~ Acme Labs
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"I'm sorry," said Brain, "but you just can't stay here anymore. It's too dangerous!"
"But where will we sleep?" demanded Gusty.
"That's not my problem." said Brain, glaring. "It was your choice to stay, and the scientists are getting suspicious. You can't stay here anymore."
"Fine." snarled Gusty, and she stamped out of the room, grabbing her custom made police uniform. The others followed, and Brain had blessed silence.
Meanwhile, Gusty walked straight to the police station. "Is there anywhere I can sleep?" she demanded.
"Sure."
She was soon set up on a couch.
Peachy walked to the salon, and asked to be payed for her work. She was, and she wen't out to rent a cheap apartment.
Shady hid in more bushes.
Fizzy asked another teacher if there was anywhere she could stay and the teacher told her that she would be welcome to sleep in her basement, since she was being such a help at the school. Plus her beady eyes was too much to stand.
Barnacle slept on various ships, the sailors not minding.
Heart Throb did the same as Peachy, and got a cheap apartment as well.
Wind Whistler, though, remained at the lab, telling Brain that one could stay, and that she could also be tested by him or something. Brain reluctantly agreed.
Bowtie? Bowtie also stayed, and got a job at the Lab as a scientist.
And they were happy, all until one day....
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"You're fired!"
"What?!" said Heart Throb "You can't fire me!"
"I just did!" said the owner of the cafe. "You dropped one too many mugs of coffee on the customers, my dear."
"I attract business!" exploded Heart Throb. "At least two person in here came just to see me!"
"And at least four of them left because of you! Now go! Your fired!"
"Fine!" screeched Heart Throb. She flung her latest order at him, lodging a french fry up his nose. Then she stomped out tossing off her waiters uniform in a bush. It happened to be Shady's, and she ran out of it screaming down the street.
Peachy was also fired, though she took it more calmly.
"I'm sorry," said the manager "but people are complaining that you don't cut their hair right, they say you just shave it off and give them wigs." Peachy blinked. "What's wrong with that?"
But he explained that that wasn't why they came here, and so Peachy left too.
Gusty was fired too. But that was because somebody tried to sue her.
"She tried to spear me with her invisible horn," said a nervous young man with a bandage on his arm. "And I was innocent!"
Barnacle was kicked off the ships when he missed a load of fish, and they rotted, eventually being found by an unfortunate 9 year old who'd come shopping with his Dad.
Shady still hid in bushes. Sigh.
Fizzy was fired too, after she accidently stepped on a little girl and broke her arm, and a mother complained and sued the school board. She left in tears.
Wind Whistler finally couldn't take it anymore when the students grabbed her tail as she was flying out of reach, and threw her out the window. She, for probably the first time, lost her temper and flung chalk at them before she left.
And Bowtie was getting one too many odd looks from fellow scientists after her coat almost fell off.
And finally they realized that Brain's world wasn't all as good as they'd thought it was. They all stomped over to the lab. Except Shady. She stared throught the window, scared of something else. Probably the angry explosions from Gusty.
"We wanna go back!" they yelled.
But Brain stared. "Oh, no," he said angrily "You had your chance to return. Too late now."
The ponies left. They held a meeting at a park, dragging Shady behind them.
"I liked being on a police force." said Gusty forlornly.
"An' I liked sellin' fish." said Barnacle.
"Teaching University was a great challenge." said Wind Whistler.
Shady piped up suddenly. "Well why don't you keep selling fish? You did before. And why don't you start your own Police force, Gusty? And you start a University, Wind Whistler?"
Peachy added. "Well why not? I guess pony hair is fine for me."
"And if they can start a police force, I can certainly start my own cafe." said Heart Throb. "Then everybody can admire me. I mean, go there to eat... and stuff. Eh heh heh..."
"And Labs aren't as bad as I thought." said Bowtie "Maybe after I go to Wind Whistler's University, I can start my own lab, and we can work on cures for deseases and stuff. I read something about vaccinations that sounds really great!"
They sorted things out.
"But how will we get back?" said Fizzy suddenly. "Brain has the blue stuff."
"We steal it." said Gusty. "this is no time to be nice. Brain was right and we were wrong. We shouldn't have stayed here. We belong in Ponyland. Baby Gusty must be so worried, and the same with Baby Heart Throb, Baby Wind Whistler, and basically all our babies. I can't believe we forgot about them."
They wallowed in guilt for a second. Well, not Barnacle. He was looking interested in a butterfly, though he tried not to show it.
"Well, we might as well prepare, then." said Peachy. "We should write Brain a note."
"Sure" said Gusty. "You write it. I don't want any part in that."
So she did.
Bowtie remembered something. "Brain said to make the blue stuff work, you have to have cheez whiz to reverse it. I'll go get it."
Heart Throb gave up her pay, not caring. It wasn't worth anything in Ponyland anyway, right? Bowtie ran off and came back with a big jar of Cheez Whiz.
Then they waited for nightfall.
"I'm sorry," said Brain, "but you just can't stay here anymore. It's too dangerous!"
"But where will we sleep?" demanded Gusty.
"That's not my problem." said Brain, glaring. "It was your choice to stay, and the scientists are getting suspicious. You can't stay here anymore."
"Fine." snarled Gusty, and she stamped out of the room, grabbing her custom made police uniform. The others followed, and Brain had blessed silence.
Meanwhile, Gusty walked straight to the police station. "Is there anywhere I can sleep?" she demanded.
"Sure."
She was soon set up on a couch.
Peachy walked to the salon, and asked to be payed for her work. She was, and she wen't out to rent a cheap apartment.
Shady hid in more bushes.
Fizzy asked another teacher if there was anywhere she could stay and the teacher told her that she would be welcome to sleep in her basement, since she was being such a help at the school. Plus her beady eyes was too much to stand.
Barnacle slept on various ships, the sailors not minding.
Heart Throb did the same as Peachy, and got a cheap apartment as well.
Wind Whistler, though, remained at the lab, telling Brain that one could stay, and that she could also be tested by him or something. Brain reluctantly agreed.
Bowtie? Bowtie also stayed, and got a job at the Lab as a scientist.
And they were happy, all until one day....
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"You're fired!"
"What?!" said Heart Throb "You can't fire me!"
"I just did!" said the owner of the cafe. "You dropped one too many mugs of coffee on the customers, my dear."
"I attract business!" exploded Heart Throb. "At least two person in here came just to see me!"
"And at least four of them left because of you! Now go! Your fired!"
"Fine!" screeched Heart Throb. She flung her latest order at him, lodging a french fry up his nose. Then she stomped out tossing off her waiters uniform in a bush. It happened to be Shady's, and she ran out of it screaming down the street.
Peachy was also fired, though she took it more calmly.
"I'm sorry," said the manager "but people are complaining that you don't cut their hair right, they say you just shave it off and give them wigs." Peachy blinked. "What's wrong with that?"
But he explained that that wasn't why they came here, and so Peachy left too.
Gusty was fired too. But that was because somebody tried to sue her.
"She tried to spear me with her invisible horn," said a nervous young man with a bandage on his arm. "And I was innocent!"
Barnacle was kicked off the ships when he missed a load of fish, and they rotted, eventually being found by an unfortunate 9 year old who'd come shopping with his Dad.
Shady still hid in bushes. Sigh.
Fizzy was fired too, after she accidently stepped on a little girl and broke her arm, and a mother complained and sued the school board. She left in tears.
Wind Whistler finally couldn't take it anymore when the students grabbed her tail as she was flying out of reach, and threw her out the window. She, for probably the first time, lost her temper and flung chalk at them before she left.
And Bowtie was getting one too many odd looks from fellow scientists after her coat almost fell off.
And finally they realized that Brain's world wasn't all as good as they'd thought it was. They all stomped over to the lab. Except Shady. She stared throught the window, scared of something else. Probably the angry explosions from Gusty.
"We wanna go back!" they yelled.
But Brain stared. "Oh, no," he said angrily "You had your chance to return. Too late now."
The ponies left. They held a meeting at a park, dragging Shady behind them.
"I liked being on a police force." said Gusty forlornly.
"An' I liked sellin' fish." said Barnacle.
"Teaching University was a great challenge." said Wind Whistler.
Shady piped up suddenly. "Well why don't you keep selling fish? You did before. And why don't you start your own Police force, Gusty? And you start a University, Wind Whistler?"
Peachy added. "Well why not? I guess pony hair is fine for me."
"And if they can start a police force, I can certainly start my own cafe." said Heart Throb. "Then everybody can admire me. I mean, go there to eat... and stuff. Eh heh heh..."
"And Labs aren't as bad as I thought." said Bowtie "Maybe after I go to Wind Whistler's University, I can start my own lab, and we can work on cures for deseases and stuff. I read something about vaccinations that sounds really great!"
They sorted things out.
"But how will we get back?" said Fizzy suddenly. "Brain has the blue stuff."
"We steal it." said Gusty. "this is no time to be nice. Brain was right and we were wrong. We shouldn't have stayed here. We belong in Ponyland. Baby Gusty must be so worried, and the same with Baby Heart Throb, Baby Wind Whistler, and basically all our babies. I can't believe we forgot about them."
They wallowed in guilt for a second. Well, not Barnacle. He was looking interested in a butterfly, though he tried not to show it.
"Well, we might as well prepare, then." said Peachy. "We should write Brain a note."
"Sure" said Gusty. "You write it. I don't want any part in that."
So she did.
Bowtie remembered something. "Brain said to make the blue stuff work, you have to have cheez whiz to reverse it. I'll go get it."
Heart Throb gave up her pay, not caring. It wasn't worth anything in Ponyland anyway, right? Bowtie ran off and came back with a big jar of Cheez Whiz.
Then they waited for nightfall.