Chapter 13: The Secret of the Unicorns
May Belle stood in front of Soos. Nothing was happening. But May Belle was concentrating and constraining.
Then the music started playing once again.
Soos began to bob his head to the music.
"Sorry…" he said when she turned it off.
"It's okay." Said May Belle, "It is catchy."
Dipper walked in on them.
"Still trying to figure out the pure of heart thing?" asked Dipper.
"Yeah." Said May Belle.
"You know that's sort of pointless in the searches right?" asked Dipper.
"I know!" said May Belle, "But maybe if I get that down maybe I can figure out other unicorn magic that would amazing!"
"Look it will be fine." Said Dipper.
"I know… I know…" said May Belle.
"Hey… wait why haven't you talked to other unicorns?" asked Soos.
"What?" asked both Dipper and May Belle.
"I mean if you want to know wouldn't it make sense to go to the source?" asked Soos.
"Of course! It makes so much more sense now." Said May Belle.
"Do you even know how get there?" asked Dipper.
"Nope, but I know where to look." said May Belle.
The next day after getting Stan to copy the pages on how to get to the Unicorn glen. The girls headed to the place.
"So Dipper wasn't up to it?" asked Grenda.
"Nope." Said Mabel, "I'm guessing that he had enoguh of girly things for a while."
"And Unicorns are one of the girliest things imaginable.' Said Candy.
They got to a place that had a Stone Henge like spot.
"Here we are the magical part of the forest." Said Mabel who took out the papers and saw a map, "Okay there's the gnome tavern want to stay away from that."
"Why?" asked Grenda.
"They sort of want me as the gnome queen." Said Mabel.
"Ew." Said Kitsu.
"And there's the fairy nail salon…" said Mabel, "Okay, in order to summon the unicorn, one must bellow this accent chant, droned only by the deepest voiced druids of old."
"On it!" said Grenda.
She began to chant and soon a strange statute emerged from the ground.
"All right Grenda!" said Mabel.
They entered through the doors and found a unicorn sitting in the glen, it was a very light shade of blue and had a rainbow mane.
Nearby a satyr. Played the pan flute.
"Hark visitors to my realm of enactment." Said the unicorn.
They all looked at the unicorn.
"Oh wow! Seeing a real unicorn is so much different." Said Grenda, "No offense."
"I understand." Said Mabel.
"I am Celestabellebethabelle the last of my kind." Said the unicorn.
Mabel cringed when she said that.
"It's all right, it's not your fault one of them drowned at Jusenkyo." Said Kitsu.
"Come in, come in." said the Celestabellebethabelle, "Leave your shoes… I have a thing about shoes."
Grenda, Candy and Mabel all took off their shoes, while Kitsu made it seem like she wasn't wearing any.
"Um… hi…" said Mabel, "This might seem odd, but do you know about Jusenkyo?"
"Of course I have heard about it." Said Celestabellebethabelle.
Mabel walked over to a nearby pond, figuring at that would be the most "magical" way to show her.
Celestabellebethabelle watched and was surprised.
"So you are cursed with a curse of the unicorn." Said Celestabellebethabelle.
"That's right." Said May Belle stepping out of the pond, "I want to know how I can use my unicorn abilities, I heard I can sense the purity of someone's heart. But I also want to know if there's more."
Celestabellebethabelle began to think.
'All right! I will teach you the ways of the unicorn, but first you must get rid of your clothes." Said Celestabellebethabelle.
That was when the Satyr played what sounded like Morose code on it's pan flute.
"Okay, okay not completely get rid of your clothes." Said Celestabellebethabelle.
Mabel did her best to take off her clothes, her socks, and skirt were easy enoguh but was having a hard time for her sweater and shirt.
Candy had to help her.
"Now are you ready for your training?" asked Celestabellebethabelle.
"I am." said May Belle.
"Let us pose in front of a rainbow!" said Celestabellebethabelle.
And they began to pose in front of a rainbow.
"So what do you want do?" asked Kitsu.
The other two shrugged.
Meanwhile at the Mystery Shack.
"So Mabel and the girls went to find unicorns?" asked Wendy.
"Yeah…" said Dipper, "Wasn't up for joining them."
"Was is because you got kissed by a guy and then on a date with Gideon?" asked Wendy.
Dipper began to blush.
"Sorry…" said Wendy.
"It's fine… it's fine…" said Dipper.
Look man, you just have that way with people." Said Wendy, "Some of them happen to be guys."
"It's still embarrassing." Said Dipper.
"I'm sure there's other people with similar problems." Said Wendy.
"You know any?" asked Dipper.
"Well no one I know of." Said Wendy.
Dipper sighed.
"Who knows, maybe you might someone who knows exactly what you're gong through, I mean most people try to keep their curses a secret for as long as possible." Said Wendy, "I'm surprised that Pacifica was cursed but at the same time not that surfside…"
"Wait…" said Dipper.
"Come on, it's obvious Kitsu is Pacifica, I mean come on we all know the Northwests would sue a Kitsune for looking like their daughter even if there's no money involved." Said Wendy.
"Seriously?" asked Dipper.
"Yeah, wouldn't put it past them." said Wendy with a shrug.
Back in the in the Unicorn Glen, both of them were done posing.
May Belle decided to try to read Candy's heart, but it didn't work.
"Why isn't this working?" asked May Belle.
"What else can we do to get you in opt the unicorn's mindset?" asked Celestabellebethabelle.
"What do Unicorns do?" asked May Belle.
"There are many things…" said Celestabellebethabelle who began to think, "We've already done posing! Have you tried finding rainbows."
"No…" said May Belle.
"You know never mind, that's a terrible thing to do next." Said Celestabellebethabelle.
"Why?" asked May Belle.
"Just… reason…" said Celestabellebethabelle.
"Okay…" said May Belle with a shrug.
"Have you tried flocking yet?" asked Celestabellebethabelle.
"Not in a while." Said May Belle.
"How about you frolic with the butterflies." Said Celestabellebethabelle.
"All right!" said May Belle.
She began to chase after butterflies.
The girls watched May Belle and looked at Celestabellebethabelle and noticed she seemed to be laughing.
"Why is she laughing?" asked Grenda.
"I don't know…" said Kitsu narrowing her eyes at the unicorn, "And I don't like it."
After about 20 minutes May Belle stopped. She used Grenda this time but still couldn't look into her heart.
"Hmmm…" said Celestabellebethabelle, "Perhaps you need a make over suitable for a unicorn. I'm sure your friends will do it for you."
The three began to brush May Belle's hair while Celestabellebethabelle just read "Whiny, Pray, Trot" and muttering things about how she would travel but the economy was bad.
"I don't think this is going to work." Said Kitsu.
"Why?" asked May Belle.
"Celestabellebethabelle was laughing when you were flocking with butterflies." Said Candy.
"Why would she do that?" asked May Belle, "Unless it's because I was so cute doing it."
"I don't think that's the reason." Said Kitsu.
Once they were done with the make over, making May Belle's mane a bit curly.
"What should we do next…" said Celestabellebethabelle.
"Yo! C-Beth!" called out a voice.
That was when two more unicorns showed up. One was teal and the other was magenta.
They noticed May Belle and the other girls.
"Whoa! Where did the foal come from?" asked the teal one who was a male unicorn
"Wait…" said Candy, "Didn't you say something about being the last?"
"Um… maybe…" said Celestabellebethabelle.
"Okay… what are you doing now C-Beth…" said the magenta one who was also male.
"Well…" said May Belle explain her satiation and even mentioning that she got the information form the journals.
"Oh dude! That is so wrong!" said the magenta unicorn.
"That is the worst thing you have ever done!" said the teal one.
"She is cursed to turn into a unicorn…" said the magenta one.
"I like my curse." Said May Belle.
"Even so, she's clearly a kid and you were trolling her." Said the magenta one, "Not cool!"
"Guys!" said Celestabellebethabelle.
"Wait… trolling me?" asked May Belle.
"Look kid, when that guy was writing those things about us, we were messing with him about our powers. We can't see into someone's heart at all. The best our horns can do is glow, point to the nearest rainbow, let us talk and play rave music." Said the magenta one.
"I already know about the rave music." Said May Belle.
"Fine, it's the truth I was trolling you!" said Celestabellebethabelle.
"Why?" asked May Belle.
"Come on you deserve trolling." Said Celestabellebethabelle, "I mean buying the whole pure of heart thing.
May Belle began to cry.
"Plus thinking we have secret powers…" said Celestabellebethabelle, "Please, any sort of magic about unicorns are a work of fiction. There's no secret power of any kind."
The girls glared at the unicorn as rainbow tears fell from May Belle's eyes.
"All this time!" cried May Belle, "I just wanted to help my brother and my friends and you're telling me that I have nothing to help them."
"Well our tears are a potent herbicide." Said Celestabellebethabelle.
May Belle looked at the grass beneath her that was dead.
She glared at Celestabellebethabelle.
"Why you!" she cried out.
Candy, Grenda and Kitsu all stood by May Belle's side.
"We'll make her pay together." Said Grenda.
"Yes… she will pay…" said Candy adjusting her glasses.
"Thank you so much…" said May Belle, then turned to the lone female unicorn.
That was when her horn glowed rainbow colors, that was when suddenly a rainbow laser beam game out of her horn and hit Celestabellebethabelle. It sent the light blue unicorn flying, she was still conscious though.
"What the!" yelled the teal unicorn.
That was when a light appeared from May Belle's horn. The light took the form of a pure white unicorn with a rainbow man (though it was a bit different than Celestabellebethabelle's)
"I am the spirit of all lost unicorns…" said the mystery unicorn.
"What?" asked Celestabellebethabelle.
"Mabel… or as she prefers to be called by as a unicorn, May Belle, has demonstrated something lost to all the unicorns. A power so great and transcends space and time." Said the sprit of unicorns.
"What power?" asked May Belle.
"Love." Said the spirit of unicorns.
"Seriously!" yelled Celestabellebethabelle.
"Oh come on!" yelled the teal unicorn.
"That is so cliché." Said the magenta unicorn.
"Yes, May Belle can be selfish at times, but who isn't. She cares greatly for her brother and her friends. And thanks to that love she'll be able to unlock abilities that unicorns have not held for centuries." Said the spirit of unicorn, "I don't know if this will spread through out the glen, but I hope it does."
"I doubt it." Said Celestabellebethabelle.
However the Magenta one seemed to lost in thought.
"May Belle… You might not be born a unicorn but I'm proud that someone was finally able to unlock this power… and I hope they will again…" said the spirit of the unicorns.
The light vanished and everyone stood there in shock.
"Okay, I'm not the only one who thought this but that unicorn sound liked Nicole Oliver?" asked the magenta unicorn.
"Nicole Oliver?" asked the teal one.
"Oh she voices Princess Celestia on My Little Pony!" said May Belle, "I was thinking the same thing too!"
Everyone but May Belle looked at the Magenta unicorn.
"What! Just because I'm a unicorn doesn't mean I can't love that show! Those ponies are hardcore!" said the Magenta unicorn.
"Please… that show is…" said Celestabellebethabelle.
That was when May Belle shot off the rainbow beam again.
"I happen to love that show by the way." Said May Belle.
The Magenta unicorn walked over to May Belle.
"Bro hoof." He said.
The two slapped hooves.
Celestabellebethabelle glared at them.
"Maybe you should leave." Said the magenta one.
"Good idea." Said May Belle.
"And don't forget your shoes." Said Celestabellebethabelle, "This isn't' some shoe store.
As they didn't bring any hot water, Grenda and Candy climbed onto May Belle's back as Kitsu turned into her fox form and rode May Belle head.
"Well… that interesting." Said Kitsu as it was all any of them could say.
They got back to the mystery shack.
Having got there after Soos got splashed again and he was using his hat to hide his shame.
"Hey! You're back!" said Wendy.
"Did they tell you anything interesting?" asked Ursa.
"The unicorns were jerks." Said Grenda.
"One of them trolled Mabel just because she could." Said Kitsu jumping down and turning into her human-like form.
"One of them was all right." Said May Belle, "But Celestabellebethabelle..."
"So it was a useless trip." Said Ursa.
"Nope!" said May Belle.
She shot her new rainbow beam at a nearby tree.
"Anytime I feel a form of love and channel it I can shoot rainbow lasers from my horn!" said May Belle.
"Apparently the unicorns are such jerks they compete forgot they had that ability." Said Kitsu.
"Wait… does that make you some kind of unicorns chosen one?" asked Wendy.
"I hope not…" said May Belle, "Because that would really weird…"
They all hummed in agreement that it would be weird.
And so Mabel learned the troth that unicorns were jerks. However thanks to the fact that she is a human who turns into a unicorn, she learned that she an ability that none of the others had.
And possibly more in the future…
And who knows maybe the other unicorns would learn those abilities as well..
But it would probably be too weird if she became the unicorn chosen one, teaching them about love and friendship. She was still human after all… well… most of the time.
Next Time: After eating some mushroom burgers, the Pines finds their ages altered, Dipper's now a little kid, Stan's now a tween and Mabel's in her late teens. Will they be able to figure out what caused it? Find out next time!
A/N: I was planning for the rainbow laser from the start, in fact I hinted it back in the Inconveniencing, seriously read was Mini Aoishima says...