Chapter 14: 28 Pranks Later
It was a dark and spooky night in the woods as Fluttershy was walking with some animals back home, which included Angel and her bear friend Harry.
"I'm so sorry I lost track of time at our picnic," said Fluttershy to the animals, "I didn't mean for us to get out here after dark. But there's really nothing to be afraid of. The forest at night is the same as the forest during the day." It was at that moment a strong gust of wind blew past followed by some howling in the distance. Fluttershy looked behind her as she surveyed the ominous surroundings.
"Only...darker," Fluttershy added with a very nervous smile on her face and then added through her teeth, "Why didn't I bother inviting Sokka to come with us?"
Fluttershy knew the answer. Sokka had stayed home to take care of some house cleaning she had fallen behind on. So he was safe at home...and probably worried sick why she was heading home so late.
Fluttershy was then startled when Harry got underneath the yellow Pegasus as Angel and the other animals ducked under the large bear as well, trembling fearfully. Harry was so afraid that his teeth were also chattering.
"Still, maybe we should hurry back to the cottage," said Fluttershy when something whooshed across the foreground and Harry grabbed the yellow Pegasus to hold her for comfort.
Fluttershy then got out of Harry's arms and they started to search. She then noticed that Harry still looked frightened and gently patted his shoulder with a fore-hoof.
"Nothing to worry about," said Fluttershy, "No reason to-"
WHOOSH!
Fluttershy was then startled as the shadow zoomed across the background. It was then a strange looking monster groaned from behind them and also had glowing purple eyes. Harry was the first to see the monster, followed by Fluttershy.
"Ruuuun!" Fluttershy screamed and the group did just that.
Fluttershy panted as she and the animals ran for their lives. But the monster managed to cut them off and hovered before them. It gave another eerie sounding moan and lightning stuck behind it to make it look even scarier. Fluttershy just looked at the monster fearfully when...
ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAR!
The monster roared loudly at her.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHH!" Fluttershy screamed loudly and rushed into Harry's arms and whimpered fearfully.
It was then the monster flew closer to reveal...that it was Rainbow wearing a hoof-made monster costume. Rainbow began to laugh as Fluttershy opened an eye that was brimming with tears.
"Gotcha!" Rainbow called out and laughed harder as she landed on her back. Poor Fluttershy was still hyperventilating.
"That wasn't funny!" Fluttershy said with a very out of breath voice and watery eyes, "You really scared me! I hope you're happy!" Harry growled in agreement and shook his head in disapproval. Rainbow had gotten back on all fours.
"Nope. You're too easy," said Rainbow, "You're scared of everything!"
"That's not true," Fluttershy protested bitterly. Then Sokka arrived.
"Honey! Honey!" Sokka called out, "I heard you scream and rushed over here as fast as I could. Are you okay?"
"No, I'm not okay!" Fluttershy snapped, "Rainbow thought it was funny to scare the living daylights out of me! All because she considers me an easy target!"
"Oh really?!" Sokka said sternly as he glared at her. Rainbow just smiled smugly.
"Boo," said Rainbow to Fluttershy's face.
"AAH!" Fluttershy yelped and zipped up to a tree branch upside down and her teeth chattered fearfully.
Rainbow just waved a fore leg to say "Told ya so". Harry grunted at her and Sokka growled at the blue Pegasus.
"Why you!" Sokka snarled and lunged at her. Rainbow dodged at the last minute.
"Miss me! Miss me! Now you gotta kiss me!" Rainbow taunted and gave Sokka a raspberry.
"I'd never kiss your lips ya little-"
BONK!
Sokka lunged at Rainbow angrily again, but then time Rainbow set herself up so Sokka slammed head first into a tree trunk, leaving the Pegasus stallion dizzy.
"Gotcha!" Rainbow shouted, laughed at Sokka, and then zoomed away. Fluttershy then recovered as she hovered over to her still woozy husband.
"Ugh..." Sokka groaned as he put a fore-hoof to his head, but winced when he touched something that made his head hurt more.
"Oh no!" said Fluttershy as she noticed a patch of purple on his fore-head, "You got a nasty bruise!"
"Thanks to Rainbow," Sokka remarked. Fluttershy grunted angrily.
"She's not gonna get away with this!" Fluttershy told her husband.
Sokka silently agreed with her.
*Main theme*
Fluttershy wasted no time calling for an intervention with the rest of the Mane sixteen. While Fluttershy and Sokka, whom the latter had a bandage on his fore-head, had explained what had happened,
Rainbow seemed unapologetic. In fact, the blue Pegasus was boasting over what had happened.
"I mean," Rainbow bragged, "how could you not appreciate that?"
Twilight was standing between Rainbow and Fluttershy's thrones. Chase was sitting on his own throne looking very angry as Jade and Sunray were equally angry with Rainbow. Fluttershy and Sokka looked upset as well and both had their fore-legs crossed.
"Because I don't think being scared is very fun!" said Fluttershy huffily, "And I don't appreciate that you made my husband slam head first into a tree trunk!"
"He's the one who charged at me!" Rainbow protested.
"Only because you called my wife an easy target!" Sokka shot back.
"Rainbow Dash, I am very disappointed in you for hurting our friends that way!" Soarin said with a stern look he gave to his marefriend. "What were you thinking?!"
"I was just having fun!" Rainbow snapped.
"Come on, Rainbow!" Chase added angrily. "You know how hurtful that comment is for Fluttershy! And that's not okay!"
"Oh come on, Chase!" Rainbow protested, "Besides, it was all in good fun. I'm sure you could get that!"
"I do!" Pinkie replied, "Your hearts gets all racy, your hooves get all tingly, your mouth gets all dry-ie! Actually, I don't like that part. But the rest if great!"
Pinkie made her heart pump out of her chest, her fore-legs wiggle, and her mouth to...stick out, but fixed it a couple of seconds later.
"Only for you!" Jade and Sunray said together as Fluttershy and Sokka just kept glaring at Rainbow.
"See? Everypony likes a good prank!" said Rainbow, "They're just jokes! Not my fault the only boys in our group can't take a joke! But I can't even catch Chase off guard every time!"
"Probably because you don't have the brain to think things through," said Chase firmly, "You're taking advantage of Fluttershy's issues for your own selfish need for laughs and that isn't right!"
"Yeah, and she told me you have a bad habit of doing that to her ever since you two were fillies!" Sokka added. Rainbow just snorted and rolled her eyes.
"Now, Rainbow Dash," said Rarity, "I don't think Fluttershy would have called us all here to talk about this if she thought it was funny. Everypony has things they like and things they don't."
"And scarin' Fluttershy is just lazy," said Applejack sternly.
"Lazy?!" Rainbow scoffed.
"Of course it's lazy, Rainbow!" Jade said, sternly. "You always take everypony's stress too far and that's not alright."
"A prank isn't very good if you're the only pony laughing," Twilight added.
"Well said guys," said Chase in agreement.
"But what if it's really, really, really, really, really funny?" Pinkie asked as she bounced over to Twilight.
"And I can do funny," Rainbow bragged. Chase, Clay, Sunray, Antonio, Soarin, and Sokka shook their heads and rolled their eyes.
"I know you can," said Twilight as she walked behind Rainbow's throne, "I guess the trick is making sure your idea of funny matches the pony you're pranking."
Twilight didn't seem to notice that Rainbow was hiding her giggles. Chase was just giving her a death glare as his wife went to take a seat.
"That way-"
Pfffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff!
The moment Twilight sat down, a loud prolonged fart was heard that echoed throughout the room. Then she pulled out a whoopee cushion with her magic.
"Oh come on," said Chase irritatingly as Twilight glared as Rainbow laughed and then Pinkie was also cracking up.
The others just gave Rainbow and Pinkie annoyed, unamused, and disturbed looks. Pinkie then zipped between Rainbow and Twilight as she and Rainbow burst out laughing. Then they shared a hoof-bump with each other as Twilight continued to glare at them while holding the whoopee cushion in her magic.
"Good one, Rainbow!" said Pinkie, "Ha-ha! You have to admit! That was funny!"
"Not really!" said Twilight indignantly as she tossed the whoopee cushion away from herself.
"Yeah, it was funnier when Aunt Jewel made Uncle Santos sit on one," said Antonio and then snickered, "but that was because it took Uncle Santos a good fifteen minutes to stop shifting and get off his chair."
Antonio then started laughing to himself.
"Seriously?" Twilight asked annoyingly.
"Yeah, Antonio. You should show respect to your elders like that." Trini scolded her brother sternly.
"Yeah, you guys should know better than to make fun of other ponies." Chase said, firmly to Pinkie and Rainbow. "It's not very amusing for other ponies to deal with all the time. A whoopee cushion is a cheap way to get a laugh."
"What?!" Rainbow and Pinkie exclaimed.
"Yeah," said Applejack, "A whoopee cushion is like a joke shortcut."
"And very unassuming." Clay and Soarin said together.
"What?!" Rainbow and Pinkie exclaimed again.
"Honestly, Rainbow Dash," said Rarity indignantly, "if you are not willing to put forth the effort requested to pull a prank that everypony can enjoy, you may as well not pull one at all."
Rainbow looked stunned as she turned to Pinkie, who shrugged a fore-leg in reply.
"Fine!" said Rainbow angrily as she hovered into the air, "If you ponies want effort, then that's just what you'll get."
With that Rainbow flew out of an open castle window.
"Rainbow get back here!" Sunray shouted but Rainbow didn't listen.
"I'm sure she understood what we meant," said Twilight.
"Great," Jade said wearily, "Now Rainbow is gonna be worse than ever!"
"Not if I can help it," said Sokka as he pulled out his machete and boomerang, "With these, she'll get the message quickly!"
"Hold on a minute, Sokka. We can't just do that to her permanently!" Chase said with a firm look.
"Sokka, Chase is right, now put those away at once!" said Fluttershy sternly.
"Spoil my fun why don't you?" Sokka muttered under her breath as he put his swords away.
"Say something, dear?" Fluttershy asked in a dangerously sweet tone as she got into his face.
"Just that I love you very much," Sokka replied quickly and gave a squeaky smile.
"I thought so," Fluttershy said smugly and pecked his lips.
"Well, I just hope Rainbow doesn't become prank fodder if she doesn't realize what she's doing." Chase said with a sigh, making the others turned to him after hearing the word 'fodder'.
"What do you mean, Chase?" Twilight asked her husband curiously as Jade, Sunray, Trini, Clay, Sokka, and Antonio looked horrified by this.
"Uh, maybe we should talk about this some other time today, guys. Now's not really the best time." Jade said as she and the rest of her family went out with Clay and Sokka following in pursuit.
"Sokka?" Fluttershy asked in concern to her husband.
"Clay?" Applejack called out to her husband with a worried look.
(Scene changes)
Later that day at the Carousel Boutique, Rarity was with Sweetie Belle.
"I know you're excited about the Filly Guide Cookie Drive," Rarity told her little sister, "but I still have to do a few finishing touches on your uniform." They both entered Rarity's workroom and blinked in surprise. The mannequin with Sweetie Belle's Filly Guide outfit was now perched on top of a giant cake. Sweetie Belle excitedly walked up to the cake and took a big bite out of it.
"Hmm, not bad," said Sweetie Belle. Rarity just looked at the cake skeptically. She then found a note sitting before the mannequin and went to read it.
"Huh," said Rarity as she read the note aloud, ""You asked for it"."
"What does it mean?" Sweetie Belle asked curiously.
"Hmm. I assume this is Dash's idea of a prank," Rarity answered, "which can only mean she's rigged some kind of booby trap to your Filly Guide uniform up there."
"So how do we get it down?" Sweetie Belle asked, "Should we ask if Chase can stop the trap? He's pretty good at outsmarting Rainbow Dash."
Rarity chuckled.
"How true," said Rarity, "But Chase said he doesn't want to be involved in it for some reason. So what are we gonna do you ask? We don't. If Dash thinks I'm going to fall for whatever she's got in mind, she's got another thing coming. There's more uniforms where that one came from!" Rarity then grabbed some fabric and went to work. But as she went to use the sewing machine.
SPLAT!
The sewing machine fell apart...and was actually another cake. Sweetie Belle leaned in and took a huge bite out it.
"Hmm. The sewing machine cake is actually better then the cake cake," said Sweetie Belle. Rarity couldn't contain her temper after that.
"RAINBOW DASH!" Rarity screamed angrily. She and Sweetie Belle then heard laughter. There was Rainbow Dash outside of the window, laughing at them.
"Gotcha! Ha-ha!" said Rainbow, "How's that for effort?"
Rainbow then flew away as Rarity watched her fly off. Rarity then glared at Sweetie Belle who was just innocently stuffing her face with more cake.
(Scene changes)
Walking past through the houses of Ponyville, Nyx was enjoying a nice stroll through the town while whistling a catchy merry go round tune.
Unknown to her, Rainbow was hiding behind a house as she was smirking deviously while snickering to herself before she made her presence known. She silently hovered behind Nyx as she continued whistling.
But when Nyx noticed her from behind…
"I see you, Rainbow." Nyx said bluntly with a glare, making Rainbow widen her eyes in shock before she hid behind a house.
"No you don't, Nyx." Rainbow said quickly.
"Not this again." Nyx said greatly annoyed as she turned to the rainbow mane mare's hiding spot without moving a muscle. "Yes, I do."
"Then why aren't you gonna hurt me?" Rainbow asked curiously.
Nyx smirked as she lit her and…
ZAP!
"YEEOOW!" Rainbow shouted in a girly voice as she flew in the air and landed on her stomach with her rear end charcoal black, due to Nyx performing a thunder cloud as it moved away.
"Does that answer your question?" Nyx asked, smirking before she walked away.
Rainbow growled annoyingly.
"Great! First I can't get Chase! Not even Jade, Sunray, Antonio, and Trini!" Rainbow shouted angrily before she calmed down and smiled slyly. "Well, I guess there are other ponies that'll be my bait."
She then flew off.
(Scene changes)
Nyx arrived back at the Castle of Friendship and went into the library as she found Twilight organizing the books. Twilight took notice of her daughter.
"Hi, Nyx!" Twilight greeted Nyx as she stopped what she was doing and landed before her daughter. "How was your walk, sweetie?"
"Well, it was good until somepony was gonna try and prank me." Nyx answered with an annoyed look.
Twilight followed this as she sighed in annoyance as well.
"Rainbow Dash?" Twilight asked with a glare.
"Yup." Nyx replied back with a blunt look.
"Well, let's just hope she doesn't go over the hook." Twilight said with a glare.
(Scene changes)
Back in Fluttershy's cottage, Sokka was giving various animals their dinner. Things were pretty quiet at first, but then some squirrels started snickering, followed by a few raccoons, then Harry, and then Angel and some of his bunny friends. Sokka tried to ignore the snickering at first, but then he started to get annoyed as all the animals were now snickering behind his back.
"Alright, what's so funny?" Sokka demanded as he hovered before him.
The animals then started laughing. Sokka glared as Fluttershy hovered into the room.
"I don't know what's so funny," said Fluttershy firmly, "but that's no way to treat my..."
Fluttershy then noticed a sheet of paper was taped onto her husband's tail and pulled it off.
"Uh...honey," said Fluttershy as she handed Sokka the sheet of paper, "I think this is why they're snickering."
Sokka blinked when he saw what was on the sheet of paper.
My name is Stinky!
And below it was a rainbow on it.
It was then he heard a familiar blue Pegasus laughing from a window. Rainbow then blew a raspberry at him.
"You're gonna get it!" Sokka remarked as he headed toward the front door. But when he opened…
KER-SPLAT!
Sokka got a bucket of shaved onions dumped on him. And I mean the strong smelly kind!
"Gotcha!" Rainbow taunted, "See ya later, Stinky!"
Sokka growled angrily.
"Rainbow Dash!" Sokka yelled.
Behind him, Fluttershy and the rest of the animals all held their noses since Sokka really did smell terrible due to the strong smelling onions. Fluttershy didn't waste time preparing her husband a bath. Unfortunately, it took a full hour before she managed to help him get the smell of onion out of his mane, tail, and fur. And yes, Fluttershy did use her perfume scented shampoo and soaps too.
(Scene changes)
Late that night, Applejack and Clay were busy setting up various ropes, bells, and frying pans around their bedroom. Apple Bloom then peeked inside the room.
"What's all this, Applejack and Clay?" Apple Bloom asked, "I thought you were gonna help me get ready for the Filly Guide Cookie Drive."
"Uh, yeah, sorry about that," said Applejack, "But Rainbow Dash has been on a prankin' tear, and you can never be too careful."
"You're friend Nyx caught her redhanded after that pegasus was gonna scare her until she beat Rainbow to it." Clay added
"I heard," said Apple Bloom, "So unfair that she was gonna scare Nyx!"
"I agree," said Clay, "Rainbow will pick just 'bout anypony for her pranks. And we're gonna be ready for her!"
"Do you really think Dash is gonna try and prank you in your sleep?" Apple Bloom asked.
"Not if we have anythin' to say about it," said Applejack as she turned her lamp off and went to sleep with Clay holding her.
Apple Bloom just said nothing and turned the hall light off as she headed to her bedroom.
"See ya in the mornin', sugarcube," said Applejack and Clay as they went to sleep, snuggled up together.
(Scene changes)
The next morning, Applejack and Clay woke up with a start to find a pig sleeping in their bed beside them.
"Huh?!" Applejack and Clay exclaimed when they noticed that their bed, side table, and lamp were now outside in the middle of the pig pen as the rooster crowed.
"Whoa!" Applejack yelped as she tried to climb out of bed, but tripped and fell face first into some mud.
Rainbow laughed at her from above.
"Ha! Still think I'm lazy?" Rainbow remarked, "Gotcha! Pigpen..." Rainbow laughed harder and flew off.
"Ugh! Rainbow Dash!" Applejack and Clay grunted as the pig jumped off their bed and splashed into the mud beside the orange pony.
Applejack, now coated from head to hoof in mud, and Clay just sulked.
(Scene changes)
As some polka music played in the background, it was clear that nopony was safe from Rainbow's pranks. Cranky was in his and Matilda's bedroom admiring himself in the mirror.
It was then Rainbow thought it funny to swap Cranky's toupee with a skunk. Cranky didn't even notice the swap until the skunk was on his head.
Rainbow watched outside as the skunk raised its tail and sprayed Cranky with its foul stench.
"Gotcha!" Rainbow shouted, laughed, and then flew away.
(Scene changes)
At the castle, Spike was writing up a scroll. When he was finished, he then blew fire to send the scroll away. Just a second after, another scroll that look just like it landed on his head and onto the table. Spike looked at the scroll before he sent it off. Then another scroll landed on his head and onto the floor that looked just like it.
Instead of checking to see if the scroll was the one he was trying to send like a smart dragon (rolls eyes), Spike sent the scroll off with his dragon breath. Then another scroll appeared and Spike sent that one away. This repeated again and again with Spike never realizing until too late that Rainbow was above him dropping the fake scrolls to Spike to be sent off.
Another appeared as Spike was starting to get more annoyed. But when he was about to send it away, he felt something tapping his shoulders from behind. He looked to see Chase and Nyx standing behind him with blunt looks as the alicorn stallion pointed upwards so Spike saw Rainbow with the fake scrolls.
"Got ya!" Rainbow said before she zipped away.
(Scene changes)
In the Dragon lands, Ember, who Spike had sent the first real letter too after she took it, was looking at the fake scrolls with an unamused look on her face as she knew Spike was tricked by Rainbow.
"Looks like Spike has been tricked by Rainbow Dash." Ember said with a blunt look.
(Scene changes)
Back at Sweet Apple Acres, Big Mac was busy pulling a cart of the hill. Suddenly a loud thud was heard and Big Mac looked back to see a huge boulder inside his cart. This made the red stallion slide down the hill he had finished climbing. He had barely recovered when some apples were tossed before him and he looked up to see Rainbow smirking at him.
"Gotcha!" Rainbow yelled and flew off.
(Scene changes)
Later, Mr. Cake was about to eat his lunch, which was a sub sandwich. He went to take a large bite when...
CLANG!
Mr. Cake bit down on something hard and rubbed a now sore tooth. He opened up his sandwich to find somepony had put a red brick inside of it. He then heard snickering behind him and looked back to see Rainbow smirking at him.
"Gotcha!" Rainbow shouted.
(Scene changes)
At the Schoolhouse, Cheerilee was walked up to her mobile backboard to get ready for the afternoon lecture. She spun the backboard around to find somepony had drawn a picture of her looking stupid. The other students began to laugh. Cheerilee was most annoyed and re-rotated the blackboard to find Rainbow squeezed into the frame with a large smile on her face.
"Gotcha!" Rainbow called out as Cheerilee glared and chased the blue Pegasus out of the schoolhouse.
(Scene changes)
The next day, Pinkie was just busy putting some sprinkles on some cupcakes, closed the box to make a delivery when she was stopped by Twilight, Applejack, Spike, Rarity, Fluttershy, Sokka, Clay, and several other ponies who had all been victims of Rainbow's pranks.
Chase, Jade, Sunray, Nyx, Antonio, and Trini were among those who didn't get pranked by Rainbow due to them having ninja senses, but they agreed with the others that none of Rainbow's pranks were funny.
"Pinkie!" said Twilight, "We need your help."
"Okay!" said Pinkie before asking, "For what?"
"Are you honestly going to stand there and tell us you know nothing about all the pranking Rainbow Dash has been doing?" Rarity asked impatiently.
"Oh, no!" Pinkie replied, "She's been pranking up a storm!"
"Did she get you, too?" Fluttershy asked. Pinkie laughed.
"Oh, yeah!" said Pinkie cheerfully, "She and Gummy both!"
Flashback
Just earlier that morning, Pinkie had gone to get something from her closet. When she opened the door, she found Rainbow and Gummy hanging upside down by their tails inside.
"Boo!" Rainbow shouted.
"AAAAAAAAH!" Pinkie screamed and then giggled to herself.
End Flashback
"They got me good," said Pinkie in a cool tone.
"Well, she needs to stop," Applejack snapped.
"Like right now!" Clay added angrily.
"Stop?" said Pinkie, "But pranks are so much fun!"
"Not for everypony, Pinkie." Chase said sternly.
"And it doesn't seem like Dash is taking the time to find out who enjoys them and who doesn't," Twilight added sternly. The other ponies all grumbled in agreement.
"And this whole mess has to stop if she does not keep it up. Pretty soon, she's gonna be prank fodder." Chase said firmly.
This got everypony to look at him in confusion while Jade, Sunray, Antonio, Clay, Sokka, and Trini stare at him in horror for what he was talking about.
"Chase, you said something about her being prank fodder. What are you talking about?" Twilight asked her husband curiously.
Chase looked at his wife and then the rest of his friends as his family looked at him with horror and disturbed looks.
Jade sighed as she approached Chase with a fearful look.
"Chase, I think it's time you need to tell them the story of… him." Jade said with a horrified shudder.
This made her older brother hug her with much comfort before he released her.
"When we were little, Mom and Dad had told us the story of a pony who used to pull pranks a long time ago before any of us were born." Chase said as he faced the crowd, making them surprised by this.
"What was his name?" Fluttershy asked with a curious look.
Chase turned to Jade, Sunray, Antonio, Trini, Sokka, and Clay as they had looks of fear in them. Then he turned his attention to the crowd.
"His name… was Pranky Pants." Chase replied back grimly. "He used to pull a lot of pranks. He was known far and wide as the King of Pranks."
A flashback was seen a hundred years ago in Ponyville. A young Earth Pony stallion with a dark orange fur coat, blue eyes, a mango main and tail was hiding behind a building. His cutie mark was distinctively a gag peanut brittle can.
"He loved to pull pranks and jokes all of the time and he was really good at it." Chase narrated as Pranky began to walk away from the building as he approached another stallion, giving him a hoofshake when he shocked him with a hoofbuzzer. Then he began doing all sorts of pranks such as doing whoopie cushions on ponies, covering carpets with fake vomit, turning ponies homes into bricks, and making some garlic powder rain down on other ponies heads as they smelled funny. "But he got carried away with it and began pranking one too many times over the years. Nopony really liked it that much."
Pranky was pranking a storm as all of the ponies were each falling for his victims.
(Scene changes)
"Then one day, he planned a very special prank that day." Chase continued to narrate as Pranky had started to make a very special prank. He began to mix things up in a cauldron to perform a phantom aura. "He was making a very special kind of phantom magic, one that would surely make him a ghost to haunt everypony in Ponyville. But then…"
As Pranky was mixing the phantom magic, the aura in the cauldron began to swirl around as the Earth Pony stallion gazed at it in awe. But when he was still looking at it… his eyes became swirly. Then he fell right into the cauldron with the phantom magic with a yell.
"He fell right into the cauldron and thrashed around a bit before he sank right into the phantom magic." Chase continued as Pranky Pants thrashed around a bit in the cauldron before he sank right into the phantom aura.
The view changes outside of Ponyville from the house he was in when the top exploded. A creepy giggle was heard as something rose up from the smoke as it was none other than the ghostly form of Pranky Pants.
In his new appearance, he had a few different changes to his ghostly form. The first was his mane as it now became messy in a very creepy way and the second was his eyes. They were now replaced with a burning red color.
"He was turned into a ghost. He became insane and began to haunt Ponyville, leaving everypony ultimately horrified by him." Chase continued on.
Pranky laughed maniacally as he flew through Ponyville terrorizing ponies as they fleed in fear from him. Then he fled into the Everfree Forest right into a cave out of sight.
Flashback ended
"After Pranky became a very creepy phantom and terrorized the town, he retreated to a cavern in the Everfree Forest. He was never to be seen or found again." Chase finished with a grave tone. "But many of the ponies who have passed this story down for a warning to those who won't stop pulling jokes, his ghost would make a comeback to wreak his horrible vengeance on those who would dare to pull the most pranks that might rival him."
Everypony looked horrified and disturbed by the story as Chase's family felt the same way.
Pinkie gasped in realization.
"But Dashie has been pulling a lot of pranks!" Pinkie said fearfully, now realizing why she didn't like this.
"Then Pranky will be coming." Chase said as he faced Pinkie gravely with a glare.
"How will we know?" Twilight asked, hopefully that there might be a way to stop Rainbow Dash.
"There are three signs that signal the approach of Pranky Pants' ghost." Chase began to explain as the group began to shutter uncontrollably with great fear. "First, there will be a gust of wind blowing through an open window. Second, there will be a knock on the door and there will be nopony there. And finally, Pranky will appear in the ghost of the mist at midnight so he will take anypony for his next meal of prank fodder."
Everypony gasped in dramatic horror as Sokka fainted. Chase turned to Pinkie with a glare.
"That's why Rainbow Dash has to stop pranking everypony, Pinkie." Chase said sternly. "But if she doesn't, then she will become fodder for that joke spirit."
Pinkie gulped in reply with a scared look. Rarity then approached her.
"He does have a point, Pinkie. Uh, since you and Dash share an, uh, affinity for pranking," said Rarity, "we thought you might be able to get her to, um, uh...quit it!"
Rarity didn't resist getting in Pinkie' face to emphasize her point. Pinkie then looked at the others, while her closest friends were giving her worried and concerned looks. The other ponies were giving her glares. Pinkie began to sweat and rubbed the back of her head nervously with her free fore-leg. Chase could tell this was not going to end well as he sighed.
"Let me put it this way," said Chase sternly, "You tell Dash to knock it off or we'll find ourselves somepony else to throw us parties since you will also be Pranky's next meal with her."
Pinkie's mane deflated considerably, but not enough to make it straight.
"Okay, okay!" Pinkie pleaded, "I'll talk to her!"
"Thank you," said Chase as he and the rest of the group left Sugarcube Corner.
Pinkie just sighed and waited quietly for the others to leave before she set off to find Rainbow.
(Scene changes)
The first place she decided to check out was the blue Pegasus's cloudominium.
"Hey, Rainbow Dash!" Pinkie called out from below, "I have something very important to tell you!"
"Pinkie, hey!" Rainbow called out from a window, "I actually have something totally important to tell you!" Rainbow then hovered down below to the pink pony.
"You do?" Pinkie answered, "Ooh! You go first!" Rainbow then looked from side to side before speaking.
"Okay, you know how I've been pranking everypony?" Rainbow asked with a huge goofy smile on her face.
"Yeah," Pinkie giggled, "It's been pretty funny!" Pinkie then stopped herself when she remembered Chase's warning, "I-I-I mean, actually, that's what I have to talk to you about." Pinkie rubbed the dirt nervously.
"Here. Have a cookie," said Rainbow as she tossed it toward Pinkie.
"Ooh! Thanks!" said Pinkie as she caught it in her mouth and ate it.
"So, I got to thinking," Rainbow explained as she held a box of cookies with a fore-hoof, "why waste my time pranking everypony one at a time when I could prank everypony at once?"
"Mmm, wow!" said Pinkie, "Everypony at once?! That sounds amazing!" Pinkie then jumped excitedly into the air and froze when a record scratch was heard. Pinkie then remembered what Chase had said.
You tell Dash to knock it off or we'll find ourselves somepony else to throw us parties since you will also be Pranky's next meal with her.
"Gah, wait!" said Pinkie as she landed on the ground, "I mean, it's not."
"You don't even know what it is yet!" Rainbow protested as she looked from side to side, "Pinkie, this is gonna be the best prank ever! I special ordered these joke cookies so the colors would match my mane."
"And?" Pinkie asked, not understanding the prank.
"And I'm gonna switch them with the Filly Guide cookies," Rainbow explained as she shoved another cookie into Pinkie's mouth, "When Scootaloo and her friends sell them, everypony in town's gonna get a rainbow mouth courtesy of Rainbow Dash! Ha-ha! It's gonna be awesome!" Pinkie looked into a nearby puddle of water and saw that her mouth was rainbow colored as Rainbow pulled her close while she was boasting.
"Uh, I don't know," said Pinkie, "I mean, it doesn't really seem all that funny."
"WHAT?!" Rainbow gasped.
"Maybe this is a good time to stop pranking for a while," said Pinkie, "The other ponies in town really-"
"Stop?!" Rainbow interjected, "No way!"
"Dashie, you have to stop pranking or else you're gonna become prank fodder for Pranky Pants' next meal!" Pinkie interjected, "and the other ponies said they'll find themselves another party pony since I'll be prank fodder if you don't stop!"
Rainbow blinked before she shook her head and snorted.
"Puhlease, you mean to tell me Chase told you the story of Prank Pants' ghost? That old phony tale of when he became a phantom and terrorized Ponyville a long time ago?!" Rainbow asked, sounding that this was ridiculous.
Pinkie nodded fearfully, not wanting to be prank fodder.
"Come on, Pinkie! There's no such thing! That's just an old ghost story! Besides, Chase is just a big hot head and needs to stop being so stern to us!" Rainbow snapped as she shoved the box of cookies into Pinkie's fore-legs, "As for everypony else, if they can't take a joke, then they don't deserve having you as their party pony since you're too scared to become prank fodder. This prank is happening, Pinkie! And it's gonna be hilarious!"
Rainbow then zoomed away. Pinkie just watched the blue Pegasus disappear.
"You've already crossed the line with everypony else, Dashie," said Pinkie with a glare, "Now you've crossed the line with me."
Pinkie snorted as she held the box of joke cookies and ate another. She was at least glad the joke cookies tasted good despite the rainbow filling.
She might even say they tasted...too good...
(Scene changes)
The next day was Filly Guide Cookie Drive. Rainbow quickly made her way inside Sugarcube Corner.
"Pinkie, what's the deal?" Rainbow called out as she headed inside, "I told you I needed your help switching out all the Filly Guide Scout cookies for the joke cookies. But when you didn't show, I had to do it all by myself!"
Rainbow then headed upstairs and saw that Pinkie was still in bed. Her coat was a sickly shade of pink and her nose was still rainbow colored.
"Uh Pinkie?" Rainbow asked as Pinkie coughed in reply. Rainbow chuckled as she walked up to the bed, "Wow, your face is still pretty rainbowed."
"Yeah," said Pinkie weakly, "I haven't really...(Cough)...been feeling well. And these joke cookies are the only thing make me feel better."
Pinkie then reached for another cookies, but found her box was empty.
"You don't have any more, do you?!" Pinkie asked as she lunged into Rainbow's face in desperation.
"Uh, no," Rainbow asked, feeling rather disturbed and pushed Pinkie back, "I just told you. I used them all for the prank."
"Oh," said Pinkie, looking disappointed.
"Pretty soon, the CMCs will start selling them to everypony in town," Rainbow gloated as she walked away from Pinkie's bed, "Ponies will open up their boxes and start eating, then all of their teeth will turn rainbow-colored, and they'll know it was me! It's gonna be so awesome! C'mon, you don't wanna miss it!"
Rainbow didn't resist hugging the ice cream stair post before she hovered over to Pinkie and pulled her blanket.
"Actually," Pinkie coughed, "I don't think I can even...stand up..." Pinkie then lunged into Rainbow's face.
"UNLESS YOU'VE GOT MORE COOKIES!" Pinkie said in a raspy voice.
"Aah!" Rainbow yelped, "On second thought, maybe you better stay here and rest."
"Yeah," Pinkie sighed as she turned away, "You're right. Sorry to miss out. I'm sure it's gonna be hilarious and Chase won't kill you for it."
Rainbow just looked worried, but it was more over Pinkie's condition rather than Chase possibly retaliating to kill her.
(Scene changes)
Back at Sweet Apple Acres, Applejack, Clay, Rarity, Soarin, Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle, and Apple Bloom were working together to load up the cookies onto a single wagon. The fillies were all wearing their Filly Guide Uniforms. Apple Bloom hopped down a now very tall stack of cookie boxes once they were finished loading up.
It was then Rainbow arrived.
"All right, who's ready to sell some cookies?" Rainbow asked.
"ME!" said the Cutie Mark Crusaders.
"Look here, Rainbow Dash," said Applejack sternly with Rarity, Clay, and Soarin standing beside her, "I know you promised Scootaloo you'd help out, but I don't want none of your pranks ruinin' these fillies' night."
"You know I love you, Dash, but try not to do anything reckless." Soarin said, glaring at his marefriend.
"Yeah, we're watchin' ya." Clay added.
"Look, I'll be with you the whole night so you can totally keep on eye on me," said Rainbow.
"Come on, Applejack and Clay!" said Apple Bloom excitedly, "Let's get started!"
"Yeah!" Scootaloo added, "We've got a lot of ground to cover!" Applejack and Rarity were still worried.
"Come on!" said Rainbow enthusiastically, "You heard her! Every house in Ponyville!"
She then chuckled deviously under her breath. Rarity, Clay, Soarin, and Applejack just shared skeptical looks with each other before following after Rainbow and the three fillies.
(Scene changes)
Their first stop was Fluttershy and Sokka's cottage. The four fillies knocked on the front door together. Harry was the one to open the door.
"ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAR!" he growled loudly.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" The four fillies screamed and even Rainbow flinched back a bit.
Harry just glared until Fluttershy and Sokka tapped his shoulder to stand down. They each handed Sweetie Belle a single bit to purchase two boxes of cookies. Rainbow just looked a little uneasy as Harry give her a death glare and made an "I'm watching you" gesture with his claw.
(Scene changes)
The next stop was Twilight and Chase's castle. Like before, the four fillies all knocked on the door together, Twilight opened the doors to show Chase, Nyx, and Spike, whom the purple dragon was looking very excited, were with her. Each filly held out a box each, with Rainbow holding out a box as well.
Twilight grabbed her money pouch and handed a single bit for one box of cookies. Then Spike nudged her side and gave her a big smile. Twilight, Chase, and Nyx rolled their eyes as the alicorn mare pulled out five more bits to purchase six boxes of cookies.
Rainbow, on the other hand, was fighting to contain her excitement.
(Scene changes)
After, they headed to Cranky and Matilda's house. The donkey couple purchased three boxes of cookies. Cranky gave the fillies three bits. Then Cranky smiled and waved them goodbye as the four fillies headed off to make their next cookie delivery.
Sugarcube Corner was their next step, Mr. and Mrs. Cake smiled once they saw the four fillies. Then they made deliveries to Big Mac, followed by Cheerilee. Each pony gave their bits, were given their boxes of cookies.
As the group walked about town, none of them noticed that Rainbow was snickering to herself and was soon laughing heartily by the time the sun had set. In addition, as time passed, the cookie boxes inside the wagon began to disappear.
(Scene changes)
At last, the day's work was done and the Cutie Mark Crusaders were counting how many unsold boxes were left.
"I think you four should be real proud," said Applejack as she rubbed Apple Bloom's head, "Y'all did a mighty impressive job for your first go-'round."
"Eeyup." Clay added, making Applejack giggle.
"That was awesome for you three fillies." Soarin said, smiling at the three fillies.
"You took the words right out of my mouth, Applejack, Clay, and Soarin." said Rarity.
"Isn't that right, Rainbow Dash?" Soarin asked his marefriend, but then noticed that Rainbow was behind them. She was smirking deviously as she rubbed her fore-hooves together.
"Any minute now," said Rainbow in a hushed tone.
"Uh..."any minute now" what?" Applejack asked skeptically since she heard the blue Pegasus.
She, Clay, Soarin, and Rarity gave Rainbow funny looks.
"Huh? Oh, uh, nothing!" said Rainbow, "Have you guys noticed how quiet it's gotten? I mean, it's still early right?"
"Of course it's quiet," said Rarity, "Ponies can't talk while they're eating those fabulous cookies, heh."
"You think?" Rainbow asked.
"Of course," Rarity answered, "They're probably all in a cookie coma right now."
"Huh...maybe you're right," said Rainbow, "I'll go check." Rainbow then zoomed away as the others shared curious looks with each other.
Meanwhile, Rainbow was hovering about town.
"What is going on...?" Rainbow asked herself since it was way too quiet for her tastes. She then peeked into a window and found the room had empty boxes and cookies scattered everywhere.
"Okay, definite cookie-eating happening," said Rainbow, "But...where is everypony? They must have seen their rainbow mouths by now...They should all be running out into the streets! Unless everypony went to bed early..."
Rainbow had turned away from the window as she talked to herself. If she had kept looking, she would have seen a pony walk across the window with a rainbow colored nose and looking very zoned out. Rainbow then flew off to Sugarcube Corner and headed into Pinkie's bedroom.
"Pinkie?" Rainbow called out, but there was no reply and that the pink pony was nowhere to be found. She then entered the room and stepped on something. She lifted her fore-hoof to find an empty cookie box that had a smear of rainbow goo inside of it. She also noticed the room was dark and covered in empty cookie boxes.
"The whole town got the cookies," said Rainbow to herself, "and now everypony is shut up in their houses! You don't think there's something wrong with the joke cookies, do you?"
Rainbow then startled as a loud clatter was heard down below on the ground floor. Rainbow quickly headed downstairs and found Mrs. Cake in the kitchen with her back against the blue Pegasus. The munching sounds made it clear the baker mare was eating something.
"Mrs. Cake!" said Rainbow Dash, "Have you seen Pinkie? I was thinking I might have something to do with her not feeling great."
Mrs. Cake didn't answer and continued munching and doing some husky breathing.
"Uh...Mrs. ...Cake...?" Rainbow asked nervously as she walked up to the baking mare and tapped her shoulder. Mrs. Cake turned around and showed that her nose was rainbow colored and her eyes looked zoned out.
"Cookies...!" Mrs. Cake said in a droned out tone, "Cookies!" Rainbow whimpered.
"Uh, I can see you're busy!" said Rainbow quickly, "I'll come back!"
Rainbow then walked backward, stepped into an empty cookie box, tripped and fell onto her back.
"Uhh!" said Rainbow as the cabinet opened and Pinkie appeared looking just as zoned out.
"Cookies...!" said Pinkie in a droned out tone.
"AAAAAAAHHH!" Rainbow screamed.
"More...Cookies...!" Mrs. Cake said.
Rainbow then saw, to her horror, the Cake Twins crawling toward her, burbling as they also had rainbow colored mouths and looked zoned out as well.
"Cookies...!" Mrs. Cake repeated as the four ponies surrounded Rainbow, who was looking very disturbed.
"Cookies...cooooooooooooookiiiiiiiiiiiieeeeeees..." Mrs. Cake and Pinkie chanted as they and the Cake Twins got inched toward Rainbow, burbling that they wanted cookies in baby talk. Rainbow quickly hovered upward to escape.
"Moooooore cooooookies..." Mrs. Cake and Pinkie called out as Rainbow flew out of Sugarcube Corner.
"More cookies..." Pinkie chanted as the four ponies started following Rainbow at a very slow pace. Rainbow then whimpered as she flew away.
Rainbow whimpered again as she headed down an alleyway. She then gasped when Twinkleshine and Lyra appeared with rainbow colored noses and moaning at her. Rainbow quickly flew over them, passing Dr. Hooves, who also had a rainbow colored nose. Once she was at the water fountain, she landed to catch her breath. It was then she heard more munching and saw Twilight, Nyx, and Spike nearby.
"Twilight...You gotta come with me to Sugarcube Corner," Rainbow panted and was also sweating heavily, "Something's going on with the Cakes! Well, not something exactly. I mean, it may have something to do with these joke cookies..."
Rainbow was struggling to explain that she was to blame for what was going on. Then Twilight and Spike turned around with rainbow colored mouths and zoned out faces.
"Coooooookies..." Twilight and Nyx said in a droned out tone and Spike just groaned at the blue Pegasus.
"Oh, no!" Rainbow exclaimed and flew away.
"Coooooookies..." Twilight and Nyx repeated as Spike groaned again an started walking after Rainbow.
Rainbow headed straight for Fluttershy and Sokka's cottage, looking very scared.
Before she could knock on the door, she saw Fluttershy and Sokka sitting nearby with some animals friends. They all had their backs against the blue Pegasus.
"Fluttershy, Sokka-" Rainbow whimpered as she tapped each of their shoulders.
"Coooooookies..." Fluttershy and Sokka said in a droned out tone with rainbow colored noses.
Harry then gave a low growl at her, but also looked zoned out as he and the other animals had rainbow noses as well. Rainbow cringed and then flew away as they started coming after her.
Rainbow then raced over to Applejack's barn. She quickly rushed inside and barricaded the door. She was panting for dear life once she had finished.
"Cooooooookiiiiiiiiiieeeeeeees..." groaned a familiar voice. Rainbow saw both Granny Smith and Big Mac approaching her looking zoned out and with rainbow noses. Rainbow winced before she smashed her way out of the door.
"Cookies..." Granny Smith repeated as they came after her as well.
(Scene changes)
Outside the Carousel Boutique, Rarity was putting her key in to unlock the front door.
"You sure you don't mind us all comin' over?" Applejack asked.
"Oh, of course not," said Rarity as she gave Sweetie Belle a hug, "I think the girls have earned a little celebration for all of their hard work. And I have plenty of sewing machine cake left over. Unless anypony wants a cookie?" She used her magic to hold up a box loaded with cookies.
"Don't touch those!" Rainbow shouted as she swatted the box away.
"Oh! There is certainly no call for that!" Rarity scolded as she and Sweetie Belle glared at her, "There's plenty for everypony."
"Yeah, you should be able to afford your own box with what the Wonderbolts pay you," Soarin remarked.
"What's with all the trouble, Rainbow?" Clay asked curiously.
"Come on!" Rainbow said frantically and not listening to anypony, "We gotta get outta here!"
"What in tarnation are you goin' on about?" Applejack asked.
"There's no time!" said Rainbow, "You have to follow me!"
"Oh, Rainbow Dash, if you want all of those cookies," Rarity added firmly as Diamond Tiara glared at the blue Pegasus, "you will have to buy them, just like everypony else."
"I don't want the cookies-!" Rainbow snapped. Then she blinked when she saw various ponies approaching with rainbow colored noses and groaning as they approached.
"But they do!" said Rainbow as she pointed to the approaching ponies. The others looked worried and disturbed.
"Wh-wh-what...What's happening?" Rarity asked.
"What's wrong with everypony?!" Soarin and Clay asked in shock.
"I'll explain later," said Rainbow as she put Sweetie Belle onto the wagon, "Come on!"
Scootaloo wasted no time jumping onto the wagon as Applejack put Apple Bloom on board and they ran off as the zombie ponies drew near. They were soon out of town and heading toward Sweet Apple Acres. Rainbow was panting once again.
"We need to find somewhere to hide!" Sweetie Belle cried out.
They headed toward the barn when Granny Smith appeared to cut them off.
"Cookies! Cookies!" Granny Smith called out.
Rainbow winced as she made a hard right turn to avoid crashing into the experienced mare. Granny Smith followed after them at a slow pace.
"This way!" said Applejack as they passed the main gate to the farm, but were shocked to see the rest of the now zombie pony army had caught up with them.
They groaned as the group rushed through the entrance gate and straight for the supply barn. The group had accidentally dropped a few boxes of cookies on the ground and left a trail for the zombie ponies to follow them.
(Scene changes)
Once they were inside the barn, Rainbow used a hammer to board up the windows and Applejack bucked the main doors shut and made sure everything was secure.
"Did we lose them?" Rainbow asked as she spit out a spare nail from her mouth.
"Why are we running from the ponies of Ponyville?" Scootaloo panted as she looked out from one of the boarded windows.
"What happened to all of our friends?" Sweetie Belle asked.
"That's what I want to know." Soarin said as he glared at Rainbow.
Rainbow sighed, knowing she needed to come clean.
"I think it's something in the cookies," Rainbow admitted as she hovered over to a cookies box.
"That's ridiculous!" said Applejack, "Filly Guide cookies haven't changed for years! It's not like there's a new ingredient that's turin' the whole town into cookie-cravin' zombies."
"Uh, unless there...is..." said Rainbow slowly.
"What are you saying?" Rarity asked.
"What did you do?" Applejack demanded.
"What happened?" Clay followed in.
Rainbow just smiled sheepishly when...
SMASH!
"Cooooooookiiiiiiiieeeee...cooooooookiiiiiiiiieeeee..." the zombie ponies chanted as they broke through some of the wooden boards and stuck their fore-legs inside the cracks to try and reach inside. Then the zombie ponies started bashing at the barn doors.
"Cover the windows!" Rainbow called out as she pushed over a stack of hay bales over one window.
"Coooook..." the zombie ponies chanted as Rarity and Applejack pushed the wagon over the door before the zombie ponies could break through. Rainbow then added a few more wooden boards on the window to keep the zombie ponies from getting inside.
" Cooooooookiiiiiiiieeeee... Cooooooookiiiiiiiieeeee..." the zombie ponies moaned as they began to surround the barn.
"Okay!" Rainbow panted as she sealed up another hole, "So I may have switched all the Filly Guide Cookies for joke cookies that were supposed to make ponies' mouths rainbow but somehow turned everypony into mindless cookie-eating zombies instead!"
She then grabbed a lantern.
"I figure we just hide here until the effects wear off," Rainbow told the others, "and as long as nopony eats the cookies, we'll be fine!"
"That's lovely, darling, except for one thing," said Rarity in a very ominous tone, and then added in a droned out voice as she appeared in the light...with a rainbow colored nose, "We've already eaten theeeeeeeeeeeeeeeemmmm..."
Rainbow cringed as she turned and her light showed that Applejack had now become a zombie as well.
"Look like your prank up and backfiiiirrrrrrreeeeeed..." Applejack told the blue Pegasus.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Rainbow screamed as she dropped the lantern. It rolled over to the three fillies and two stallions, who were now zombies as well.
"Cooooooookiiiieeeeees..." they chanted together as they and Rarity surrounded Rainbow. Applejack then bucked the cart away from the door. Rainbow then gasped as the other zombie ponies broke through the barn door and started marching inside. Rainbow knew she couldn't get away as she landed near the remaining piles of cookie boxes.
"No, no! Stay away!" Rainbow pleaded and held a cookie box, "They're making you sick! You don't want these!"
"But we dooooooo..." Pinkie moaned, "We want cookiiiiiiiieeeeeess...!"
"Nngh!" Rainbow whimpered as she pushed her back against the stack of cookie boxes. Then turned to see zombie Soarin had her tail in his mouth.
"Nom, nom, nom, nom," Soarin munched.
"What are doing?!" Rainbow exclaimed as she pulled her tail away and hugged it from her zombie coltfriend. Soarin gave her a very zoned out and creepy stare.
"Everypony stop!" Soarin called out in a moaning tone and there was two seconds of silence, "We don't want these cookies!" Rainbow sighed with relief.
"Rainbow Dash is a BIG cooooooookiiiiieeee..." Clay moaned as drool leaked from his mouth. Rainbow's eyes shrunk as she felt her heart drop all the way down to her hind legs.
"Let's eat BIG...cooooooookiiiiiieeee...!" Sokka moaned.
"Biiiiig...cooooooooookiiiiieeeeee...!" the other zombie ponies chanted in agreement as they started to drool as well.
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEKKK!"
Rainbow shrieked loudly.
"Please! Stop! Don't eat me!" she pleaded for dear life as she shut her eyes, "I never meant for this to happen! It was just a harmless prank! It was supposed to be funny! But this isn't funny at all!"
"Exactly!" said Pinkie in a normal voice. Rainbow opened a single eye as everypony smiled at her and wiped their rainbow goo off their mouths.
"What?" said Rainbow in shock and confusion, "Wait...What's happening?"
"Just delighting in pranking the prankster," said Rarity as she used a comb to smooth out her curly mane.
"Yeah," Applejack chuckled, "How does it feel to get some of your own medicine?"
"So...you're...not sick?" Rainbow stuttered, "None of you are? None of you were about to eat me cause you thought I was a giant cookie?!"
"Of course not, silly!" said Pinkie.
"You'd be too greasy to eat!" Clay added and made a face of disgust.
"Gotacha!" everypony else shouted at once.
"This...was all...a prank?!" Rainbow said slowly, trying to process what had happened.
"Yep!" said Applejack, "And you can thank Pinkie Pie. After you told her about your plan to prank the whole town, she got everypony together and came up with a way to turn the tables on you."
"Aw, shucks, it was nothing!" said Pinkie modestly, "Just a little something I threw together! But I can't take all the credit. Clay and Sokka were the ones who came up with the idea of us turning into cookie-craving zombie ponies. That little joke of us eating you because you were a giant cookie was a nice touch!"
"Hoo-hooooooooooooooooo!" Clay and Sokka chanted like dorks and then shared a hoof-bumped together. Their spouses just smirked and rolled their eyes at them from the background. Rainbow was just left dumbfounded.
'But what about Chase and his family?" Rainbow asked, still shocked.
"They didn't want to be a part of it since pranks are not their cup of tea." Twilight answered with a smile.
"Uh..." said Rainbow with her jaw hanging slightly open.
"Wow! You should see your face!" said Scootaloo.
"I never thought Rainbow Dash could shriek like that," Nyx giggled.
"Talk about funny!" Apple Bloom laughed. Rainbow scoffed.
"Well, I don't think it's very funny!" Rainbow scoffed, "And I'm the one that got pranked! I was really scared! I thought I made everypony sick! I thought this was the curse of Prank Pants' ghost! I thought you were all going to eat me! You can't just go around-"
"-pranking whoever you feel like?" Twilight finished.
"Without thinking about how it might make them feel?" Fluttershy added.
"Or if they'd even enjoy it?" Rarity added.
"Or think it's funny?" Applejack added in a stern tone.
"Doesn't feel good to be ganged up on and pranked at your own expense is it?" Soarin asked as he, Clay, and Sokka stood between her and smirked.
"Yeah!" Rainbow said in agreement and then blinked when she realized what they were saying, "Ohhh...I see what you did there."
"Pranks can be alot of fun when everypony has a good time," said Pinkie, "I thought you just needed to see what it's like when they don't. And...that you should never chose a good laugh over your friends."
"I guess I did. Both on a not funny pranks and for seeking a good laugh at the expense of my friends," said Rainbow, "I'm sorry, everypony. I haven't really been thinking about how other ponies feel."
"Well, I hope you learned your lesson," said Fluttershy.
"Totally!" Rainbow replied, "You ponies pulled off an amazing prank! I'll have to work extra hard to top it!" The sound of crickets chirping could be heard as everypony stared at her while the blue Pegasus rubbed her fore-hooves together deviously.
"Rainbow..." Sokka and Clay warned sternly.
"Gotcha!" Rainbow called out.
Everypony laughed.
But as they continued laughing a soft gust of wind was blown behind Rainbow, making her stop laughing as she noticed it. She then laughed a bit.
"Very funny, Pinkie." Rainbow said with a chuckle, making everypony stop laughing.
"What?" Pinkie asked curiously.
"And there will be a gust of wind blowing through an open window just like the story!" Rainbow said in a dramatic tone before she said in her tomboy tone. "I get it."
But Pinkie and the others weren't laughing as they were silent while the gust of wind continued to blow through an open window as the doors moved slowly a bit. Rainbow was surprised by this.
"Um, Rainbow Dash, how are you doing that without moving an inch?" Rarity asked curiously.
"I'm not doing it!" Rainbow said as she closed the window. "There must be a strong breeze outside. We weren't supposed to get heavy weather."
KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK!
Everypony froze in place before they turned to the barn doors. Rainbow was the first to open them.
"Hello? Hello?" Rainbow called out, only to find nopony there.
"Nice try, Rainbow." Clay said with a smirk.
"Nice try, what?" Rainbow asked with a curious look.
"There will be a knock on the door and there will be nopony there!" Clay said dramatically before he chuckled. "Oh you crack us up!"
Rainbow became nervous and worried.
"Clay, everypony, I'm not doing this!" Rainbow insisted with a scared look as she tried to calm himself down. "Okay, okay. Calm down, Rainbow. What was first. There was the gust of wind. Then the knock. What was the third thing?"
Then a creepy laugh was heard, making Rainbow's eyes widen as she turned to the forest. There was creepy mist in the foreground. Rainbow Dash wasn't the only one looking at it with widen eyes, everypony else was. Pinkie, however, hopped next to Rainbow.
"Maybe we got some new friends coming over." Pinkie said with a smile.
"I don't think we do, Pinkie." Rainbow said with fear in her voice.
"Hey, there's somepony there." Soarin said as something was in the mist.
Then all of a sudden…
"BOO!" A ghostly pony form appeared from the mist.
One good look at it and…
"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!" Rainbow Dash shouted in fear as she hugged Pinkie fearfully. "It-It can't be- It's- It's- It's the-"
"THE GHOST OF PRANKY PANTS!" Pinkie, Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo shouted in fear as they began to cry.
"Oh man, the story was true! He is real!" Sokka said horrified as he and Fluttershy hugged fearfully.
Everypony else was terrified.
"At last you guys understand! We're doomed!" Rainbow said, now regretting to dismiss the legend of Pranky Pants.
"No, Rainbow. That's not it!" Pinkie said, wiping a tear away. "I am just so touched that you would go through the trouble to dress up as a ghostly prankster and stand on the other side of the forest, just to entertain us! You must really have enjoyed Chase's stories!"
"Pinkie, there are two problems with your theory!" Rainbow said as Pranky's spirit moved to the barn with a maniac grin on his face. "One: I don't care about Chase's warnings. And two: how can that ghost be me when I'M STANDING RIGHT HERE?!"
The Ghost of Pranky Pants laughed maniacally, making everypony turn to him as he quickly moved passed through the barn doors.
"Here's Pranky!" The ghost shouted with a wicked smile.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!" Everypony screamed in absolute terror.
"EVERYPONY, RUN!" Rainbow shouted.
Soon everypony ran for their very lives from the barn while screaming in horror. Pranky laughed wickedly as he flew out of the barn.
"You can run, but ya can't hide!" Pranky shouted while smiling wickedly as he laughed crazy like a mad pony.
Rainbow was flying as fast as she could with a horrified look. She hid inside a barrel.
"I don't wanna be prank fodder! Chase, I'm so sorry for dismissing the story you told us about! I didn't know what I was thinking!" Rainbow said as tears ran down her face. "I need you to help us! Please!"
She began to cry when something grabbed the barrel from outside, making Rainbow yelp as she was tossed inside it. The barrel crashed against the wall of a house.
Rainbow quickly recovered as she looked up to see Pranky Pants's ghost staring down at her with an evil wicked smile.
"Well, what do we have here?" Pranky asked wickedly as he rubbed his forehooves together deviously. "Looks like you're my next meal, girl."
"Uh oh." Rainbow said with a scared look as Pranky charged right at her, causing Rainbow to scream in horror and ran for her life as the other ponies did the same.
But then she was stopped as mist appeared in front of her.
"BOO!" Pranky shouted.
Rainbow gasped in alarm as the ghostly pony laughed hysterically at her and charged at her again, but failed as the rainbow maned mare continued to run away from the evil spirit. Then she noticed some salt on the table outside of a restaurant.
She noticed Pranky Pants was coming for her and attempted to bite her, but then Rainbow tossed the salt at Pranky's face, causing him to wince. This allowed Rainbow to escape again as Pranky snarled at her angrily.
After escaping from Pranky, Rainbow came across a dead end alley. Gasping in fear, she turned to see The Ghost of Pranky Pants floating behind her exist as he stared her down with a wicked smile.
"Well, looks like it's just you and me." Pranky said wickedly as Rainbow trembled in great fear as the ghost pony moved in closer to her. "There's nopony left to help you now. You will now become my food!"
Rainbow whimpered in fear as Pranky moved in closer when…
"Hey, Pranky!" A voice called out, making the ghost pony look behind to see Chase, Jade, Sunray, Trini, and Antonio glaring at him. "Why don't you pick on somepony your own size!"
"Like you?" Pranky challenged as he charged at Chase and his family, who dodged out of the way. "Alright, kiddies! I've got a dinner to get to, and you're not in it!"
"We're not letting you harm, Rainbow!" Sunray said angrily at the spirit.
"You guys are not clever enough to stop me!" Pranky retorted with a wicked smile.
"Oh yes we are!" Trini said sternly.
"No you're not!" Pranky replied back angrily.
"Then how about this?!" Jade said as she pulled a golden cross out.
Pranky became confused.
"What the heck is that?" Pranky asked.
"It's a cross!" Antonio said as he pulled out garlic, a stick, and a hammer. "And we've also got garlic, a stick, and a hammer!"
"Augh!" Pranky shouted. "What do I look like?! A vampire or something?!"
Then the sun began to rise, causing Pranky's spirit to start burning up. Rainbow approached the five ponies as they looked at him with stunned looks.
"What's happening to him?" Rainbow asked as all of the other ponies came out of their hiding spots and approached the scene.
"Oh man, I might not be a vampire, but I hate sunrise!" Pranky said fearfully as he screamed in pain before he faded away into nothing.
Chase, his family, and Rainbow looked at the place where Pranky Pants' ghost was before they all heard the sound of cheering as they turned to see the citizens of Ponyville cheering for them for stopping the phantom menace.
"Well, looks like our work here is done." Chase said to his family with a smile as they smiled back in return before he turned his attention to Rainbow. "You okay, Rainbow?"
Rainbow nodded.
"Yeah, I'm okay." Rainbow said and was grateful for Chase coming to her aid. "Thanks, guys."
"Anytime." Chase said with a smile. "We thought we heard the commotion going on around here so we came to save you and all of Ponyville."
The rest of their friends walked up to them as Twilight hugged her husband lovingly.
"I'm glad you're okay, honey." Twilight said to Chase as they nuzzled each other lovingly.
Rainbow looked at the sunrise with a smile as Soarin walked up to his marefriend.
"You okay, Rainbow?" Soarin asked gently as he and Rainbow smiled at each other lovingly.
"Yeah." Rainbow said as they shared a loving kiss before they broke it. "Wanna go for a flight?"
"Sure." Soarin said as they took to the sky to go for a nice flight as the rest of their friends watched them go.
"Well, looks like Dashie has learned the hard way of being scared because of Pranky Pants." Sokka said with a smirk.
"Speaking of Pranky, do you think that's the last we'll see of him?" Antonio asked his family.
Chase looked at the spot where Pranky Pants' ghost was before he smiled.
"I think we won't have to worry about him for a long time, guys." Chase said as he, his family, and friends shared a laugh together as the view shifted over to the morning sky and birds flew in the air.
Author's note: Well guys,
Here's chapter 14 for you to look at with a new alternate ending to make it more scary looking and creepy. Sorry for being a little late, but I had some things to take care of such as work. Also, sorry I wasn't able to put Nyx into the Derby race. I was really tired from a hard day of work so last time wasn't really lucky for me to handle. Just try to go easy on me because I've been feeling really exhausted from all of the stress I went through. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I'll be back to write some more.
Peace out!
