A/N: I had a decent day yesterday, even with a dentist visit to get a few teeth fixed, which is part of life, and I honestly forgot about the bad luck stuff that's suppose to happen. Anyway, time for a new deleted scene. Onward!
Bridle Gossip: Deleted Scene 1: The Dawn Of The Racism To Non-pony Related Creatures! (Shocking, isn't it?)
*Ponyville. Normally, a happy carefree town inhabited by all sorts of talking multicoloured ponies going about their business every day. Apart from today, that is. Why? Everypony seems to be hiding in their homes...for some reason. A reason that Twilight Sparkle, Sunrise Blossom and Spike intend to find out about. And it would appear that they have no choice since Pinkie Pie just pulled them straight into Sugarcube Corner against their wills.*
(Yeah. I know that in Dede42's version of Bridle Gossip, she apparently made Sunrise actually hide with Pinkie Pie and the others and act as cowardly as they do in this scene. But somehow, it doesn't really feel sit well with me for some reason. Why? Because in some of Dede42's other stuff I've read, Sunrise would sometimes be the voice of reason like Twilight would be whenever her friends act as odd as they do here. So, having Sunrise behave the same way as her friends in this episode, it kind of feels just a TEENSY bit of out character for her. But then...in our works, she's often sometimes out of character for the sake of comedy anyway. No offence about what I just said though, online sister.)
Twilight Sparkle: (crashes into a support beam and lands on her behind after getting shoved inside the building by Pinkie) OOF! OW! Pinkie, I think you made me hit myself on a support beam!
Sunrise Blossom: (voice muffled from underneath Twilight's rear) That's...not...the ONLY...thing...she...made...you...do...Twilight...
Twilight Sparkle: Huh? (tries to find the source of her sister's voice) Sunrise? Where'd you go? I can hear you, but I can't...(looks underneath her) SWEET CELESTIA! (Gets up quickly) Sunrise! Oh my goodness! I am SO sorry about that, dear sister! Are you okay?
Sunrise Blossom: (gasping for air) Squashed on the face...(does another gasp for air)...by my own sister's...(gasps for air again)...rear end! (Lets out one more gasp for collapsing on the floor unconscious)
Twilight Sparkle: Sunrise! (Turns to Pinkie) Now, see what you made me do, Pinkie? And...(looks all around the place) why is it so DARK in here?! (Pinkie shines a flashlight right in her face) OW! TOO BRIGHT! TOO BRIGHT!
Pinkie Pie: (lowers the flashlight) Sorry, Twilight. Just had to make sure SHE didn't get the three of you.
Spike: (clinging to Twilight's neck for dear life) Who? The zombie pony?!
Pinkie Pie: (whimpers and nearly drops the flashlight) Z-zombie pony?!
Twilight Sparkle: Spike! Get a hold of yourself, will you? There are NO such things as zombie ponies! (Turns to Pinkie again) Pinkie, what are you doing here all alone in the dark like this? (Briefly pauses) For that matter, why is it so dark in here today anyway?
Pinkie Pie: I'm not all alone in the dark. (Turns on a bright lamp revealing the rest of the group and Apple Bloom) See?
Twilight Sparkle: (gasps as she sees her friends standing all around her) WHAT THE-?!
Sunrise Blossom: (immediately regains consciousness the moment the lamp is switched on) Hey, do you mind with that bright lamp?! Some of us are trying to be unconscious from having their face squashed by a butt here! (Lays back down and sticks her tounge out)
Twilight Sparkle: (rolls her eyes) Oh, do stop that, Sunrise. (Uses her magic to make Sunrise stand up again) This is no time to be acting overly dramatic over the littlest of things.
Sunrise Blossom: Hey! This is the first time I've ever had my face squashed by a rear end, sister! You call THAT a "little thing"? And...(notices everyone else and Apple Bloom standing around her and Twilight) oh, hi, girls. What are YOU all doing here in Sugarcube Corner?
Applejack: (pointing outside a nearby window) We're hidin' from her!
Twilight Sparkle: (getting annoyed) What? Am I not gonna get an explanation as to why it's even dark in here in the FIRST place?!
Pinkie Pie: Oh yeah. About that. Well, apparently, as it turns out, I've been really busy serving customers here lately that I kinda forgot to pay my electric bills again this year. So, they've had to cut out the power until I've earned enough money to pay those bills and have it all put back on. Though, I haven't really had much luck so far as there's hardly been any customers here since everypony started hiding in their homes.
Sunrise Blossom: (points to everypony else in the room) Don't these ponies right here count as customers right now?
Pinkie Pie: Yeah. But they're all too scared to buy anything right now. And they don't really have much money on them either.
Twilight Sparkle: ...right. Now, what's everypony in Ponyville hiding in their homes for in the first place?
Applejack: (points out the window again) From that cloaked figure outside!
Twilight Sparkle: (takes a look out the window herself) Cloaked figure? What cloaked figure?
Sunrise Blossom: (hopefully) Ooh! Is it Friar Tuck?
Twilight Sparkle: (confused) Wha-HUH?! What makes you think it's Friar Tuck out there?
Sunrise Blossom: Well, doesn't he wear similar clothing like what Applejack just described this figure?
Twilight Sparkle: I guess so. But...why would Friar Tuck even be here in Equestria in the first place?
Sunrise Blossom: Hey! A lot of crazy stuff has been happening here in Equestria since we found Prince John in that cave! At this point, I believe ANYTHING is possible!
Applejack: Normally, ah'd agree with you 100% on that statement, Sunrise. But from what we've seen out this window already, it certainly don't look like Friar Tuck to me.
Sunrise Blossom: (goes over to the window to look with Twilight) Oh, let me have a look.
*And indeed, there IS a cloaked figure standing outside in the middle of the town just digging at the ground for reasons...best left unexplained for now just for the fun of it. And sadly, while all cloaked figures DO sometimes look EXACTLY like Friar Tuck looks before he has a cuff around his neck, this cloaked figure unfortunately ISN'T Friar Tuck. And then, suddenly, just when everypony least expects it, the figure just looks directly right at them with glowing yellow eyes as the music from that "Dramatic Chipmunkl" Youtube video plays in the background causing everypony, even Sunrise Blossom, to duck back down and shut the curtains with fearful gasps!*
(Anyone else remember that weird Youtube video with the chipmunk just staring directly at the camera while overly dramatic music plays in the background? I do. Quite a weird viral video that was back then.)
Apple Bloom: Did ya see her, you two? Did you see... Zecora?
Applejack: (butting in) Apple Bloom! Ah've told ya'll countless times to never mention that name!
(Nope. Definitely no Disney Robin Hood references here.)
Apple Bloom: Yet it's perfectly alright for all of YOU ponies to say her name? Because ah call that just plain UNFAIR on us younger ponies!
Applejack: Ah know it is, little sister, and ah'm sorry! Ah really am! But at times like this, you know ah can't help getting a little TOO overprotective of your well-being!
Twilight Sparkle: Well, in answer to that question, Apple Bloom, we just now saw her glance this way...if that counts as seeing her.
Pinkie Pie: Glance EEVILY this way!
Sunrise Blossom: (shivering a little herself) A-a-actually, I think I might be with Pinkie on this one, Twilight. I mean, maybe it wasn't an EVIL glance, but...it was pretty SCARY!
Twilight Sparkle: (considers what Pinkie and Sunrise just said) Hmm. I suppose it was a little creepy. Still, I can't really help but feel that a lot of you are just flipping out for no apparent reason whatsoever.
Applejack: "No reason whatsoever"?! You call protectin' your kin "no reason whatsoever"?! Why, as soon as mah sister saw Zecora ridin' into town, she started shakin' in her little horseshoes! (Begins shaking Apple Bloom violently) Like this!
Apple Bloom: (whilst being violently shaked by Applejack) D-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-D N-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-T!
Applejack: (lets go of her) So, ah just swept her up and brought her here.
Apple Bloom: No, ya didn't, ya overprotective idiot! Ah walked all the way here mahself!
Applejack: For safe keepin'.
Apple Bloom: Applejack, what do you think ah am? A baby? Maybe a little filly just startin' with school. But aside from that, ah can take care of mahself!
Pinkie Pie: Hey, that's exactly what Mowgli said just before Kaa dropped by and tried to eat him.
Apple Bloom: (confused) Who's Mowgli?
Applejack: (also confused) Who's Kaa?
Pinkie Pie: WHAT?! You mean you've never watched The Jungle Book in your life before?!
Apple Bloom: (still confused) How can ya WATCH a jungle book, Pinkie Pie? For that matter, how can ya even watch ANY book in general? Aren't ponies meant to READ books? Not WATCH them?
Pinkie Pie: No, no, no, no,! "The Jungle Book" is the name of a movie!
Apple Bloom: Oh. (Now even more confused) So...why isn't it called "The Jungle Movie" then?
Twilight Sparkle: (lets out a loud groan after getting a better look out the window) UGH! This conversation is just getting us NOWHERE!
Sunrise Blossom: Yeah. Can we just bring up to the table that you're all acting like you've never seen a zebra in your lives before despite it's choice of clothing and creepy stare?
Everyone Else (except Twilight): (confused) A what?
Twilight Sparkle: How did YOU know it was a zebra, Sunny? You didn't get a proper look out the window like I did just now.
Sunrise Blossom: I could see the stripes all over her face and legs. I almost thought at first it was a tigger, but then I realised that there can only be one tigger in the cartoon universe. And that's Tigger himself. So...yeah. Then, I realised it was a zebra. Though, how everypony else in this room has no idea what zebras are, well...that, I don't know.
Twilight Sparkle: Why's that?
Sunrise Blossom: Because I'm sure some of the cartoon shows and movies we've all watched and grown up with over the years had zebras in them...I think.
Twilight Sparkle: (considers this) Hmm. I think you're probably on to something there, sister. If there have been cartoons with zebras in them that I'm sure everypony's watched, then why are you all acting like you have no clue what zebras are at all even after that?
Applejack: I-it's not that we don't know what zebras are, Twilight. It's just that...well...we didn't even know they even EXISTED in Equestria.
Rainbow Dash: Yeah, Twilight. We're not as stupid as you and Sunrise think we all are. We know what a zebra is. We just didn't think they were REAL creatures and only existed in cartoons.
Applejack: Exactly! Just like ah said! Apart from cartoon zebras, we've never seen a creature like that in these parts, 'cept...HER!
Twilight Sparkle: Well, she's probably not from here. And I'm sorry to burst your bubbles, you two, but zebras are in fact REAL. I've read about a few of them in my books and they say that zebras come from a faraway land. But I've never seen her in Ponyville. Where does she live?
Applejack: That's just it. She lives in... The Everfree Forest!
*And then, as if right on cue, there's a loud clap of thunder just as Applejack finishes saying those three words. Except...it ISN'T a clap of thunder at all. It's actually just Spike sneaking into the kitchen accidentally knocking over some pots and pans while trying to get a candy cane. And before you ask, yes! I know it's not Christmas yet! Let it go already!*
Twilight and Sunrise: Spike!
Spike: (from the kitchen) Uh, sorry.
Applejack: (doing her best to not freak out) The Everfree Forest just ain't natural. The plants grow...
Fluttershy: (joins in shuddering) Animals care for themselves...
Rainbow Dash: (also joining in) And the clouds move...
All Three Of Them: (in perfect unison) All on their own!
Rarity: (just faints)
Twilight Sparkle: (completely unamused) Really?
Sunrise Blossom: (confused) ...and HOW is any of this BAD? Don't clouds usually move all on their own anyway as well as animals taking care of themselves?
Fluttershy: In cartoons? Yes. But in Equestria? Never!
Sunrise Blossom: And what's wrong with the idea of Equestria's logic trying to be normal instead of what everypony expects Equestria's logic to be since the beginning of time?
Rainbow Dash: I feel like you've been watching WAY too many cartoons since fillyhood with Twilight to want logic here to be as "normal" as you want it to be nowadays, Sunny. Or maybe you've just spent too much time in the sun with that meerkat and warthog that one time.
Sunrise Blossom: (feeling insulted) Hey!
Twilight Sparkle: (desperate to get back on subject again) Ahem?! What about Zecora?!
Pinkie Pie: She's a wicked enchantress living in the Everfree Forest doing all sorts of evil...type...stuff! Ooh, she's so evil, I even went so far as to write a little song about it!
Rainbow Dash: (sighs) Oh boy. Here we go again.
"She's an evil enchantress,
"She does evil dances,
"And if you look deep in her eyes,
"She'll put you in trances,
"Then what will she do?
"She'll mix up an evil brew,
"Then she'll gobble you up,
"In a big tasty stew.
"Soooo… Watch out!"
Twilight Sparkle: Wow. That's... surprisingly catchy.
Sunrise Blossom: I'll say. I actually kind of enjoyed hearing it. (Claps her hooves) Nicely done, Pinkie Pie!
Pinkie Pie: (hops off the table) Thanks! It's a work in progress.
(Want to know what this makes me think of now? Monsters Inc.. Particularly, "put that thing back where it came from or so help me! So help me, so help me and CUT!". Anyone else?)
Twilight Sparkle: Okay, I am now DEFINITELY positive that you are all acting like little fillies! (Realsies Apple Bloom is still with them) Uh...no offence, Apple Bloom.
Apple Bloom: None taken, Twilight.
Twilight Sparkle: Anyway, this is all nothing but a bunch of gossip and rumours! Now, what makes you think that Zecora is... any of THOSE things Pinkie described to me? (Pauses) BESIDES living in the Everfree Forest?
Rarity: Well, for a start, she certainly isn't any PONY! That's for sure!
Sunrise Blossom: (shocked at the sudden racism) Rarity!
Rarity: What? It's true. I mean, whoever heard of a pony born with such GARIS stripes like SHE has? (Shudders at the thought) So unladylike!
Fluttershy: And she does seem to have strange habits such as...um, digging at the ground.
Rainbow Dash: Don't forget lurking by the stores! She does that too!
Sunrise Blossom: I'm not believing what I'm hearing here with my sensitive hearing! Are you all trying to tell us that because she's a zebra and is different from everypony here, who are ALSO all different from each other, AND just so happens to live in the Everfree Forest, you automatically assume she's an "Evil Enchantress" and just hate on her for it?
Everyone Else (except Twilight and Apple Bloom): (unsure how to answer that question) Uhhhhhh...
Apple Bloom: Ah don't assume that.
Twilight Sparkle: Wait, so... because of Zecora, you now have a hatred for non-ponies when you didn't used to?
Rarity: Um...well, it's not exactly Zecora making us afraid of different creatures like her now.
Twilight and Sunrise: (both confused) It isn't?
Rarity: Tell them, Pinkie.
Pinkie Pie: What do you want me them?
Rainbow Dash: About why we're now treating different creatures differently?
Pinkie Pie: Oh. Right. Well, do you two remember Gilda?
Twilight Sparkle: Gilda? You mean that griffon who none of us realised was actually a big bully until she lost her temper at that party?
Sunrise Blossom: Ugh! How can any of us FORGET about her, Pinkie?
Pinkie Pie: Well, after everypony in that party witnessed Gilda's temper tantrum and Rainbow Dash felt betrayed by someone she once considered her old best friend, once she left and everyone began to apologize to me for not listening to me about her, we started thinking that maybe ALL creatures that come to Ponyville were secretly nothing but bullies like she was. Or in the case of Zecora, maybe even EVIL! After all, she lives in the Everfree Forest where all kinds of evil lurk about! Like that manticore!
Twilight Sparkle: But he was only just a wild animal with a thorn in his paw.
Sunrise Blossom: And besides, that's normally how wild animals like predators are anyway. How does THAT qualify as something evil related lurking in the forest?
Twilight Sparkle: And plus, while we both understand completely that Gilda's visit to Ponyville has now left you all wary around other creatures, aren't you all being just...well, just a TEENSY WEENSY little bit racist to Zecora right now?
Apple Bloom: Yeah! Ah agree with you two! Even though ah'm not exactly sure what bein' racist means yet. Miss Cheerilee hasn't taught us that yet. But still, while what Zecora does while she's here may be a little bit unsettling, can't we maybe try to look on the positive side of things?
Sunrise Blossom: (nods in agreement) I'm with Apple Bloom on this one, girls! Maybe she's actually much nicer than Gilda and is just trying to be neighbourly.
Twilight Sparkle: And maybe she's not lurking by the stores. Maybe she's GOING to them, lurk free, to do some shopping?
Apple Bloom: Yeah! Everypony likes to shop! Especially Rarity! And you know what ah think?
Applejack: (interrupting) Apple Bloom! Hush up and let the big ponies talk!
Sunrise Blossom: Hey! Less of that now!
Twilight Sparkle: Yeah, Applejack. What's the matter with you? That was just... MEAN!
Applejack: (instantly regretting it) Ah know. Ah lost may temper again. (Hangs head in shame) Sorry.
Apple Bloom: (muttering quietly to herself) Ah AM a big pony! Ah'll show her! (Sneaks out the door whilst everyone else continues to argue)
A/N: Sorry for sounding less then happy last night, there's been a lot going on these days, and so it's been a long week. I'm thrilled with this completed deleted scene, and I agree with you about the negativity toward non-ponies. It's really uncalled for.
Hugs and cookies for days! Bye for now! R&R everyone!