Chapter 6: Fit Right In! Crystal Dance Off

Izzy continued singing to herself as the others followed where Sunny saw how North was behind them, upset.

Sunny slowed down a bit to walk beside North to see if he was okay.

Sunny: What's wrong? Are you okay?

North just gave a brief smile where it went back to a frown.

Sunny: Still thinking about Desna, huh?

North Star: I just don't know why he would behave like that. I mean, sure, we want to bring back magic, reunite all ponies, and all, but that doesn't mean we have to make others miserable to get there. Sure he was right about not everypony welcoming us with open hooves, but that still doesn't mean we have to cause more trouble….

Sunny: Well, don't let it get to you. He was in the wrong. Not you. Now come on, smile.

Sunny nudged North where he walked it off.

Sunny: Come on, where's that smile?

Sunny used her tail to tickle North who was holding in his laughter.

Sunny: Come on, don't fight…

North just gave in and chuckled as he smiled.

Sunny: There you go. Better?

North Star: Yeah. Thanks Sunny.

Both of them smiled at each other where they finally made it to Izzy's house.

Izzy: Well, here we are, guys.

Izzy's house was made from a massive stump of a tree that was pik where the leaves grew pink flowers where she opened the door to let them in.

Izzy: La Villa Izzy.

Everypony: Wow.

Everypony was amazed with all of the things Izzy had in her house.

Different portraits, nick nacks, and other things that were made from recyclables.

Hitch walked up to a unicorn picture made mostly out of macaroni where the eyes moved and looked at him.

Sunny was playing with some musical item where this cylinder with wooden spoons spun and slowly tapped hanging glass bottles as it made music which North heard and made him all calm.

Zipp: Did you make all of this?

Izzy: Yeah! Unicycling. Isn't it funky?

Pipp: It is gorgeous!

Izzy: I also make friendship bracelets. (Shows bowl of friendship bracelets)

Zipp: Oh, cool.

Izzy: Wait, wait, watch this! Hold everything!

Izzy runs off where she pushes a non-blooming flower table on wheels.

Izzy: Ha! I've never gotten to use it with actual friends!

Izzy pushes a button where the flower blooms revealing a teapot and six multi-colored tea cups.

Izzy: Ta-da!

Everypony was amazed by this.

Pipp: I so wish I had live-streamed that.

North Star: I wish I could see it for real and not echolocation.

Pipp thought for a moment and whispered into Zipp's ear.

Zipp: Good idea Pipp!

North Star: What is?

Pipp: After this is all over, me and Zipp will get you an appointment to see a professional eye doctor so you can get surgery for your eyes!

Zipp: So that way, you can see!

North Star: Woah really! You two are willing to pay for eye surgery for me?

Pipp: Of course, somepony like you deserves to have some beautiful eyes to go with that beautiful face.

North blushed from that comment and scratched the back of his head smiling.

Izzy: Oh! And maybe I can make you a special friendship necklace! Made with Bridlewood crystals to go with your new look!

North Star: Aw, thanks Izzy. Now, how about some tea?

The ponies were about to go for the tea when Sunny walked up to them.

Sunny: We don't have time for that right now.

This got everypony's attention.

Sunny: If we're going to get the information we need on the unicorn crystal, we can't stick out like sore hooves. We need to look like unicorns.

Pipp: Yay! Makeovers! I love makeovers.

North Star: You and my sister would get along easily.

Zipp: No…No, this is not…this is not what I signed up for. No.

North Star: Zipp, I'm willing to bet that the unicorns aren't as welcoming as all other ponies are.

Hitch: You're one to talk. All we need is a cloak to cover your wings and boom. You're fine.

Sunny: So, Izzy, can you do it?

Izzy: A glow-up?

Izzy drinks from her tea cup and puts it down on the table.

Izzy: Honey, you came to the right cottage.

Izzy places down a projector and sets up a projector screen as she puts on glasses with indigo rims as she projects film.

Izzy: I thought earth ponies were the pony's ladder bottom rung. I heard the pegasi were brutes you'd hate to be among. (To Hitch and Sunn) You smell like fishes, (To Pipp) You're vicious, (To Zipp) I bet you eat your young! Meet any one of you, the thing to do is run away.

Izzy slides over to North's side as her glasses fall off where he takes his hoof to motion him through the dance as Sunny and Pipp follow them.

Izzy: But although I know we're all a bunch of different breeds. Take away our wings and horns and we're just frightened steeds. So let's put aside our differences cos what we need's a win! Oh-oh-oh!

Izzy runs up her stairs and leans back over the railing.

Izzy: Come on, rip out all the pages of your history books. Just because we're undercover doesn't mean we're crooks.

Izzy then pushes a spinning chair with wheels which catches Hitch as he stops at a makeup table.

Izzy: When we walk you through the crowd and give your brand-new looks a spin!

Izzy spins Hitch around where he was stopped facing the mirror where a tarp with his face covered in power!

Izzy: You're gonna fit right in!

Hitch: This is a new low.

Izzy: You're gonna fit right in…

Hitch: It's never gonna work!

Hitch takes off the tarp and removes the powder.

Hitch: They taught us unicorns were super-scary maniacs! With horns like razors and tongues like Tasers and teeth like tacks! They take your hooves and then they grind them into midnight snacks. The basic gist of it is unicorns are not OK!

Sunny then pulls Hitch to the side as the royal sisters spin rainbow umbrellas with North spreading his wings.

Sunny: Look, I know we're risking everything for this endeavor, but look at us - we're brave and strong and weird and clever, we're running out of options and we're desperate to begin!

Izzy: You're gonna fit right in!

Hitch: If you say so!

Sunny and Izzy: You're gonna fit right in!

Izzy: I know you will - now watch and learn.

Izzy leads the others down rainbow stairs.

Izzy: This is how a unicorn walks. Walks.

The stairs poof into glitter as they land into a talk show set.

Izzy: This is how a unicorn talks. Talks

They then end up on a basketball court where Izzy scores.

Izzy: This is how a unicorn hoops. Hoops. This is how a unicorn…

Everypony else shoots but misses.

Hitch: Oops!

Sunny: Oh!

Zipp: Geez!

Izzy: Stop!

North Star shoots from the distance and scores.

North Star: Boom.

Izzy is now showing how to strut.

Izzy: THis is how a unicorn struts.

The group are now seen shaking their flanks.

Izzy: Watch us shake our unicorn butts.

Izzy now stands beside Sunny on a hall of fame like set.

Izzy: Now you're in the unicorn know…

Sunny: Whoa.

Izzy: Soon you'll make a unicorn pro!

Izzy now dresses up as a rapper.

Izzy: Oh…A unicorn horn makes a unicorn stride. It's the more-head on your forehead. It's the source of your pride. Every unicorn who's born has a horn that's unique. So we'll whip them up as we speak. You'll be looking très magnifique. And with those rocks in our pockets, we'll reap the reward. And folks'll be floored. We'll strike a new chord. Our magic restored!

Everypony had fake horns now as the winged ponies had special cloaks to hide their wings.

Sunny, Izzy, and North: Lately, all Equestria has lost its heart. But if we can help to find it we should play our part.

Hitch: If we fail, we'll go to prison.

Sunny: But if not, we'll start to grin!

Izzy: So let's begin!

Mares: We're gonna fit right in!

Izzy: This is how a unicorn walks!

Pipp walks forward and winks.

Izzy: This is how a unicorn talks!

Zipp walks forward and to the side as she motions her head.

Izzy: Now you're looking unicorn strong!

Hitch and North walk out full of pride as Sunny jumps by Izzy's side.

Izzy: This is how a unicorn -

Izzy and Sunny: Ends this song. (Closes door)

Izzy leads the group as she shows them crystals.

Izzy: Ta-da! Crystal! Crystal! Crystal! Crystal!

Zipp: She does know we're just looking for the one, right?

North Star: This is the first time she ever showed other ponies Bridlewood.

Izzy continued shouting out crystal to each one she pointed at where she beholden the village of Bridlewood and the other unicorns.

As soon as North Star stepped into the village, he felt a lot of emotions each with one thing. Depression.

North Star: (What in the…!)

North used his echolocation to look around where the others saw the other unicorns.

They were all sad and depressed. Having their heads now and moving slowly with no energy.

One unicorn had a watering can and was pouring it over her balcony on top of another unicorn below where apples were falling and hitting an elderly mare who would just say ow with no emotion as they hit her head.

There were two colts throwing horseshoes onto each other's horns but they had no muscle in it and never reached with only one shoe on one horn.

A mare just said "Hey" to a stallion who said "Hey" back.

There was a group of colts on a playset where one was just laying over a swing, another slowly going down a slide, where the other was just sitting on top of a teeter totter.

North Star: (Why are they all…sad?)

Hitch: Well, this is…cheerful.

North Star: They're all depressed for some reason.

Sunny: These other unicorns seem so different than you.

Izzy: Yeah, I get that a lot. My sparkle is a bit too sparkly for Bridlewood. North would just blind them with his.

North Star: I'll take that as a compliment.

Hitch walked up to a crystal that was in front of the group of colts.

Hitch: How can we tell which ones are magic?

This got the colts' attention.

Colt: Ooh! You said a bad word!

Hitch: Huh?

North Star: Wait, what?

Colt: Hurry, before we get jinxed!

The colts laid on the ground then shot up with a blow of air.

Colts: Bing-bong-bong! Bing-bong, bing-bong! Bing-bong, bing-bong!

The others were just as confused.

Zipp: O…K. I'm going to need some context.

Izzy: Unicorns are very superstitious. If a pony ever says a forbidden word, we have to do a ritual to ward off the jinxies.

Pipp: Jinxies?

Izzy: Bad luck.

Hitch: Forbidden words?

North Star: We don't have that back home.

Izzy: Magic, wing, feather…Oh, and mayonnaise.

Hitch: What's wrong with may…?

Izzy: Ah-da-da-da-da!

Izzy covered Hitch's mouth before he finished.

After the unicorns were back to whatever is normal, Izzy took her hoof off Hitch's mouth who gasped for air.

Izzy: Come on! There's something I want to show you.

Izzy led the others to a shop which had a teapot for a sign which said…

Sunny: The Crystal Tearoom?

Izzy: There's a pony inside who collects crystals. Maybe he could help us.

Sunny: That's great, Izzy!

North Star: With their help, we'll have the unicorn crystal in no time. (But I still can't shake the feeling we're overlooking something)

Sunny: Oh, and, Hitch…

Hitch: I know, I know. No forbidden words.

The group entered the shop where there was a mare wearing a red french beret and scarf who was doing poems.

Poem Mare: Earth pony jix. Something stinks. Pegasus neighs…

Izzy showed the group a depress unicorn at a table who was also wearing a red beret.

Izzy: That's the pony I was talking about.

Sunny walks in front of his table.

Sunny: So word in the forest is you collect crystals.

Crystal Unicorn: Yes, I do. Well, I mean, I did. I lost them all in a limbo contest with Alphabittle.

Izzy: Oh, no.

Sunny: Who's Alphabittle

North Star: Is he bad news?

There was the sound of a bell clang which got their attention.

Alphabittle was a large, heavyset stallion with a medium gray coat where he had white hair that formed sideburns and a beard.

Alphabittle was ringing a bell where another stallion was struggling with a rubix cube.

Alphabittle: Time's up! Pass it over, Jasper.

The stallion named Jasper sighed in defeat and gave the cube to Alphabittle who solved it in seconds where he slammed it on the counter.

Alphabittle: Guess that makes me the winner - again. Pay up.

Jasper: Oh, fine.

Jasper reached down and placed a jar with a small building inside it on the counter as he walked off.

Alphabittle: You could always try winning it back!

Jasper continued to walk off.

Alphabittle: All right, suit yourself.

North felt something ignite inside him as he felt Jasper's emotions, and he was not happy.

North Star: (No wonder some of these unicorns are depressed. Alphabittle takes their stuff after winning his own games.)

North's echolocation saw the shelves behind Alphabittle and all the personal belongings to the other unicorns.

North Star: Glad Des isn't here. He would confront Alphabittle and in a bad way.

Alphabittle placed his prize on one of the shelves and stepped away where the unicorn crystal was right there, clear as day.

Sunny: There it is! I've got an idea. Maybe I can beat Alphabittle at his own game.

Izzy: Wait! Alphabittle can smell fear.

Sunny: Got it.

Sunny was about to head towards Alphabittle only to see North was way ahead of her where he sat down.

North Star: Tea.

Small armadillos got North's tea where another one brought some milk to pour in but North stopped them.

North Star: No thank you for the milk. You're…quite the game player Alphabittle.

Alphabittle: It passes the time. Why. Do you play?

North took a sip from his tea as he set it down.

North Star: Please, play? No. I win.

Alphabittle: Is that so?

Alphabittle got in front of North.

North Star: Yeah, it is. And I challenge you for that.

North points at the unicorn crystal where he got Alphabittle's attention.

Alphabittle: You think a runt like you can beat me?

North Star: Only one way to find out gramps.

Alphabittle: Big talk for a little pony.

North Star: I think you'll find I'm average height.

Both stare at each other waiting for somepony to move.

North Star: Tick-tock. What do you say?

Alphabittle: Whatever you're betting, it better be special.

North Star: Sunny…

North held his hoof out where Sunny reached into her bag and gave him the pegasus crystal as he placed it on the counter to show.

North Star: Is that special enough for you?

The others gasped at what he was doing.

Alphabittle was amazed on what was present toward him where Izzy went up to North as she nervously laughed and pulled him back.

Zipp: Um…what are you doing?

North Star: Take it easy. Just because I'm blind doesn't mean my echolocation can help. I solved harder puzzles like that thanks to it.

Sunny: But are you sure? I was the one who was going to challenge Alphabittle.

Pipp: And if he beats you, we'll lose both crystals!

North Star: We won't. Trust me, okay?

Alphabittle: Izzy. If your boyfriend is finished stalling, do we have a deal?

Izzy's face turned red from Alphabittle calling North her boyfriend.

Izzy: Uh Wha-Huh…

Izzy liked North. He was an interesting stallion with an amazing sparkle. He was full of life and was comforting but that doesn't mean she likes him. Right?

The other mares for some reason felt jealous of this where North got a little flustered.

North Star: (Me and Izzy? Sure she's funny and energetic. Not to mention very welcoming- But there's also Sunny. She's really kind and open. She even helped me keep friendship alive before we met. Of course there's Zipp. Athletic, daring, smart, a strong mare. But what about Pipp? Her singing is amazing and her dancing- Wait, SNAP OUT OF IT!)

North shook his head and smacked his face as he faced Alphabittle.

North Star: Deal.

North approached Alphabittle as Izzy was fanning herself.

Izzy: (Why do I feel like this?)

Sunny/Zipp/Pipp: (Why do I feel jealous?)

North Star sat down and was ready.

North Star: Cube please.

One of the armadillos was about to give North the cube only for Alphabittle to swipe it and toss it aside.

Alphabittle: No, no, no, no. A special prize calls for a special competition. Bring forth the Ultimate Challenge!

North Star: Ultimate what, now?

A light shined on a special machine which was a game called Just Prance.

North Star: (Oh, just a dancing game. I can dance)

The crystals were placed on separate pedestals.

Poem Mare: Both ponies agree - best out of three.

Both stallions approached the game before he stopped.

North Star: Let's raise the stakes. If I win, I don't just take both crystals, you return all the stuff you took from the other unicorns.

Alphabittle: Interesting. But you're going to bet more for that.

North took out his collapsable boomerang and tossed it at his pedestal where it cut into the wood.

North Star: Made out of an indestructible metal that can cut through anything. Plus, passed down from generation to generation.

Alphabittle: Alright, you got a deal. And to make it even more interesting, you only have to beat me once.

North Star: Thanks for the win, old timer.

The music started playing as two small armadillos operated the machine.

Both started dancing but given how the game worked, North was having a hard time keeping up with Alphabittle.

North did his best to keep up only for Alphabittle to beat him.

North Star: Darn…

Alphabittle: Yeah! That's how you do it!

North was taking some deep breaths trying to regain his focus.

Izzy: It's OK. You never danced like this before.

Hitch: Besides, you just need to beat him once.

North Star: Right. Yeah I got this.

Poem Mare: What can you do? Round two.

Alphabittle just had a smug look on his face.

Alphabittle: I'll make this quick.

North Star: Dream on.

The music started again as both started to dance.

North Star: Alright, you got this!

As both were dancing, North lost his footing and tripped and fell where he fit the floor.

His friends gasped in shock where Alphabittle beat their friend again.

Alphabittle: Critters! Get my crystal polish ready, would you?

Poem Mare: Round three. Who will it be?

Pipp helped North up as he rubbed his head.

North Star: I messed up big time.

Pipp: Hey! You hear that, North?

North Star: Huh?

Pipp backed up and started to show some dance moves.

Pipp: Feel the rhythm take you over. You're feeling it?

North Star started to get his groove on.

North Star: I'm feeling it! I'm feeling it!

Pipp: Yeah, you are, North! Show them you're the real star!

The game started up again and the music started again where North was now keeping up with Alphabittle and even outdancing him.

Alphabittle was shocked by this. Just a second ago he couldn't keep and even fell but now he was a professional.

North Star: You scared? That's okay. You might smell fear, but I can read it like an open book!

North continued to outdance Alphabittle where his friends watched.

Hitch: Yes! He's doing it, he's doing it!

The mares watched North dancing know he wasn't dancing for himself, but for them and all Equestria.

Sunny: (Now I know…)

Izzy: (Why I…)

Zipp: (Feel…)

Pipp: (Like this…)

The mares all had one and the same answer.

Sunny/Izzy/Zipp/Pipp: (I'm in love with you North…)

North continued dancing where Alphabittle was now struggling.

North was dancing so fast and precisely, the critter working his side couldn't keep up where North continued dancing where he was then declared the winner.

North was taking in short breaths realizing he not just won the crystals, but the unicorns get their stuff back.

North Star: We…we did it…We won…We actually won!

North did a small jump towards his friends who cheered for him.

North got so excited he shook his entire body in excitement but he ended up shaking his cloak off which landed in front of Alphabittle.

Now all the unicorns saw what he truly looked like.

Alphabittle: What in Equestria are you?

North was now in shock knowing his cover was blown.

Sunny: Well we're earth ponies.

Sunny and Hitch ditch their disguise.

Zipp: And pegasi.

Zipp and Pipp drop their cloaks as they remove their fake horns.

Izzy: And a unicorn! Which you knew already.

North Star: Listen, we mean no harm at all. We just want to help.

Alphabittle: Help? We don't need help, especially from a freak of nature like you. Give me the crystal.

Sunny: But he won!

Alphabittle: You tricked me.

North Star: Oh, what else should we do? It's not like you were going to welcome us the way we are.

Alphabittle: Doesn't matter. The crystal.

North got in front of the others where he gave the crystal to Sunny as he gripped his boomerang.

Alphabittle: Now!

Hitch then had a quick idea.

Hitch: Uh…magic! Wing! Feather! Mayonnaise!

The room was quiet until…

Alphabittle: Bing!

Stallion: Bong!

Mare: Bing-bong!

Elder Stallion: Bing-bong!

Stallion 2: Bing-bong!

Sunny: Go, go, go!

The others ran for the door as Sunny grabbed the other crystal and put it in her bag as all the unicorns, minus Izzy, were yelling out, BING-BONG!

Alphabittle: You'll pay for this!

The group ran out the door, escaping the chaos.

Izzy: Sorry about that! Uh…thanks for the tea!

Stallion: Bing-bong!

The sign to the teashop fell where it blocked the door as the friends escaped.