Chapter 17 My Pretty pony

Ah, springtime in Royal Woods. Everyone in town has an innate sense of the seasonal change. Like Leni. Notice how she looks out the window and reacts. She knows that.

"It's spring!" Leni cheered.

Leni takes off her winter sweater and stores it her closet, safe for winter. Next, we cut to the front door of the house. Lana comes out and sniffs the air.

"I better call the doctor cause I've got spring fever!" Lana goes over to the plants and smells them. "Good morning flowers."

Mr. Grouse comes out.

"Hi Mr. Grouse. Isn't it a wonderful day?"

Mr. Grouse just grumbles.

"Did you say good morning to the flowers yet?" Lana asked.

Mr. Grouse bends down to greet them. "Good morning flowers."

The flowers hiss at him. He freaks out and runs back inside.

"Gosh. I didn't know Grouse had hay fever." Lana said. "I know. I'll do him a kindness and plant him some hypoallergenic flowers."

Lana soon got to work. She put on a gardener's hat and gloves and planted a flower in the ground. "You're on your way. I bet you're thirsty."

Lana turns around to get the watering can but when she turns back to the flower it has been half eaten.

"Huh?" She grabs another flower and plants it in. She gets the watering can to water it only to find out it has been half eaten again. Lana plants another flower into the ground.

"I'm not taking my eyes off you." Lana stares closely at the flower.

Three days later…

Lana is still staring at the flower. Her eyes get bloodshot so she pours some water on them to make them normal.

"Hi Lana." Leni greeted from inside the house.

Lana turns around and greets her. "Hi Leni." She turns back to her flower but it has been eaten again. "How does this keep happening?!"

Lana then sees a pony in front of her eating the flower.

"Hi." Lana greeted, stunned at the sight of the pony.

The pony neighs and gallops across the street.

"She's beautiful!" Lana imagines herself with long flowing hair riding on the pony. We go back to reality.

"What a magnificent pony." Lana said. "I shall tame her. Who knows what we can accomplish!"

Lana follows the pony to the woods. She spies on it behind a rock. The pony eats some flowers. Lana takes a notebook and starts writing.

"Because of her mysterious behavior I have decided to name her Mystery." Lana explained as she wrote. She stops. "Hmm. Now that I think about it she's also very graceful and majestic. Perhaps I should name her Grace, or Majesty, or Debby."

The pony neighs and eats some more flowers. Then she spots Lana behind the rock.

"She must have spotted my floral bookmark." Lana said, talking about her flower shaped bookmark.

The pony slowly approaches Lana.

"She's coming this way." Lana sticks her bookmark in front of the horse. "That's it, girl. Don't be afraid. I'm just a six year old girl is all."

The pony slowly takes a bite out of the bookmark. It finally eats it. Lana is happy. Next is a montage of Lana and the pony hanging out together. They dance. They ride each other. They play in the mud. The horse paints a picture of Lana. They play with stamps and lastly, they buy hats from the mallo. Later, it's nighttime. Lana puts Mystery in the backyard and gives her a blanket.

"Gosh Mystery, that was the greatest day of my life!" Lana said happily. "Do you think we'll be friends forever?"

Mystery falls asleep.

"I'll take that as a yes. Goodnight Mystery." Lana heads inside the pony.

The next day, Mr. Grouse came out to get his mail. Then he saw Mystery in front of him. "What the-"

"Hey Grouse, this is my pony." Lana said riding on Mystery. "She's my new friend."

Mystery turned around and bucked Mr. Grouse away. Lana and Mystery went back to the Loud House. Lana had also made a bike rack. She tied Mystery's rope to the rack.

"You wait out here until I'm done with my chores." Lana ordered. "See you later."

Lana went inside. Rusty and Liam were walking by and noticed the pony.

"Sweet doggies! The Louds have their own kiddie ride!" Liam said.

"Why don't you try it out?" Rusty suggested.

Liam went up to the pony looking for the coin slot. "I can't find the coin slot. Oh, here it is!"

Liam puts his coin in the "coin slot." Mystery neighs and bucks Liam far away, causing him to crash into a house across the street.

"Help! Kiddie ride on the loose!" Rusty panicked and ran away.

Lynn Sr. heard all the commotion and came out. "What's going on out here?" Sees the horse. "(gasps) A horse? When did we get a horse?!"

Lana came out.

"She's mine and that's a pony. I found her yesterday." Lana said nervously. "But she would make a great pet. Her name's Mystery."

Lynn Sr. stared. "You're a mystery Lana."

She laughs.

"Get rid of it."

She stops laughing. "Please Dad, let her stay. She won't hurt nobody no how."

"Nope. My mind is made up." Lynn Sr. said sternly and went back inside.

"I knew I should've named her Debby." Lana said sadly.

Inside, Lana is sadly cleaning under the couch. Lynn Sr. came by.

"Lana, thanks for finally getting rid of that pony."

"You're Welcome, Dad." Lana said sadly.

"Now if we can only get rid of spiders." Lynn Sr. said and left.

"Good one." Lana took off her fake sad eyes, revealing it was a disguise. "Ha!"

She goes over to her room and looks under her bed to find Mystery. "It worked, girl. Now I just gotta keep you under here until Leni is done building that stable I asked her to make."

Leni is seen outside preparing to make the stable. She has a hammer and there's a piece of wood glued to her forehead. We go back to Lana's room.

"Only an hour left." Lana stated and left.

Twelve seconds later..

Mystery wants to come out. Lana comes back with a burger.

"No Mystery, you can't come out yet!" Lana warned. "If the old man sees you, I might get grounded. Wait, I bet you're hungry. How about some lunch?"

Lana offers the pony a burger. She sniffs it, eats it and makes a weird neigh sound.

"Shh! You gotta keep quiet or-"

Suddenly, Lynn Sr. barged into the room. "Lana, what was that? Is that pony in here?"

"No Dad, I was just doing my impression of Mystery. Wee-snaw!"

Lynn Sr stares. "Well keep working on it. That was terrible."

He leaves.

"That was close." Lana said. "From now on no more hijinks."

In the kitchen, Lana was tying a trash bag. Mystery came down to the kitchen without Lana noticing. Mystery saw a bowl of salad and ate it. Then she left the kitchen. Lori came over, texting on her phone. She saw that her salad was gone.

"Lana, did you eat my salad?" Lori asked.

"No." Lana replied. "Did you check under the bowl?"

"Oh." Lori was about to look under. "Wait. Why would it be under the bowl? You ate my salad didn't you?"

"I swear, I didn't. They must have vanished. Lori, do you think this house is haunted? What if they come for me next? I gotta get outta here!"

Lana was about to run out of the kitchen but Lori stopped her.

"Lana, there's no ghost!" Lori confirmed.

"Oh."

"In case you've forgotten, you or anyone else are not allowed to touch my stuff. Cause if you do, I'll literally turn you into a human pretzel. This has been a house rule before any of you were born. Do ya understand?"

While Lori was talking, Lana saw Mystery behind the living room couch. She was licking Lucy's hair. Lana panicked.

"Yeah, Yeah. I here ya Lori. I'll be right back!" Lana quickly took Mystery and dragged her into the kitchen.

"What's that?" Lori questioned.

"Please don't tell Dad!" Lana begged as she hid her pony under the kitchen sink. "I've got it under control! Now then, you were saying?"

Lori stood there speechless for a moment. "Just don't touch my salad."

She left.

"You got it, Lori." Lana laughs. "Ghosts."

Just then, Mystery came out and ate Lana's hat.

"Mystery, you ate my hat!"

The pony burps out a half eaten wrench.

"You ate my wrench!"

Lana checked the fridge. "You ate everything in the fridge!"

She saw the half eaten stove. "You ate the stove!"

She saw Mystery slurping down El Diablo.

"Not El Diablo!" Lana cried.

The snake was heard hissing in Mystery's stomach. Soon, all the siblings except Lana were gathered in the living room complaining.

"Guys, we have a minor situation going on in the house." Lori explained.

"Why is my comic book half eaten?" Lincoln complained.

"My tiara has drool on it." Lola complained.

"Somebody chewed my guitar strings." Luna complained.

"Where's El Diablo?" Lynn asked.

Everyone looked at her.

"What? I'm just curious."

"People please, take it easy." Lori said. "Your stuff is no more important than my stuff."

Lynn Sr came over. "Lori, what's going on here?"

"Why don't you ask Cowgirl Lana and her faithful companion, Sir Eats a lot."

Lynn Sr. finds Lana in the kitchen. "Lana, what's the meaning of all these nicknames?"

He gasps when sees the pony. She was on the floor, looking sick. Lana was taking care of her.

"Mystery got a bellyache from eating too much food." Lana explained holding a glass of some liquid. "So I made her a bicarbonate of soda."

Suddenly, the pony belches out El Diablo. He clings onto Lana.

Lynn Sr. rubbed his eyes. "So my eyes are correct. You still have that pony after I told you to get rid of it. Well, I'm going to get rid of it once and for all."

"No Dad, please don't make me give up Mystery!" Lana begged sadly. "I know you think she's just a pony but she's more than that I tell you. She listens to me. She understands everything I say and I understand her. She's my best friend."

Lori sees this touching moment between Lana and her pony and starts crying. Then she saw a bowl of onions next to her. "Hey, who left this bowl of onions here?"

"Lana, your story has touched my heart." Lynn Sr said. "Believe or not, I know what it's like to give up a best friend."

"You do?" Lana questioned.

"I was five years old and my father gave me a goldfish." Lynn explained in sadness. "I loved that goldfish. Loved it like a brother. Me and that goldfish went everywhere together."

"What happened to the goldfish, Dad?"

"One day I was camping. I lost all my food. But I still had my goldfish and I was so hungry! I cooked it up and ate it! My best friend!" Lynn Sr sobbed.

Lori sobbed as well, but she saw a bowl of onions next to her again. "Wha-? Would you get outta here?!"

"The point is honey, sometimes you have to set things free even though it's hard." Lynn Sr explained. "Look at her. She misses the great outdoors. The wide open spaces. The rolling green pastures. This house is no place for a live pony."

Luna and Lola who were eating a sandwich, overheard the conversation and spit out their lunch.

"Alright Dad, I understand." Lana said sadly. She took her pony friend outside.

Lynn started to cry but then she noticed Lori placed the bowl of onions next to her.

"Hey!"

Lana was outside with Mystery. She took off her rein.

"Ok girl. You're free to go. I can't keep you anymore. I know it's hard for you to understand but Dad is right. You belong out in the wild."

Mystery left.

"Well, What are you waiting for?" Lana asked. "Can't you see I don't want you here anymore?"

Lana sobbed and Leni came with the piece of wood still glued to her head.

"Just get outta here ya stupid dumb animal!"

Leni left. Lana sobbed. "Well, she's gone and I'll never see her again."

Lynn Sr came out. "It's ok honey. You did the proper thing. She's free now and we have no right to separate that wild animal from it's natural habitat."

"Hey Dad!" Luan called. "Looks like Mystery had a fancy dinner! (laughs) Get it?" She shows some of Lynn Sr's ties have been eaten. Lynn Sr stares.

"GET THAT HORSE!"

Lana and her dad run after Mystery calling her name.

Meanwhile, Leni tries to go inside the mall but the wood on her head is preventing her from doing that.