark. Big Mac explained that the Apple family has been doing business with Filthy Rich's family since day one. TK took off his hat, unaware that Davis placed some applesauce in it. TK placed his hat back on, leaving his head covered with applesauce. Tai saw the mess as he heard some snickering, and it was Rainbow, Pinkie, Davis, and Veemon who were behind it. They all ran off as TK took off his hat and huffed.

At Sweet Apple Acres, Applejack just left her family's barn when she froze in place.

"Land sakes!" Applejack gasped.

Several of the apples on the trees were now in multiple colors and designs. She turned her head and found Rainbow Dash, Pinkie, Davis, and Veemon, wearing berets, holding artist palettes, and paint brushes. They snickered to each other until Applejack hurled the painted apples at them. The three ponies and Digimo take off as one apple landed inside a water-filled barrel. Applejack was angry until she looked at the apple in the barrel, seeing the pain wash clean off and the apple still unharmed. Applejack chuckled to herself in relief.

It was late afternoon when Fluttershy busily tended to the animals at one end of the lake. A squeaky toy floats slowly towards the yellow pegasus, held in place by a long wire. On the other side, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Davis, and Veemon were cleverly hidden. Pinkie held a squeeze trigger in her mouth, as Rainbow watched Fluttershy from a distance using a telescope. Because Rainbow Dash had the telescope, Pinkie couldn't see who Rainbow was spying on.

"Is someone over there?" Pinkie asked, her voice muffled by the squeezer. "Who're we gonna squirt? Who're we gonna squirt?"

"Fluttershy," Rainbow chuckled.

"Fluttershy should be easy," Davis chuckled.

Suddenly, Pinkie's eyes bugged out.

"WHAT!?" Pinkie snapped, spitting out the squeezer. "Nononononono, we can't prank Fluttershy, I mean, she's so sensitive. It'll hurt her feelings, even our most harmless prank."

Rainbow didn't need to think twice to know Pinkie was right. Out of every pony in town, she knew Fluttershy's personality the best.

You'll see soon enough…

"Yeah, you're right," Rainbow replied.

The cyan Pegasus pulled away from the telescope, releasing a loud raspberry.

"Huh. We need another victim who's made of tougher stuff. So, who's it gonna be?"

"Oh, I've got someone in mind," Pinkie chuckled. "The toughest around."

"Oh, awesome! Who? Who?" Rainbow asked excitedly. "Do I know them?"

"Oh, yes," Pinkie giggled, pointing at the water. "You're very close."

It was then that Rainbow noticed that by putting her eye on the telescope, she had earned a black ring around it.

"Good one, Pinkie Pie," Rainbow chuckled. "Ridiculous!"

As Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie shared a good laugh, none of them noticed Fluttershy had found the floating toy in the lake. She just timidly poked at it, as the sun began to set behind her. Poor Fluttershy actually thought the toy was a real animal.

The next morning, Pinkie Pie, Davis, and Veemon were on the road out of town leading to Rainbow's personal 'Cloudominium'. Since Rainbow loved flying, it only made sense that her home would be in the clouds… so to speak. On this day, Pinkie wore a comedy arrow on her head while blowing a party hooter in her mouth.

"Rise and shine Rainbow!" Pinkie called out. "It's a brand-new day and we've got a lot of pranking to—Ooh!"

Pinkie was caught off guard by the sight of a feathered creature peeking out from the clouds, giving her the eagle eye.

"What is that?" Veemon asked.

Just when Davis was about to speak Rainbow appears right after, from above the creature.

"Mornin', Pinks, Davis, and Veemon," Rainbow said, turning to the creature. 'Gilda, these are my pals, Pinkie Pie, Davis, and Veemon."

Pinkie Pie, Davis, and Veemon had a good look at the creature. She appeared to have the head, wings and feet of an eagle and the body and tail of a lion. Her head feathers form a fringe hanging ahead of her face. Her light brilliant amber eyes gleam in the sunlight, as the sun basked over her moderate gamboge coat. Her head had white features with pale, light grayish heliotrope edges while her wings were moderate gamboge. And her talons are brilliant gold.

"Hey," Gilda responded, gruffly. "What's up?"

"Pinkie, this is my griffon friend, Gilda," Rainbow introduced.

Pinkie removed her funny gear, as she watched Rainbow and Gilda share a secret handshake with each other.

"What's a griffon?" Veemon asked curiously.

"She's half-eagle, half-lion—" Rainbow explained.

Gilda makes her landing beside the Pegasus.

"And all awesome. Raa!" Gilda said smugly. "Heh-haa! Yeah, that's right."

"Gilda's my best friend from my days at Junior Speedster flight camp," Rainbow added, turning to Gilda. "Hey, remember the chant?"

"Sha, they made us recite it every morning," Gilda remarked. "I'll never get that lame thing out of my head."

"Soo…" Rainbow proposed, smiling.

Gilda just rolled her eyes.

"Ugh… Only for you, Dash," She replied reluctantly.

They both flew up into the sky and performed the chant. While Rainbow put enthusiasm into what she said, Gilda just looked bored and irritated.

[Rainbow Dash and Gilda]

Junior Speedsters are our lives,

Sky-bound soars and daring dives

Junior Speedsters, it's our quest,

To someday be the very best!

Once they landed, Pinkie started laughing as the two tried to act cool.

"You have got to be the first griffon I have ever met," Davis said.

"Same here," Veemon added.

Once Pinkie settled down, she puts her funny gear back on.

"Oh, that was awesome!" Pinkie replied. "And it gave me a great idea for a prank. Gilda, you game?"

"Huh. Well, I groove on a good prank as much as the next griffon," She replied. "But Dash, you promised me we'd get in a flying session in this morning."

"Yeah, uh, well," Rainbow said, as Gilda took off. "Guys, you don't mind, do you? Gilda just got here. We'll catch up with you later."

"Oh. Um, well sure, no problem," Pinkie said, as Rainbow took off. "Have fun you guys, I'll, uh, just catch up with you—later."

Pinkie gave a sad sigh and a half-hearted blow of her party hooter, as Rainbow and Gilda flew away leaving her all alone.

Davis looked right at Pinkie Pie.

"You feeling okay, Pinkie?" Davis asked.

"I'm fine. It's just, we had so much pranking planned for today," Pinkie said.

"You mean like when we filled TK's hat with applesauce, that was funny," Veemon said.

Speaking of which, he has been cleaning his hat nonstop ever since that prank at Filthy Rich's store.

"That Davis ruins a perfectly good hat. Pinkie and Rainbow I'm okay with, but this is Davis I'm talking about," TK muttered.

Matt comes up behind his younger brother.

"Just count yourself lucky that you didn't get a spicy surprise," Matt said.

"Just like dad did that one time?" TK jokingly asked. Matt couldn't help but laugh at the memory.

"Okay, that was funny," Matt agreed.

A short time later, Rainbow Dash and Gilda sped through the skies. Rainbow made a loop-de-loop as she flew by, while Gilda copied her maneuver. Along the way, Rainbow had the lead before Gilda caught up and passed her. Rainbow tried catching up, but the griffon was already on a cloud. Rainbow dove into it and they both laughed. The two share a quick hoof/fist bump.

"Whoa, that was sweet!" Gilda said. "Just like old times."

"Yeah, only faster," Rainbow added. "So now what?"

"Hey there!" Pinkie said, popping her head in the middle of them.

"Huh?"

Gilda and Rainbow noticed the hole in the cloud, as Pinkie continuously poked her head out of it. Apparently, she found herself a giant trampoline and used it to reach the cloud the other two stood on.

"It's later," She replied between bounces. "And I caught up!"

"Pinkie Pie, you are so random," Rainbow remarked, chuckling.

Irritation formed on Gilda's face, but she soon covered it up with a smirk.

"Hey Dash, think you got enough gas left to beat me to that cloud?" Gilda proposed.

"A race?" Rainbow smirked. "You are so on."

"One, two, three, go!" Gilda called out.

The two quickly take off, leaving Pinkie Pie behind.

"Hey!" Pinkie called out.

It didn't take long for the two flyers to reach the other cloud and land.

"I win!" Rainbow called.

"As if, I won, dude!" Gilda retorted.

"No way!"

"Yes way!"

"Oh, come on, I was way ahead of you."

"Uh, I don't think so."

"Oh Geez, dream on."

"Remember back in camp? I—"

"There is no way you beat me."

"Whatever."

"Wow guys!"

A familiar voice drew the pair's attention. Pinkie managed to collect and inflate a large number of balloons, floating her way towards the cloud Rainbow and Gilda landed on. Davis and Veemon were on the ground.The two flyers' eyes bugged out when they saw her floating nearby.

"So, who won the race?" Veemon asked.

"I'm going with Rainbow since she can fly faster than anypony we've met," Davis said, making Veemon chuckle. He looked right at his partner. "What's so funny?"

"Now, you're doing the pony-talk," Veemon replied, laughing again.

"That was really close," Pinkie added. "But I think Rainbow Dash beat you by a teeny-weeny itty-bitty hair, or a teeny-weeny itty-bitty feather."

"Hah, see?" Rainbow said, pointing at the pink pony. "Good thing Pinkie Pie's here to keep you honest, G."

Gilda grit her teeth, balling her fist for a second, before regaining her composure.

"Okay…" She huffed. "Dash, last one to that cloud up there is a gnarly dragon egg. Go!"

A huge cloud of dust/fluff appeared as they took off. But only Rainbow had taken off, as Gilda stayed behind.

"I think the high altitude is making you dizzy," She remarked at Pinkie.

The griffon proceeds to pop just enough balloons to make Pinkie descend slowly to the ground.

"Wait, guys!" Pinkie called out.

As Pinkie began to float down, Gilda managed to catch up to Rainbow. They barely made their way to the higher cloud when Pinkie reappeared in what appeared to be a pedal-powered helicopter. Davis and Veemon were also riding along with her, also pedaling.

Or at least, the equivalent of one.

"Oh, wow, you guys almost got away from me that time," Pinkie replied, as she pedaled towards them.

"It was hard to keep up," Davis panted.

Rainbow chuckled to herself, while Gilda gave a quick death glare. Still, she tried to keep her irritation with Pinkie in check.

"So, Dash, got any new moves in your tricktionary, or are you 100% old school?" Gilda asked.

"New moves?" Rainbow replied cockily. "Heh, sit back G, this is gonna take a while."

Rainbow zoomed off in the sky, as Pinkie, Davis, and Veemon watched and pedaled at the same time.

"Hey Pinkie," Gilda said, using one of her fingers. "C'mere."

"Yeah?" Pinkie asked.

"What?" Veemon asked.

"What's up?" Davis asked.

Pinkie, Davis, and Veemon scoots closer as Gilda roughly grabbed their contraption by the pole.

"Don't you know how to take get lost for an answer?" Gilda sneered, with a dirty look. "Dash doesn't need to hang with dweebs like you now that I'm around. You three are dorkin' up the skies, Stinkie Pie, Davey, and Peemon, so make like a bee and BUZZ OFF!"

Gilda grabs the propeller, causing Pinkie, Davis, and Veemon to spiral around, spinning back down to the ground.

"Whaaa-aaa-!" Pinkie gasped.

They make a rough landing as Veemon lands in his head.

"What a fun ride, we got to do it again," Veemon said in a daze.

Gilda smirks triumphantly just as Rainbow arrived back on the cloud.

"Try matching that," Rainbow said, noticing some pony missing. "Hey, where's Pinkie Pie and her crazy contraption? And where did Davis and Veemon go?"

"Eh, she and the other two left," Gilda remarked, dismissively. "Something about being as busy as a bee."

The griffon smirked saying that, but Rainbow didn't notice the meaning.

Back on the ground, Pinkie Pie stood amongst the debris of her now damaged helicopter. Pinkie wasn't hurt… at least not physically, as she looked back up toward the clouds.

"Hmph!"

Davis sat up and leered at the sky.

"I hope all griffins aren't like her, because I am starting to dislike them very much!" Davis said.

And he'll end up disliking them more when later on, but that'll be another time.

Rather than trying again, Pinkie Pie made her way back to Twilight's house. Like before, Twilight Sparkle was just reading a book while Pinkie Ranted. Spike was also reading his own book while sitting at the foot of the stairs.

Yolei, TK, Kari, Cody, Ken, and their Digimon partners were in the library, listening to the whole story.

"So Pinkie Pie, are you sure that this friend of Rainbow Dash is really so mean?" Twilight asked.

"Um yeah," Pinkie retorted bitterly. "She keeps stealing Rainbow Dash away, she pops my balloons, and she told us to buzz off! I've never met a griffon this mean. Well, actually, I've never met a griffon at all, but I bet if I had, she wouldn't have been as mean and grumpy as Gilda."

"You know what I think, Pinkie Pie," Twilight spoke once Pinkie finished.

"Hmm?" Pinkie asked.

"Well, I think… you're jealous," Twilight concluded.

Pinkie was left visibly stunned. Davis grits his teeth when Twilight said that.

"Jealous?" Pinkie exclaimed.

"What is that supposed to mean?! Gilda has the worst attitude than my math teacher! And you're calling her jealous?!" Davis exclaimed.

"Green with envy," Spike added. "Well, in your case, pink with envy."

"Well, yes, jealous," Twilight agreed. "Listen Pinkie, I don't want to upset you, but just because Rainbow Dash has another friend doesn't make Gilda a grump. I mean, perhaps it's you, Pinkie Pie, who needs to improve her attitude."

"Hello, earth to Twilight, Veemon and I were there, too. We saw how she was! You wouldn't be quick to defend her if you were there," Davis said.

"Yeah, I have a slight headache because of her!" Veemon added.

"Come on, Davis, you know how thick Veemon's head is," TK said.

"So, a bump on the head isn't going to kill him," Yolei said.

Cody had to consider what Davis, Veemon, and Pinkie were saying. He looked right at them and saw how they described the griffon. But the way Twilight dismissed Pinkie for being the problem when this Gilda character, even though he only just heard about her today, was the one being mean to one of her friends just didn't sit right in his stomach. Speaking of her friends, Pinkie Pie was beyond offended.

"Improve my attitude?" Pinkie retorted indignantly. "But I… D… B… It's Gilda that… D… Are you seri…"

Screaming in frustration, Pinkie stormed out of the library and slammed the door as she left. Twilight just sighed, as she and Spike resumed their reading.

SLAM!

Davis and the rest all followed her.

"Where are you going?" Twilight asked.

"Just something we gotta see for ourselves," Ken said.

"We'll see you later," Cody said.

A few minutes later, Pinkie Pie stomped about in the park, feeling very angry and upset.

"Maybe Twilight is right," Pinkie sighed to herself. "Maybe Gilda isn't a big meanie grumpy mean-meanie-pants. Maybe I'm just a big jealous judgmental jealous-jealousy-pants."

"I don't think that," a familiar voice spoke. It belonged to Cody. Pinkie turned to see the DigiDestined and their Digimon partners coming up to her. "My grandfather has taught me a great deal of good instincts. You should always pay attention to them."

"But… Twilight said…"

"We know what she said, but we thought it would be better to see for ourselves," TK said.

"TK's right. Twilight is still learning about friendship, so she'll have to learn it for herself one of these days," Kari said.

"Just think of it as recon," Ken said.

"Yeah! A super secret agent spy mission!" Pinkie Pie said.

Outside Sugarcube Corner, the DigiDestined and Pinkie Pie sat at a table with an umbrella on top of it. Pinkie, Davis, Kari, and Ken got strawberry as Davis, TK, and Cody got vanilla, and the Digimon all got chocolate.

"These are great," Patamon said.

"It sure nice of Mr and Mrs Cake to make us these," Wormmon said.

It was then they both herd loud whooshing in the sky, followed by some laughter. Startled, Pinkie nearly knocked her milkshake over. Gilda and Rainbow soared about the sky, making their landing on the opposite side of the street.

"That was sweet!" Rainbow laughed. "Ugh, I gotta take care of a few weather jobs around here. Shouldn't take long. Just, uh, hang out in town and I'll come find ya."

"That's cool, I guess," Guild said. "I'm gonna go chow down."

"Later!" Rainbow said, taking off into the sky.

The DigiDestined and Pinkie silently watch as Gilda headed towards the stands to browse around. At one of these stands she spotted Granny Smith, who was busy shopping. Suddenly, Gilda's tail hovers in front of her face, she sniffed it and her eyes bugged out.

"Aaah! A rattler, a rattler!" Granny Smith shouted. "Run for the hills! Everybody forsake yourselves!"

Granny dashed off… or more like walked away with a frightened look on her face. Gilda smirked as she lifted her head, feeling a tomato with her tail and turned to the vendor pony.

"This stuff ain't fresh, dude," Gilda remarked.

The DigiDestined and Pinkie watch as Gilda stomped away, leaving the vendor pony looking indignant.

"Aw, poor Granny Smith," Pinkie said. "She didn't know it wasn't a joke!"

"You see what we mean?" Davis asked.

"I'm starting to see it," TK said.

"… No, no, I can't misjudge her," Pinkie sighed. "It was kind of a funny prank, I guess."

"I don't think that was funny," Kari retorted. "What if she gave her a heart attack?"

As they watch, Gilda strolled casually and grabbed an apple from another stand. She quickly shoved the whole thing in her mouth and walked away without a care.

"I did misjudge her!" Pinkie gasped. "She's not only a meanie mean-pants…"

"She's also a thief!" Yolei finished, looking around. "Why isn't there a police-pony in this town?"

"Indeed," Hawkmon agreed.

"Nonononono, she might give it back. It's just a joke."

"Pinkie, she just ate an apple without paying for it! Stealing isn't a joke," Ken said.

Fluttershy suddenly appeared. She was guiding some ducks across the street while walking backwards.

"All right little ones, this way, this way," She said sweetly. "Mama duck, you're free and clear."

The DigiDestined were watching as Gilda purposely stood behind Fluttershy, causing her to bump into the griffon.

"Don't do what I think you're going to do," Veemon pleaded.

"Hey!" Gilda exclaimed.

"Please excuse me," Fluttershy said politely.

"I'm walkin' here!" Gilda pointed out rudely.

"Oh, um, I'm sorry," Fluttershy apologized. "I-I-I was just trying to…"

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry," Gilda repeated mockingly. "Why don't you just watch where you're going, doofus?"

"B-b-b-but I… I…"

Before Fluttershy could find her words, Gilda unleashed a loud roar right in Fluttershy's face. Fluttershy squeaked in fear, before running off sobbing and flew away.

"Ugh, please, all these lame ponies are driving me buggy," Gilda remarked openly. "I gotta bail."

Gilda took off without another word, to a sea of glares from all the other ponies. Yolei was so furious, she wanted to give Gilda a beating of her life while Pinkie was in no better condition.

"She's a grump, and a thief, and a bully!" Pinkie retorted angrily. "The meanest kind of mean-meanie pants there is! I can take it, but no one treats Fluttershy like that. No. One. This calls for extreme measures, Pinkie Pie style!" Pinkie saw Yolei going the direction the griffon was going. Pinkie got in front of the red earth pony. "Hold on, Yolei! Where are you going?"

"I'm going to give that griffon a huge piece of my mind, that's where I'm going!" Yolei said.

"Don't!" Pinkie said sternly. "Let me handle her."

"We now know how you, Davis, and Veemon were right about her, but someone should teach her some manners!" Yolei said.

"I said no!" Pinkie stomped her hoof. "Look, I have a plan to deal with Gilda… and I need your help. Please?"

Pinkie Pie gave her a puppy dog look, pleading her to let her try it. Yolei sighed as she caved in.

"Fine, we'll do it your way," Yolei reluctantly said.

"Just what do you have in mind?" Cody asked.

Pinkie merely smiled, as she guides the DigiDestined back to Sugarcube Corner.

"It's not what I think it is, is it?" TK asked.

Pinkie Pie had set up a huge party.

All the ponies in town gathered together for an impromptu party. Even the original DigiDestined were taking part of the festivities.

"Welcome, welcome. Welcome!" Pinkie Pie greeted.

"Who's this Gilda I've heard nothing about?" Applejack asked.

"I hear she's an old friend of Rainbow Dash. A griffon, so rare," Rarity said.

"How so?" Izzy asked curiously.

"We'll, Izzy, from what we heard about griffons, they're very social with any creature, even ponies," Rarity explained.

They walked off as Twilight Sparkle spoke with Fluttershy, who was keeping to herself.

"You've met Gilda, right?" Twilight asked eagerly. "What's she like?"

"Oh, um, well…" Fluttershy mumbled quietly. "I'll tell you later, Twilight."

Yolei was still sore about Pinkie stopping her from getting to Gilda, and she didn't understand why it had to be a party in honor for that particular griffin. Ken noticed Yolei huffing.

"Yolei, you okay?" Ken asked.

"No I'm not. This is the worst idea we ever had to go with. I mean, we saw how much of a bad attitude she's got, and how she made Fluttershy cry," Yolei said.

"I agree with you, Yolei, and I don't like it either. But we'll have to trust Pinkie's judgment… for now," Ken said. "Besides, you remember how hard it was for you to give me a chance?"

Yolei knew Ken was right, because she assumed Ken was still just as evil as ever when Stingmon destroyed a Thundermon before realizing he and a Golemon was really a Digimon created from a Control Spire. It wasn't until Palmon told them about Arukenimon doing so. Fluttershy approaches Pinkie just as she finishes greeting all the guests.

"Um, Pinkie Pie, about this party for Gilda," Fluttershy spoke concerned. "Um… do you really think it's a good idea? I mean—"

"Don't you worry your pretty little head about mean old Gilda," Pinkie replied, patting her friend's head. "Your auntie Pinkie Pie's got it all taken care of."

Fluttershy was indignant as Pinkie bounced away.

"I'm a year older than you," Fluttershy remarked.

"Gilda!" Pinkie cried happily.

Fluttershy's jaw dropped when the griffon in question made her way inside.

"I'm so honored to throw you one of my signature Pinkie Pie parties," Pinkie Pie continued. "And I really, truly, sincerely, hope you feel welcome here amongst all us pony folk."

Pinkie stuck out a hoof to shake her claw. Gilda went to return the gesture…

BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!

Gilda was given the shock of her life, as she grunted and collapsed onto the floor. Pinkie and the other ponies laughed.

"Oh Pinkie Pie, the old hoof-shake buzzer," Rainbow chuckled. "You are a scream."

"I'll say she is," Davis muttered quietly.

"Yeah," Gilda replied, recomposing herself. "Uh, good one, Pinkie Pie."

"Come on G," Rainbow said, once Gilda calmed down. "I'll introduce you to some of my friends."

"Right behind you, Dash!"

When the Pegasus was far away, Gilda turned towards Pinkie with an icy glare.

"I know what you're up to," Gilda warned.

"Great," Pinkie smiled.

The fact Pinkie didn't even cower really made Gilda's blood boil.

"Rrrh… I know what you're planning!" She warned again.

If Gilda hoped to get a reaction from the pink pony, all she gave Gilda were giggles.

"Well, I hope so. This wasn't supposed to be a surprise party."

"I mean, I've got my eye on you," Gilda snarled, shoving her beak into Pinkie's face.

"And I, got my eye on you," Pinkie replied, bulging her eyes into Gilda's.

Before Gilda could respond, Pinkie Pie backed away to speak to the others.

"Everyone, I'd like you all to meet Gilda, a long-time, dear friend of Rainbow Dash. Let's honor her and welcome her to Ponyville."

The ponies cheered for Gilda, who just gave a sheepish, awkward smile.

"Please help yourself," Pinkie said, offering some party treats.

Some yellow-colored candies caught the griffon's eyes as she approached the table.

"Vanilla lemon drops," Gilda responded. "Don't mind if I do."

She tossed one into her mouth, but then her face cringed and turned deep red as the whistle of a hot kettle was heard.

"G, the punch!" Rainbow called out smiling.

Gilda rushed to grab one of the glasses for a drink. But when she poured, all the liquid dripped from the middle of the cup, and instead of her mouth it spilt all over her feathered chest. Everypony laughed.

"Well, whaddya know," Pinkie observed. "Pepper in the vanilla lemon drops, and the punch served in a dribble glass."

"Ha!" Rainbow laughed. "Priceless, priceless!"

"Huh? I don't remember putting in pepper in the vanilla lemon drops," Ken said.

"And I don't remember bringing out a dribble glass," TK added.

Gilda rushed across the room, grabbed another cup of punch, and gulped it down exhaling loudly.

"Yeah, hilarious," She muttered aloud.

"Hey G, look!" Rainbow pointed. "Presents!"

A huge collection of wrapped boxes drew Gilda's attention, the griffon smiled excitedly. She grabs a cyclical shaped box and opens the top. Just then, dozens of stretchy toy snakes pop out of the box, along with some confetti. Gilda was left stunned, even her feathers puffed out while all the guests laughed.

"Spittin' snakes," Applejack said. "Hah, some pony pulled that prank on me last month."

"Ha, ha," Gilda muttered bitterly. "I bet I know who that was."

"You do?" Pinkie asked innocently.

"Like you're the only one," Davis said.

Veemon looked at Davis whom just shrugged.

Eventually, things seemed to settle down even Fluttershy had her birds sing as every pony chatted with each other. Soon, Pinkie roll out a rather large cake decked with candles.

"Cake time every pony," Pinkie said. The other ponies gathered excitedly around.

"Hey, can I blow out the candles?" Spike asked, pointing to the top.

"Why don't we let Gilda blow out the candles, Spike?" Twilight suggested. "She is the guest of honor after all."

Gilda body-checked Spike out of the way, as the little guy grunts from the landing.

"Exactly!" She agreed.

Gilda proceeds to blow out the candles in one try. A big smile formed on her face… before the candles lit them back up. Gilda blew them out again, smiling once more, when the candles lit back up… again! This sent the ponies on a laughing fit, as Gilda grunted trying to blow them out only to fail every time. Seeing Gilda run out of breath made all the ponies laugh even harder.

"Re-lighting birthday candles!" Spike pointed out, laughing. "I love that prank! What a classic."

"Kari, didn't you put those candles on the cake?" Mimi asked.

"I did. I just used the candles that were handed to me," Kari said.

"Now, I wonder who could've done that?" Pinkie asked innocently.

Davis chuckled since he knew looked right at Pinkie Pie since she's the likely suspect for this particular prank.

"Yeah, I wonder," Gilda said, her eyes burning.

"Mmm, who cares?" Spike asked, as he burrowed into the cake. "This cake is amazing."

"Spike!" Twilight scolded.

"What? It's great, try some."

"Spike, get out of there," Gomamon said. "And save some for the rest of us."

Gilda just stood there, very agitated, when Rainbow approached.

"Hey G, you're not upset about some silly candles, are you?" Rainbow asked.

The look on Gilda's face answered that question, but she managed to recompose herself.

"No way, Dash," She fibbed. "Like I said, I'm down with a good prank."

"Come on then, let's have some cake," Rainbow beckoned.

"Yeah, before Spike eats it all," Wormmon said.

During this time, Gilda grabbed Pinkie by the neck pulling her behind the cake and out of sight from most of the ponies. Gatomon had seen her grab Pinkie, and checked to see if she needed rescuing.

"Hey, I'm watching you," Gilda threatened, making direct eye contact with Pinkie. "Like a hawk."

"Why? Can't you watch me like a griffon?" Pinkie asked.

Gatomon growled when she heard Gilda threaten her.

"Hey y'all!" Applejack called out. "It's 'Pin the Tail on the Pony'!"

Quickly, Gilda released Pinkie Pie and smiled innocently as they pulled away from the cake. As Applejack set the poster up and while Gilda was distracted, Gatomon went up to the pink earth pony.

"Just say the word, Pinkie, and I'll use her for a scratching post," Gatomon said, readying her claws. Pinkie Pie giggled.

"Gilda isn't for scratching, silly kitty. And don't worry about a thing, because auntie Pinkie Pie has got it all covered," Pinkie assured. Gatomon gave a deadpan expression.

"Seriously, how old are you?" Gatomon asked in a low tone.

"Let's play!" Applejack replied.

"Oh, my favorite game," Rarity said. "Can I go first? Can I have the purple tail?"

But Gilda rudely grabbed the purple tail before Rarity could take it.

"Well, I am the guest of honor, and I'll have the purple tail."

"Yeah, Gilda should definitely go first," Pinkie agreed. "Let's get you blindfolded."

"Hey what—ugh—what are you doing?" Gilda asked, as a pony tied a blindfold over her eyes.

Before Gilda could react, she was spun around rapidly as she cried out.

"We're spinning you around and around and then you can pin the tail on the pony," Pinkie explained. "Now just walk straight ahead and pin the tail."

"Now just walk straight ahead and pin the tail," Gilda repeated, mockingly. "Hmph, yeah right. This is another prank, isn't it? I'm going this way."

Instead of going ahead, Gilda turned the opposite direction.

"Wait!" Pinkie called out. "The poster is this—"

But it was too late. With Gilda blindfolded, she couldn't see the leftover blob of spilled frosting and stepped on it.

"Whoa whaa waah waah waaaaah!"

Gilda slid about the floor and right into the kitchen with a loud crash, groaning as she came out. The blindfold was now gone, but her feathers were coated in cake batter and frosting. The purple tail now hung along her beak.

"Uh, Gilda?" Pinkie pointed out. "You pinned the tail on the wrong end."

"It makes a good mustache though," Palmon said, laughing.

Gilda noticed the tail, as the ponies laughed. This time however… Gilda had had enough. She gave a mighty 'ROOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAR!', screaming loudly, knocking both the tail and the mess on her feathers clean off.

"This is your idea of a good time?" Gilda barked angrily. "I've never met a lamer bunch of dweebs in all my life! And Pinkie Pie, you!"

She pointed her talon accusingly toward Pinkie, who smiled innocently.

"You are queen lame-o with our weak little party pranks!" Gilda continued. "Did you really think you could make me lose my cool?"

"Hey, that's uncalled for!" Sora defended Pinkie Pie.

"Stay out of this, dweeb!" Gilda snapped at Sora.

"Don't talk to Sora like that!" Biyomon snapped at the griffin.

"Yeah, and what are you going to do about it, birdy?" Gilda retorted.

"Why don't you just keep going and find out!" Tai yelled, getting into the griffin's face. She went right over to Rainbow Dash

Gilda wrapped a wing over Rainbow. He could see, as Gilda spoke, Rainbow's face changed from shocked to angry. The DigiDestined couldn't blame her, especially considering Gilda was supposed to be one of her best friends.

"Well, Dash and I have ten times as much cool as the rest of you put together," Gilda snarled. "Come on Dash, we're bailing on this pathetic scene. Come on, Rainbow Dash. I said, we're leaving."

The DigiDestined and the Digimon were all beyond disgusted. It was bad enough a griffin insults everypony, but to go as far as to boss around Rainbow Dash, her best friend… that was just low. One look from Rainbow's eyes toward Davis's and the two ponies both agreed on something.

"You know Gilda," Rainbow responded sternly. "I was the one who set up all those weak pranks at this party."

"What?" Gilda gasped.

"Ooh!" Pinkie gasped quietly.

"Well, that was unexpected," Tentomon said.

"That explains the peppers in the lemon drops," Izzy said.

"So I guess I'm queen lame-o," Rainbow finished.

Gilda stood in disbelief, as her friend stood right before Pinkie Pie.

"Come on, Dash, you're joshing me," Gilda insisted.

"They weren't all meant for you specifically," Rainbow explained. "It was just dumb luck that you set them all off."

"I shoulda known," Pinkie said. "That dribble cup had Rainbow Dash written all over it."

"That does explain why Rainbow Dash handed me the candles for the cake," Kari said.

"Rainbow Dash handed those to you?" Tai asked his sister.

"She did. I should have guessed it when I saw her trying to hold in her laugh," Kari said.

"No way!" Gilda protested, refusing to believe it. "I-It was Pinkie Pie! And her little friends over there!"

"All we did was lend a hoof," TK said.

"We honestly had no idea about the pranks," Kari added.

"She set up this party to trip me up, to make a fool of me!"

"Me?" Pinkie said, swallowing the cake. "I threw this party to improve your attitude. I thought a good party might turn that frown upside down."

To prove her point, Pinkie rotated her head from upright to upside down.

"And I knew you wouldn't be able to change your attitude after the way you yelled at Fluttershy earlier! And there are witnesses here who can back it up!" Davis exclaimed.

"And you sure didn't need any help making a fool of yourself," Rainbow continued, as Davis nodded in agreement. "You know, this is not how I thought my old friends would treat my new friends. If being cool is all you care about, then maybe you should go find some new cool friends someplace else."

Gilda was left speechless for a moment or two.

"Rrgh... yeah? Well you, you… you are such a, a flip-flop, cool one minute and lame the next!" Gilda retorted, pointing a talon at Rainbow. "When you decide not to be lame anymore, gimme a call."

"Flip-flop?" Cody asked, rolling his eyes.

The cyan pegasus was left stunned by the insult, as Gilda left Sugarcube Corner and took off into the air with a bird of prey shriek. And Rainbow just looked on indignantly.

"Not cool," Rainbow emphasized, not just the insult.

All the other ponies were just as stunned by the griffon's nasty temperament.

"Wow! Talk about a party pooper," Spike said.

"What was that about?" Twilight asked.

"Um, what just happened?" A pony named Merry May chimed in.

"Really Awkward," Another pony said.

"Good riddance if you ask me," Yolei stated with a huff.

As all the ponies began to talk to one another, Rainbow turned to them rather sad.

"I'm sorry every pony," Rainbow said sadly. "For bringing Gilda here. I didn't know how rude she was. And Pinkie Pie and Storm, I'm really sorry she ruined that awesome party you two put on for her."

"Hey, if you want to hang out with party poopers, that's your business," Pinkie said.

"Yeah, we can't help who we hang out with. There were times Mimi was a prissy spoiled brat," Tai said.

"Hey!" Mimi exclaimed angrily at the remark.

"Or Joe thinks he knows everything just because he's older than the rest of us," Tai added.

"I was still just a kid when I thought that," Joe said.

"Or when-" Tai continued before Sora cuts him off.

"That's enough, Tai!" Sora said to Tai. He stopped talking.

"Whoever you wanna hang out with is cool with all of us, Rainbow," Matt said.

"And we'll all support you," Mimi said.

"You know, I'd rather hang out with you," Rainbow said, extending a hoof. "No hard feelings?"

"No hard feelings," Pinkie said, returning the shake.

BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!

Apparently, they had tried to prank each other with the hoof-zapper. They revealed them to each other and laughed, as all the other ponies joined in. Twilight Sparkle soon approached them.

"Hey Pinkie," Twilight said. "Sorry I accused you of misjudging Gilda. Looks like I'm the one who misjudged you."

"It's okay Twilight," Pinkie replied, wrapping a hoof around her. "Even you can't be a super smart smarty smart-pants all the time."

"Now, we got a party to finish up," Davis said.

"Yeah! I'm heading for that cake before Agumon finishes it off," Veemon said, heading for the cake.

Pinkie Pie bounced up and down excitedly, as the DigiDestined rejoined the other ponies. Twilight Sparkle just looked on, smiling as every pony cheered and went back to just having fun. Already a letter came to mind she would share for the Princess.

"Dearest Princess Celestia,Today I learned that it's hard to accept when somepony you like wants to spend time with somepony who's not so nice. Though it's impossible to control who your friends hang out with, it is possible to control your own behavior. Just continue to be a good friend. In the end, the difference between a false friend and one who's true will surely come to light.Your faithful student,Twilight Sparkle"

Later that evening, Princess Celestia was relaxing in her bedroom as she read the letter. As soon as she got to the end, she immediately went to work on a reply.

"Dear Twilight Sparkle," She began. "My most faithful student…"

Just then, she noticed her writing disappeared. She turned and realized some pony had placed a fake label on her ink jar. The whole time, she'd been using the disappearing ink by mistake.

"Oh! Heh, wrong ink!" Celestia sighed, chuckling.

Finding the correct ink, Celestia began to redo the letter to her students. How Celestia of all ponies got pranked was any pony's guess. But one thing about her was absolutely certain: The princess has quite a sense of humor.