Chapter 11: Not Asking for Trouble
One day in Ponyville, the ponies were chatting about and going about their business.
"Oh, wow!" Pinkie shouted as she came out of Sugarcube Corner and jumped into the air, "Oh, my gosh!"
Pinkie then zoomed off. She didn't notice that Rainbow was just hovering by when she saw the pink pony rush off. Rainbow just gave her a puzzled look.
"Oh-my-gosh, oh-my-gosh, oh-my-gosh, oh-my-gosh!" Pinkie bounced and said at the same time as she bounced past the Carousel Boutique.
Rarity peeked out of the boutique wearing her bathrobe and facial cream on her face.
At Sweet Apple Acres, Applejack and Clay had just finished putting a bunch of apples into some buckets. Fluttershy and Sokka had been there helping her out.
"Oh-my-gosh, oh-my-gosh, oh-my-gosh!" Pinkie chanted as she charged right through the buckets, spilling all the apples and leaving some the buckets overturned.
"Aw dang it!" Clay shouted angrily.
"Hey!" Sokka called out annoyingly as he and Fluttershy hovered over the mess.
"Sorry, Applejack and Clay!" Pinkie shouted and was quickly out of sight.
Fluttershy just used her nose to overturn the bucket as she, Applejack, Clay, and Sokka exchanged curious looks with each other.
(Scene changes)
Inside the castle of friendship, Twilight and Nyx were just sitting in the throne room with Chase. Both the two girls were just reading a book as Nyx was sitting on her mother's back while Chase was sitting on his throne chair wiping his katana swords clean with his magic.
"Twilight! Chase! Twilight! Chase! Where are you?!" Pinkie called out as she ran back and forth down the castle hallways. Her silhouette could be seen from the closed doors.
"Oh no, it looks like Pinkie Pie's starting to run wild all over Ponyville again." Chase said with a smirk. "One good question would be if she's got something exciting to share with us."
"Might as well hear what she has to say, honey." Twilight said to her husband with a smile as she and Nyx put their books down, "We're in here, Pinkie! What is it?"
Pinkie surprised the three ponies by appearing inside of the throne room.
"You'll never guess what we just got!" Pinkie told Twilight as she got into the purple pony's face and held up the scroll with the purple seal.
"What is it?" Nyx asked curiously.
Before the pink filly could get an answer, the doors to the throne room opened to show the rest of the Mane fourteen.
"Is everythin' okay?" Applejack asked with concern, "We heard a lot of "oh-my-gosh" in', and we weren't sure if it was a good thing or a bad thing."
"A good thing!" said Pinkie as she tossed the scroll over to Twilight.
Twilight caught the scroll with her magic to read the main seal.
""To pink pony who lives with baked goods"," Twilight read aloud, "It's from the yaks!"
"The yaks?" said Chase curiously.
"Why would they send Pinkie a scroll, Mom?" Nyx asked curiously.
""Yaks cordially invite pink pony and guests of choice to Yickslurbertfest. Come. Now"," Twilight read aloud.
"Prince Rutherford is officially inviting me and guests of my choosing to Yickslurbertfest in Yakyakistan!" Pinkie said excitedly.
"Yick-what?" Sunray asked curiously.
"What is Yickslurbertfest?" Rarity asked.
"Good question, Rarity," said Trini as she walked up to the marshmallow pony.
"It's a sacred yak holiday," Twilight replied as she walked up to the rest of the group and then looked at Pinkie, "How did you get Prince Rutherford to invite you?"
"I subtly hinted for an invitation in my letters to him," Pinkie said smugly as she leaned against the edge of the cutie map table.
In Yakyakistan a few days ago, one of Prince Rutherford's servant yaks was holding up the scroll Pinkie had sent him.
"May I please come to Yickslurbertfest?" Pinkie asked. The servant yak then showed the next scroll.
"Pretty please?" Pinkie asked. The yak showed the next scroll.
"Pretty please?" Pinkie asked again.
"Pretty please?" Pinkie asked in the next scroll.
"Pretty-pretty-pretty-pretty-pretty please?!" Pinkie said in the scroll after that. By now Prince Rutherford was looking rather annoyed.
Back in the present...
"After my seventeenth scroll, I think he picked up what I was putting down," Pinkie replied smugly.
The rest of the Mane fourteen shared looks with each other, except for Chase, Jade, Sunray, and Trini who just rolled their eyes as the alicorn stallion jumped out of his throne chair as Pinkie started giggling excitedly.
"So in other words, you pestered him to death until he finally gave up just to send you that invitation." Chase remarked with a blunt look, making Pinkie stop as her excitement drop while freezing in place.
"Yeah, Pinkie. That sounds a lot like you." Sunray agreed with his older brother with a deadpan look on his face.
Pinkie shot the two boys a glare.
"Pinkie, couldn't you just at least send Rutherford a note without saying please a hundred times? You know how strong his temper is." Jade said with a stern look.
"You promised us you would at least control your excitement to send letters without exaggerating yourself." Trini added with a glare.
This made Pinkie stiff up a bit as she darted her eyes around the room nervously until she gave up.
"It's true." Pinkie admitted with a sigh before she recomposed herself. "But I can't help it when I'm being too hyper, it's just my thing when I want to host a party for everypony."
"And yet sometimes, it will lead you to trouble without asking permission." Nyx said in a matter of fact tone. "This is like when you went to Yakyakistan with Daddy so you could at least impress the yaks with us."
"That was different, Nyx." Pinkie argued before she smiled. "But I know Prince Rutherford will like what I have in mind for him!"
"That's what we're afraid of." Trini muttered to her family, who nodded in agreement.
*Main theme*
Twilight and Chase were now rereading the scroll as Pinkie was standing on the cutie map table again, bouncing on her hooves and giggling excitedly.
"You know," said Twilight to the pink pony, "we still don't know a lot about the yaks. So I think you should definitely go to Yickslurbertfest, Pinkie."
The rest of the group gave a general consensus in agreement.
"Fostering friendships is what ponies do," Fluttershy added.
"Very true, my love," said Sokka.
"I won't let you down," said Pinkie as she gave Twilight and Chase a salute.
"It also says that you can invite guests," said Chase.
"I guess I'll go with her since I like parties." Antonio volunteered.
"Perfect! Thanks, Antonio!" Pinkie said happily as she turned her attention to Twilight and Chase again. "It's an honor to be the official friendship ambassador to the yaks!"
"Um, that's not an official position," Twilight pointed out.
"Yeah, I don't really think we can make it happen quite soon." Chase added.
"Yet," said Pinkie to Twilight, "You're the princess and prince of friendship." Pinkie then sang as she backed away.
Chase and Twilight shared smirks with each other.
"I guess we might as well before she begs us to do it, honey." Chase said to Twilight as his wife giggled.
"Point made, honey." Twilight said as she giggled again before she recomposed herself. "Okay, you got it."
Pinkie looked disappointed.
"Ahem?" Pinkie interjected and waved her fore-hooves about, "You have to make it official!"
Chase glared at her annoyingly as Twilight sighed loudly.
"Right," said Twilight as she stood up on the seat of her throne and opened her wings with Chase following in pursuit, "We hereby make Pinkie Pie and Antonio the official friendship ambassadors to the yaks!"
Twilight then looked around and saw her bookmark with multi-colored tassels on it. She turned it into a rainbow colored rosette, used her magic to duplicate it, and then placed them onto the chests of both Pinkie and Antonio.
"This is officially the most exciting day of my life!" said Pinkie she squealed with glee.
The rest of the fourteen and Nyx just chuckled to each other.
(Scene changes)
A few minutes later, Antonio and Pinkie were in the hot-air balloon heading for Yakyakistan. Pinkie brought Gummy along with them, but wasn't listening as usual.
"Yoo-hoo! Gummy! Pay attention!" Pinkie said firmly, "We're in the middle of an official friendship ambassador friendship road trip game."
Gummy's only response was lazily blinking his eyes.
"I think he does, Pinkie." Antonio said with a chuckle.
"That's better," said Pinkie as used the tip of her mane to hold her rosette, "Okay. I spy with my official friendship eye something that is blue!"
Pinkie and Antonio just stared excitedly for Gummy to take a guess, but Gummy just stared blankly and said nothing. Over time as the scenery changed in the background, the expressions of anticipation between Pinkie and Antonio didn't change.
(Scene changes)
Finally, the hot-air balloon began to descend toward the top of a mountain where the massive gates of Yakyakistan could be seen. Pinkie gasped just as the airship touched gently onto the snow and the stairs allowing them to get off extended.
"We're here!" said Pinkie as Antonio clapped his fore-hooves together excitedly.
"Oh, and by the way, the answer was sky," Pinkie told Gummy, "I win!"
Gummy just blinked.
"Yeah, I know," Pinkie told Gummy. "That was a hard one, Gummy. You're the best official friendship travel companion ever!"
She gave Gummy a loving hug and jumped off the hot-air balloon and into the snow as Antonio jumped out onto the snow on all fours.
"You think the yaks will notice us when we head into their village, Pinkie?" Antonio asked curiously.
"Of course they will, Antonio! Come on, slowpoke! Let's get movin'!" Pinkie called out.
While Antonio just trotted, Pinkie bounced up to the entrance gate. They were just about to knock on the door when they were startled by some rumbling.
"What is going on?" Pinkie wondered curiously.
"I wish I knew!" Antonio replied back just as curious as Pinkie was.
She was the first to crack open the door and peek inside, followed by Gummy and then Antonio.
"Yaks destroy!" Prince Rutherford commanded.
"Yaks destroy!" said the other yaks as they stomped about and smashed some nearby logs.
"Yikes!" Pinkie and Antonio shouted at once. They were all wondering what they had just walked into when Prince Rutherford lifted his bangs and saw the two ponies.
"Pink pony!" said Prince Rutherford with another laugh as he walked up to the two ponies.
"It's an honor to...be here, prince," said Pinkie as she and Antonio knelt before the yak prince, but they were shaken up again from all the rumbling, "Uh, did something terrible happen? Is Yickslurbertfest canceled?!"
"No!" said Prince Rutherford, "This Yickslurbertfest, where yaks come together to stomp."
The other yaks just continued to stomp about on their logs and tree stumps.
"Ohhhhh. I didn't know that was part of the sacred holiday," Pinkie replied, "So this angry display of destruction is part of festivities. Huh. And here we thought you yaks were just in bad mood."
"No. Stomping relaxes yaks," Prince Rutherford replied as he smashed a log with his fore-hooves and his head, getting splinters all over it, "Yaks' head never been so clear."
That's when Prince Rutherford noticed Antonio.
"Yak prince recognize pony from Elite Ninja." said Prince Rutherford, "yak prince grateful one of prince pony's cousin come to take part in sacred holiday."
"I thank you for the invitation my friend," said Antonio politely with a bow.
"Come and take part in yak stomping!" said Prince Rutherford, "Yak prince want to see how strong pony ninja is."
"Okay," said Antonio, eager to show off his earth element strength.
Another yak brought over a very thick log over to Antonio and Prince Rutherford. Prince Rutherford smashed his log in two with just one stomp.
"Can ninja pony smash log?" Prince Rutherford challenged.
Antonio smirked with a chuckle.
"Watch the master." Antonio replied back.
Using his element chi, Antonio lit his horn, making his aura hands appear on his front hooves, clenched them into fists, lift them in the air, and slammed them both on log, splitting the log into two as well.
The other yaks were most impressed. Pinkie smiled as she clapped for Antonio excitedly. Prince Rutherford laughed.
"Ninja pony strong, strong as yak!" Prince Rutherford announced, "Now yaks smash!"
The other yaks cheered as they continued stomping and smashing about. Antonio smiled as he went to smash another log.
"This is awesome!" Pinkie said excitedly.
Soon, Pinkie was grunting and having fun as they stomped about some smaller twigs. Pinkie had just started stomping with a single fore-hoof on another twig.
"Stop!" Prince Rutherford shouted.
The yaks, including Antonio, all stopped smashing. Pinkie just kept poking at her twig until the yak prince walked up to her.
"Pink pony better check before wreck self," Prince Rutherford warned, "That is century-old sacred yak twig passed down from generation to generation."
Antonio bit his lower lip and winced. Pinkie then gasped in horror.
"Oh no! I'm so sorry," said Pinkie as she knelt down beside the broken twig, "I was just trying to get into the spirit of Yickslurbertfest. Maybe I can fix it!"
Pinkie looked distressed as she tried to figure out what to do when Prince Rutherford snorted and gave a hearty laugh.
"Yak kidding!" said Prince Rutherford and gave a grunt as he smashed the twig into splinters and getting a splinter in Pinkie's mane, "Yak got pink pony good. Yak even scared ninja pony too! Horn Bump!"
Prince Rutherford and another yak bumped the sides of their horns. Antonio smiled and chuckled sheepishly.
"G-g-good one, Prince Rutherford," Antonio said rather meekly.
"Phew! Oh, you sure did get me good, Prince Rutherford," said Pinkie as she chuckled and turned to Gummy and Antonio, who was standing nearby, "That was a close one, you guys! This trip has to be perfect! After all, we're not just visiting as friends. We're on official friendship ambassador business!"
Pinkie held her rosette to prove her point.
"Just remember to be considerate and you'll be fine," said Antonio and noticed the other yaks staring at Pinkie, "and we shouldn't keep Prince Rutherford waiting."
Pinkie turned around and put her rosette away to give the yak prince her full attention.
"Less talking, more stomping!" Prince Rutherford called.
"And don't forget smashing!" Antonio added.
"Yak Prince like how ninja pony thinks," Prince Rutherford replied, "Now smash!"
All the yaks, including Pinkie and Antonio.
"Stompie-stompie-stompie-stompie," Pinkie chanted as she enjoyed her smashing.
Antonio just let Pinkie have her fun as he and the rest of the yaks smashed to their heart's content.
(Scene changes)
Later, Prince Rutherford had Pinkie and Antonio alongside of him as they were chatting with each other.
"Now, yak prince take pink pony and ninja pony on Yakyakistan tour," said Prince Rutherford.
"Thanks, Prince Rutherford," Pinkie replied, "but, heh, I've been to Yakyakistan before."
"But that was the last time you all came, you made it a girl's trip and I couldn't go!" said Antonio, "Even though hanging out with my family, Sokka, and Big Mac was pretty sweet."
"Yak know," Prince Rutherford answered, "and no worries, ninja prince. But thought pink pony might not recognize town since decorated for Yickslurbertfest."
He showed the three ponies that all the huts had some simply colored garlands hanging around the area.
"Simple, but elegant," said Antonio, "I like it."
"You're right!" said Pinkie to the yak prince, "It's so different, now that you've pointed it out." Pinkie gave a light chuckle.
"Oh, not just have eye for decorating," said Prince Rutherford, "Yak also amazing builders!"
"I can tell," said Antonio, "Those huts look like they could withstand anything."
"No way!" said Pinkie, "I thought you hired professional contractors!"
Pinkie gave the side of one hut a tap and cause a hole to appear in the wall.
"Here. Uh, let me help you with that," said Pinkie as she quickly patched up the hole and bounced away to catch up with the others.
She didn't even noticed that her quick patch job fell apart as soon as she left. Antonio took notice.
"Oh boy." Antonio whispered to himself.
(Scene changes)
It wasn't long before they reached the next point of interest.
"This is ceremonial yak fire pit, where yaks tell stories," said Prince Rutherford.
"Oooh!" said Pinkie Pie, "I have so much to officially tell the ponies when I get back."
"Chase and Twilight are gonna love what they have to hear." Antonio said in agreement.
(Scene changes)
Prince Rutherford then took the two ponies into one of the huts.
"This yak eating hut," said Prince Rutherford as he, the two ponies, and several yaks say before some multi-layered cakes with icing, "Hut where yaks eat."
Pinkie took a bite of her cake from the side.
"Mmmm!" Pinkie hummed, "The perfect balance of vanilla extract."
"Yaks grow own vanilla bean," said Prince Rutherford, "Nothing imported."
"I can see why," said Antonio, "In fact, Chase might suggest the idea of exporting your vanilla to others in Equestria. Never hurts to have extra bits in the treasury." Prince Rutherford pondered.
"Ninja prince propose good idea for prince pony," said Prince Rutherford, "But yak prince think about bits later. For now. Yaks eat!"
Prince Rutherford opened his mouth wide and gobbled up his cake in one bite as the other yaks did the same. Pinkie had a smirk on her face, rubbed her fore-hooves together, and gobbled up her cake in one bite. Antonio then gobbled up his own cake in a single bite, getting frosting on his lips.
"Delicious," said Antonio as Prince Rutherford gave the two ponies a content look on his face.
(Scene changes)
Once their meal was finished, Prince Rutherford led the group to another hut that was filled with square shaped stacks of hay with pillows on top. Some of the nearby yaks were sleeping on them. Gummy was just sitting on a nearby pillow.
"Yaks sleeping hut," said Prince Rutherford, "Hut where yaks sleep."
Antonio just smiled and looked around as Pinkie bounced from one empty bed to the next. She was about to jump up to another bed when they stopped in midair and noticed the sleeping yaks. Pinkie flipped over and fell asleep instantly on one yak bed. Prince Rutherford and Antonio just stared when the former looked at the latter.
"Pony ninja not like sleeping hut?" Prince Rutherford asked. Antonio blinked.
"Oh! My bad, Prince Rutherford," said Antonio with a chuckle, "I was too busy making sure pink pony didn't disrupt the other yaks that I forgot to try a yak bed."
Antonio hopped up and settled down onto one of the bed and hummed.
"Very cozy," said Antonio as he closed his eyes for a quick nap. Prince Rutherford just gave the two ponies a smile.
(Scene changes)
The next hut Prince Rutherford led the group into had a phonograph in the middle of the floor that was playing music. Several other yaks were there as well.
"Yak music hut," said Prince Rutherford, "Hut where yaks enjoy beautiful music."
Pinkie and Antonio were soon sandwiched together between two yaks as the entire group swayed from side to side while listening to music.
Pinkie just giggled.
"This is beautiful and-!"
"Shhh! Pink pony ruin with talking!" Prince Rutherford interrupted.
Pinkie just smiled as the two ponies kept quiet and just enjoyed the music. Gummy stood nearby as he swayed his tail to the beat.
(Scene changes)
Once the yaks had their fill of music, Prince Rutherford gathered the yaks and ponies around the ceremonial fire pit. He was sharing a story with them all.
"...And that how yaks defeat evil and save world!" Prince Rutherford finished. Pinkie clapped as Antonio smiled impressively with Gummy next to him.
"Ninja pony enjoyed yak story," said Antonio, "Full of yak heroes and adventure."
"Pink pony like yak story!" Pinkie replied in a deep voice.
"Ho-ho! Yak! Impressed!" said Prince Rutherford, "Pony prince and pink ponies can almost be honorary yaks!"
"Awesome!" said Antonio.
Pinkie got very excited.
"Official friendship ambassador and honorary yak?" said Pinkie with a squee, "Pink pony's title card is full! Horn bump!"
Pinkie then leaned into Prince Rutherford and then gasped when she realized something.
"Oh, wait!" said Pinkie, "I don't have a horn!" Then she gasped again as she looked at the yak prince, "Prince Rutherford, can I get some honorary yak horns?"
"Pinkie, it's not polite to ask such a thing," said Antonio.
"Ninja pony not to worry, not offended by pink pony question," Prince Rutherford replied and then spoke to Pinkie, "but answer is no. Yak horn too heavy for small pony head."
It was then the sound of a deep horn was heard that got the attention of everyyak and everypony.
"Yickslurbertfest stomp time!" Prince Rutherford announced.
The yaks grunted as they gathered around some logs and started stomping and smashing about. Pinkie and Antonio did the same. Gummy just stood like he normally did, bouncing about from all the stomping. They were stomping about so hard that the entire area was starting to rumble.
"Stomp harder! Yaks extra happy! Ponies and yaks friends!" Prince Rutherford called out.
The yaks did just that, making the surrounding area rumble even harder. It wasn't long before a nearby mountain top, full of snow, dumped all its contents on top of all the yaks and ponies, burying them completely.
Pinkie and Prince Rutherford were the first to pop out of snow wearing snow made smokestack hats on their heads. Antonio was the last one to poke his head out.
"Uhhh...was this supposed to happen?" Antonio asked Prince Rutherford with concern.
"Is this part of the festival?" Pinkie asked.
"Pink pony and prince pony ask too many questions," Prince Rutherford remarked.
Pinkie and Antonio looked indignant until Gummy and Pinkie's snow hats collapsed on top of each other so only their eyes were visible. Antonio wasted no time using his magic to remove the snow off of Pinkie and Gummy. Then Antonio helped Pinkie get back on her hooves again.
"Thank you," said Pinkie as she worriedly looked around.
"Everything is buried in snow!" said Pinkie, "What are we gonna go?!" Antonio looked concerned while Sakura looked very worried.
"Uhhh...Y-Yaks fine!" Prince Rutherford stuttered, "Snow falls from mountain all the time!"
"All the time?" Pinkie and Antonio said at once skeptically.
"Every Yickslurbertfest," said Prince Rutherford.
"Okay," said Pinkie, "Avalanches like this completely bury all your homes every Yickslurbertfest? Really?"
"This is...big avalanche," said Prince Rutherford as he pondered to himself, "But not a problem, for yaks are tough! Yaks dig through snow! Won't take long."
"Oh, good," said Pinkie as she wiped her brow, "You have an emergency plan in place."
"Mm-hmm," Antonio nodded in agreement.
Then the yaks all got to work using just their hooves to dig the snow away. Antonio began to help as well without using his magic.
"Here, let me help too!" said Pinkie as she turned to tip of her mane into a drill.
Pinkie then used her drill tip to burrow through the snow. Soon everyone was at work digging the snow away. Gummy just started using his tongue to gobble up the snow.
(Scene changes)
A couple of hours later, the yaks had to stop digging due to exhaustion. Sakura stopped pushing her snow plough and leaned over it, sweating from exhaustion as well. Pinkie and Antonio both surfaced right after, looking just as tired.
"Whew, I'm tired," said Pinkie, "We must be almost done."
"Not really," said Antonio with a groan. "This was not fantastico."
Pinkie looked to see that they had only made a small hole in the center of the buried village.
"There's still snow everywhere?!" Pinkie exclaimed.
"Yaks keep digging!" Prince Rutherford shouted. The yaks did, wearily. But some of the yaks were getting frustrated and started stomping the snow instead of digging.
"Hey, dig, don't stomp!" Antonio shouted, "you're gonna cause another-"
FWOOOOOOSH!
"-avalanche..." Antonio finished as the group was now buried once again.
"Yaks stopped digging!" Prince Rutherford called out, "Make situation worse!"
"Thank you captain obvious," Antonio muttered to himself.
"Okay. Don't worry, Prince Rutherford," said Pinkie as she walked up to the yak prince with Gummy biting her tail and Sakura standing next to her, "We'll go back to Ponyville and ask for help. Twilight, Chase, and the others will be happy to come dig the snow away. After all, "many hooves make light work". Right, Gummy?"
Gummy said nothing.
"Yaks no need pony help!" Prince Rutherford said sternly. The other yaks gave general agreement.
"Well, if you've got a plan, we can hold off getting help," said Antonio in a calm but firm tone.
"Oh. Well, I'm sure it'll be okay," said Pinkie, "'cause you probably have a Plan B."
"Let's hear it, your highness," said Antonio.
"Yes. Yaks wait for snow to melt," Prince Rutherford replied.
Antonio's jaw drops.
"Say what?!" Antonio exclaimed. "That is your plan?! Is that even possible at this altitude?!"
"All this snow?!" Pinkie exclaimed, "It'll take a thousand moons before it melts!"
"Yaks known for their patience," Prince Rutherford replied.
"Right," said Antonio skeptically.
"Well...be that as it may, in the meantime," said Pinkie, "What will you eat? Where will you sleep?"
"I'm assuming you've got that covered in your plan," Antonio added.
"Dah!" Prince Rutherford snorted, "Yaks can make this work! Hardship make yaks the strong yaks that yaks are! If two ponies disagree, then they can leave Yakyakistan and never return!"
Antonio and Pinkie yelped.
"Whoa! Easy there, Prince Rutherford," said Antonio, "We're just concerned about you and your fellow yaks. That's all."
"Uh, of course ponies agree with you!" said Pinkie with a nervous chuckle and then got an idea, "Hey, let's try out some snow recipes!" Pinkie then grabbed some snow and shaped it into some food, "Snow cakes! Snow spaghetti! Snow sandwiches!" Pinkie then gave another nervous chuckle as she took a nervous look at Antonio. "Right, Antonio?"
"Eh-heh, r-r-right, Pinkie!" Antonio said nervously as he forced himself to take the sandwich and eat it, cringing a bit at the cold snow in his mouth. "Mmm. Yummy."
Antonio just smiled bravely as Pinkie turned to Prince Rutherford.
"Yaks can make this work!" Pinkie told the yak prince.
Prince Rutherford just smiled for the support.
(Scene changes)
Once it was nightfall, Prince Rutherford yawned as the three ponies stood beside him.
"Yak tired," said Prince Rutherford, "Yak retire to new sleeping hut."
The sleeping hut wasn't even a hut at all. It was just some bed made out of snow and there wasn't even a roof. Several yaks were already asleep. Prince Rutherford quickly jumped into his bed and fell asleep at once. Pinkie and Antonio just got into their own beds, watching the other yaks at they snored and shivered.
Then some snow fell on their heads, making them irritated.
(Scene changes)
By next morning, Pinkie, Antonio, Prince Rutherford, and the other yaks were now getting ready to eat their breakfast. Cakes made out of snow. Prince Rutherford gobbled up his cake quickly and swallowed without much fun.
"Snow cake good!" said Prince Rutherford. Antonio gobbled up his cake in one bite and sighed, but then cringed as he put his fore-hooves to the sides of his head.
"GAH! BRAIN FREEZE!" Antonio yelped as he panted and tried to get the chill out of his brain.
Pinkie then gobbled up her cake like Antonio did, which afterward she cringed as part of her mane and tail frosted up. Prince Rutherford gave her a glare. He was already annoyed at Antonio's yelping and moaning.
"Mmm! Just the right balance of cold and water," said Pinkie quickly.
Prince Rutherford turned away as Antonio walked up and gave Pinkie a hug. The love of a good friend helped Pinkie thaw out quickly and she was very grateful.
"Thanks, Antonio." Pinkie said.
"Anytime, Pinkie." Antonio replied back.
"Aah! Stop!" Prince Rutherford shouted to a nearby yak that was eating a wall of snow behind them, "Yak eating new eating hut!"
The yak just sitting down, looking rather embarrassed.
(Scene changes)
Later on, the group were huddled close and swayed from side to side before a phonograph made out of snow. Pinkie and Antonio had blank looks on their faces.
Pinkie then turned to Prince Rutherford.
"Psst! Prince Rutherford," said Pinkie in a whisper, "What are we doing?"
"It's obvious," Prince Rutherford replied, "This new music hut."
"Oh," said Pinkie, "so we're swaying to-"
"Shhh!" Prince Rutherford interrupted, "Pink pony ruin snow music with talking!"
Pinkie and Antonio were most annoyed. Then the two ponies, with Gummy on Pinkie's back, walked off and let the yaks enjoy their snow music.
Then they saw some young calves talking to each other when there was a loud rumbling.
"What was yak?" asked the first calf.
"Yak stomach rumbles," the second calf replied, "Yak hungry."
"Shhh! Prince yak will hear yak!" said the first calf.
"But snow worse than yak ever seen!" the second calf said worriedly.
"Yak know," said the first calf, "Yak hungry, too."
Pinkie and Antonio gasped in surprise.
"This is getting serious," said Antonio, "all the yaks rely on Prince Rutherford to guide them through troubled times and their law impose harsh penalties to yaks that try to overstep his rule."
"Gummy, did you hear that?" Pinkie asked her baby alligator, "They can't make it work!"
"Yaks stop swaying! Music over!" said Prince Rutherford behind them. The three ponies looked at them before going back to their own conversation.
"If Twilight, Chase, and the others knew what was going on, they would be here to help in a pony's heartbeat," said Pinkie.
"How are we gonna atleast support the yaks if Prince Rutherford keeps being stubborn?" Antonio asked with concern in his voice.
"We have to convince Prince Rutherford that asking for help is okay," said Pinkie, "Will you help me, Antonio?"
Antonio smiled.
"You got it, Pinkie." Antonio answered.
"What about you, Gummy?" Pinkie asked the little gator, who said nothing but a low gurgle.
"Thank you!" said Pinkie as she gave her alligator a hug, "And see? Asking you to help wasn't so hard at all."
Gummy licked Pinkie's cheek to kiss her.
(Scene changes)
Later that day, Pinkie had gathered everyone to a ceremonial fire pit made entirely out of snow. A random yak then ate the part that was supposed to be the fire.
"Pink pony has gathered you around the new ceremonial yak fire pit to tell you a story!" Pinkie told them, "A yak tradition, right?"
The other yaks nodded and mumbled in agreement.
"Yay!" said Pinkie.
"I sure hope Pinkie came up with a good story ahead of time," said Antonio worriedly.
"This is a story about a group of...uh, goats!" said Pinkie. It was then a picture of a goat and their village was seen in some elementary art style.
"Who lived in the desert," Pinkie narrated, "There was a sandstorm, and their entire village was buried in sand. There was nothing they could do. They knew they could not survive by only eating sand...wiches!"
The animated scene showed the goat village being covered in snow and some other goats held some sandwiches made out of sand. The scene returned to reality when Pinkie had her sand pun.
"Get it?" Pinkie giggled. Silence was her only reply...for about three seconds.
"...Okay. Anyway..." said Pinkie as she continued and the animation of the goats returned to view.
"Finally, the goats' brave, wise leader - let's just call him Prince...uhh...Drutherford," said Pinkie with a giggle as Antonio groaned and face-hooved at Pinkie's creativity with names, "decides that they couldn't do it by themselves. So he asked the neighbor town of, uh, Bovineville to come and help them."
It was then the animated drawings showed the goat prince writing on a scroll and then showed another town that consisted of magical cows of various colors.
"Yeah! Cows!" Pinkie giggled, "The magical cows helped the goats, everyone survived, and lived happily ever after!" The view then returned to reality, "Because they asked for help. The end!"
Pinkie nudged Prince Rutherford to make her point as the other yaks, including Antonio, cheered. Prince Rutherford remained silent.
"So what is the moral of that story?" Pinkie asked the group.
"Is it - A - asking for help is okay? B - asking for help saves the day? C - asking for help is good for everypony?" Pinkie asked.
"D - goats weak and horrible! Magic bovines need to stay out of goats' business!" Prince Rutherford replied sternly.
"Um..." Pinkie stuttered with a nervous chuckle, "Not quite. Any yak wanna shout out another answer?"
Pinkie looked around and saw that neither of the other yaks had anything to say. She then remembered what Antonio had said about why they wouldn't speak up and whined in defeat and disappointment. Antonio just gave Pinkie a sympathetic look.
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Once story time was over, the two ponies decided to try a more direct approach. They found Prince Rutherford shifting some snow about as they approached him.
"Hey, Prince Rutherford, we wanna talk to you about something," said Pinkie, "Uh, what are you doing?"
"Uh, yak's snow bed got a little melty last night," Prince Rutherford replied.
Pinkie and Antonio gave him funny looks before they exchanged nods with each other to execute their plan.
"Okay, yeah," said Pinkie slowly, "That's what I wanna talk to you about." Pinkie then gestured for the three ponies to sit on the snow beds, "You know, these yak snow beds are the fluffiest I've ever slept in. They're so comfortable, you forget that it's just a cold block of ice. Right, Antonio?"
"Very cozy," said Antonio.
"And the yak snow sandwiches?" Pinkie continued, "Mm-mm!"
"Yes, senorita. " said Antonio as he held a snow sandwich. "But you know, sometimes I hate it when foods burns your mouth or overwhelms it with flavor."
"Ah!" said Prince Rutherford, "Yak hates that, too! Food burning mouth yak mean!"
"You know who would really, really enjoy these snow sandwiches?" Pinkie suggested, "Twilight Sparkle and the other ponies! Oh, hey! We have an idea! Why don't me and Antonio go to Ponyville and bring them back here?"
"Pure genius, Pinks!" said Antonio as he stood around the pink pony.
"Ponies like snow sandwich?" Prince Rutherford remarked.
"Oh! Ponies love snow sandwiches!" Pinkie replied, "And hey, while they're here, you can ask if they can clear the snow away. Fun, right?"
"Pinkie!" Antonio whispered nervously, not wanting to make things worse.
"Oop, sorry." Pinkie replied back nervously.
Prince Rutherford just gazed up at the sky for a moment.
"When prince was little yak," Prince Rutherford began, "prince stomped on ground too hard. Made deep hole and fell into hole. Ice froze over hole. Prince waved to friends and family from inside hole. Waited for spring thaw. Prince survived on own."
Pinkie and Antonio were more skeptical to his story.
"W-W-Wait a minute," said Pinkie, "You spent the whole winter in a hole?"
"Yes," said Prince Rutherford, "And yak never asked for help." Prince Rutherford then horn bumped a nearby yak.
"Impressive," said Antonio in a plain but skeptical tone, "You must be very tough to manage staying in a hole for roughly three and a half months." Prince Rutherford cringed but quickly recovered.
"Y-y-yes, prince yak is tough," said Prince Rutherford, "Glad at least ninja pony gets that!"
Now Pinkie was getting irritated.
"Okay. First of all, how did you make such a deep hole from stomping?" Pinkie asked the yak prince in a stern tone, "And how did it freeze over so fast? And how could you see your family and friends to wave to them inside a frozen hole? Even if all that was possible, how did you breathe in there?!"
As Pinkie was asking her questions, the other yaks were gathering around Prince Rutherford and looking at him. It was clear that they were thinking the same thing even if they didn't say it out loud. And Prince Rutherford was getting very uncomfortable with all the attention.
Prince Rutherford angrily stomped the ground, making Pinkie flinch and Antonio jump back.
"YAKS DON'T ASK FOR HELP!" Prince Rutherford yelled so firmly that he blew all two ponies away and sent them crashing into a snowdrift.
Pinkie did a spin to get herself out while Antonio just poked out of the snow on his own and climbed out.
"But the yaks are hungry! And who knows when the snow will melt?" said Pinkie.
"We mean no disrespect to your yak strength, your highness," said Antonio, "But even you have to realize that snow foods don't exactly fill up your stomach. Why else would the yaks be eating the snow buildings and the fire pit?"
Prince Rutherford then heard munching and saw another yak munching on the snow phonograph. The yak prince shot the other yak a glare, which the yak smiled sheepishly and zipped off.
Pinkie just huffed.
"We just don't understand why-" Pinkie tried to explain but the yak prince cut her off.
"Ah, yes," said Prince Rutherford, "Is clear now that neither pink pony or ninja pony not understand yaks." Antonio glared.
"Yeah, I guess we don't," said Antonio in a stern, honest, but also hurt tone.
"Honorary yaks status rescinded!" Prince Rutherford declared.
"What?!" Antonio interjected, "Hey! Just because we don't see eye to eye with you doesn't mean you have to-"
"BANG!" Prince Rutherford snapped as he turned his back to them, "Pretend there is door! I just slammed it!"
He then lay down in the snow with a huff.
"Fine! Be stubborn!" Pinkie yelled angrily.
"Nevermind him, Pinkie," said Antonio, "Let's just get out of here."
Pinkie just snorted as she stomped her way out of the village with Antonio following behind her while glaring at Prince Rutherford.
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A few minutes later, the two ponies were back on the hot-air balloon, Pinkie was still fuming after leaving the village while Antonio was just watching the clouds with his front hooves crossed.
"Can you believe it Antonio?!" Pinkie asked and groaned, "Those yaks are so stubborn! They refuse to ask for help, even though they need it."
"Of course," said Antonio, "I mean. As much as I want to be respectful of the way Prince Rutherford wants to lead the yaks. It's pretty clear that he doesn't know what he's doing! I want to understand why he thinks asking for help is such a weakness, but I just don't get it and it's making my head hurt!" Antonio groaned as he leaned over the railing and just rubbed the back of his head.
"Well, unless you think it's a bad idea," said Pinkie, "this official friendship ambassador is gonna take matters into our own hooves! We'll show them!"
Pinkie then noticed Antonio just looking at her as well as Gummy. Pinkie just sighed.
"You're right, Gummy and Antonio," said Pinkie, "I am too worked up. Plus it's probably a stupid idea anyway."
"Honestly, Pinkie," said Antonio, "I'm all up for it." Pinkie blinked.
"Really?" Pinkie replied, "but what about not breaking relations with the yaks or causing a war?"
"When you really think about it?" said Mario, "Prince Rutherford is going to really make a fool out of himself if he declares war over an act of kindness. I think they're might be a way we can help them out."
"I hope so..." said Pinkie doubtfully and then looked at Gummy before blinking, "Great idea, Gummy. Road trip game would definitely calm me down. I know! Let's play Twenty Million Questions! Wanna join us, Antonio?"
"Nah, you go on ahead with Gummy. I'm just gonna watch the clouds." Antonio said as he watched the clouds go by.
Pinkie turned her attention back to Gummy.
"You think of something, then I'll ask you twenty million questions until I can come up with what you're think of!" Pinkie explained, "Let's go! Is it blue? Is it green? Is is red? Is it greenish-red? Is it reddish-blue? Is it bigger than a bread box? Is it smaller then a bread box? Is it a bread box?"
The questions continued for the remainder of the trip. Antonio was fast asleep by the time the hot-air balloon was reaching the Castle of Friendship. Pinkie was still asking questions as the hot-air balloon landed on the ground.
"...Is it teeth?" Pinkie continued with Antonio sleeping soundly. "Is it Granny's dentures? Is it you? Is is a rooster? Is it a red rooster? Is it a red rooster eating corn?" The hot-air balloon finally landed. "Ah! Used up all twenty million questions! Oh, well. We're here anyway!"
"Zzzz… huh? What? Where? Who?" Antonio spluttered as he opened his eyes and saw the Castle of Friendship. "Oh, home sweet home."
The two ponies jumped off the balloon and went inside.
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Back in Yakyakistan, Prince Rutherford and several yaks were gathered around when one yak approached the group.
"Official pony airship still here?" Prince Rutherford asked. The other yaks shook his head.
"Pink pony and ninja pony gone because pink pony and ninja pony not tough like yaks!" Prince Rutherford snorted, but then noticed that the other yaks were silent.
"Horn bump in agreement! Now!" Prince Rutherford ordered as two yaks did just that. Then Prince Rutherford then gobbled up his snow sandwich and then spat it out, "Snow sandwich lose novelty! Snow couscous for dinner!"
The other yaks just groaned in disappointment.
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Back at the castle of friendship, Antonio and Pinkie were now inside with the rest of the mane sixteen in the throne room. Pinkie quickly took charge of telling the rest of the group what had happened.
"Then Prince Rutherford said," Pinkie told them as she made her voice deeper, ""Bang! Pretend there is door. I just slammed it!""
"Pinkie Pie-" Twilight called out, but Pinkie wasn't listening.
"So then pink pony said," Pinkie continued as she used a high pitched voice, ""Fine! Be stubborn!"
"Well that wasn't very nice," Sokka remarked as Fluttershy hummed in agreement.
"I can't believe you guys seriously ate snow with the other yaks up there." Sunray said
"True," said Twilight, "Pinkie Pie, we have to help the yaks."
"So in conclusion, we have to help the yaks!" said Pinkie.
"What?" Chase asked curiously as he stood next to Twilight.
"Hmm?" said Twilight with a puzzled look.
"Just go with it, hon," said Applejack with a smirk on her face.
"Might be more promising to at least know Pinkie Pie is just being her deep inside, Chase." Clay said, following along with his wife.
"Yeah, Mom, your head will thank you later," Nyx added, smirking as well.
"Great idea, Pinkie," said Twilight, "We'll be happy to help the yaks. This is what friendship is all about."
"There's just one problem, Twilight," said Chase said to his wife, but was quickly cut off.
"Hey! Clay and I will bring apples," said Applejack, "This season's batch are extra juicy."
"And I shall provide the yaks with Equestria's finest textiles," said Rarity, "They'll be silky and warm with hints of gold to complement their horns."
Rainbow was just hovering behind her, but didn't help but smile and roll her eyes when Rarity started describing her textiles.
"Uhh...just one problem with that..." Antonio tried to speak up again as he followed what Chase was gonna say.
"Stop!" Pinkie yelled as she stood on the table, "Antonio and Chase are right! We can't bring the yaks any pony stuff!"
"Why not?" Fluttershy asked.
"The yaks are very proud," said Pinkie, "They won't ask for help. You know what they say - "You can lead a yak to water, but you better not let him know you're doing it"."
"Nopony says that," said Rainbow, "Do they?" Rarity just shrugged in reply.
"Not really," said Antonio, "But it does sum up the type of situation we're dealing with. We are literally going over Prince Rutherford's head seeking your help right now. Like I told Pinkie before, as much as I don't wish to disrespect Prince Rutherford, he doesn't seem to know what to do about the situation at all. I mean...he thinks they can survive on food made out of snow! And they're idea of snow shelters are just mounds of snow and with no roofs on them!"
"From what I learned from Prince Rutherford from last meeting with him in Ponyville to be his friend, it's that all of our things are different compared to the yaks' stuff they have in their village." Chase said added.
"You're right, Chase." Jade agreed with her older brother as Sunray and Trini nodded as well.
"Okay then," said Twilight, "This'll be an official covert friendship mission."
"Mm-hmm!" Applejack, Fluttershy, Sokka, Clay, and Rarity said together.
"You got it!" said Rainbow Dash.
"Can I help too, Mom?" Nyx asked, "Please?"
"Sweetie, we're going to be busy all night!" Twilight protested, "You're too young to be staying up so late!" Nyx groaned.
"Honey, it's not like she's gonna be partying during that time," said Chase, "She's gonna be helping on official friendship business! Plus she is on school break right now so she can recover from the loss of sleep the next day."
Diamond Tiara just smiled excitedly as Chase's support and gave Twilight a pleading smile. Chase smiled for his wife to encourage their daughter to join them. Twilight just rolled her eyes and smirked.
"You're lucky Chase is so cute!" Twilight remarked to the alicorn filly, "But fine. If you think you can stay up, you can come with us."
"Yes!" said Nyx, "Thanks, Daddy!"
Chase and Nyx shared a hug.
"Alright, we better do this quickly before the yaks notice us we're in our village." Chase said as the others nodded in agreement.
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By late afternoon, the Ponyville hot-air balloon was carrying the rest of the mane fourteen to Yakyakistan. They had all decided to enjoy the view from the balcony railing when Pinkie giggled excitedly.
"Is it yellow?" Pinkie asked. "It is slimy? Is it slimy yellow?"
SLAP!
"OW!" Pinkie yelped as she rubbed the back of her head in pain.
"We're NOT playing that!" Rainbow, Sunray, and Chase snapped.
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It was already nightfall when the Mane fourteen arrived at the main gate of Yakyakistan. Chase had already equipped everypony with a body temperature regulation spell to keep them warm in the below freezing weather. The group was barely exiting the airship when Pinkie appeared wearing a black spy shirt, black cap, and night vision goggles. Clay and Sokka were most indignant.
"First we have to infiltrate the yak compound," said Pinkie as she grabbed a grapple hook and tossed it toward the top of the giant gate door, "These walls are high. Sneaking in will not be easy."
Then Pinkie started to climb up the gate door. Chase, Jade, Sunray, Trini, Rainbow, Twilight, and Nyx shared annoyed looks with each other before Twilight gave Rainbow a nod. Rainbow quickly flew off. Pinkie grunted as she continued to climb the door. Then Rainbow surprised her by opening the door from the inside.
"Or it's super-easy 'cause I'm awesome," said Rainbow.
The rest of the group walked inside.
"Go ahead! We'll catch up! You all know what to do!" said Pinkie as she continued her trek up the gate.
But then she lost her grip and tumbled into the snow. The pink pony quickly recovered and just burrowed under the snow to catch up with the others. Meanwhile, Prince Rutherford and the others were snoring loudly in their snow beds. The thirteen ponies quietly crept up to the yaks.
"Alright, let's get to work and do it together." Chase instructed the group with a whisper.
They all nodded before splitting up to get to work.
As some montage music began to play, Rarity used her magic to clear the snow that was on the roofs of the huts.
Applejack and Nyx teamed up to buck the snow off of another hut, but they were quickly buried alive. Rarity used her magic to remove the snow off of the two earth ponies, who smiled sheepishly to say thank you.
Rainbow and Sokka both teamed up to clear the snowy clouds, leaving a clear night sky.
Twilight, Chase, Jade, Sunray, Trini, and Antonio then used their magic to remove some snow off some gardening soil and used a spell to speed up the growth of some of the crops.
Inside the sleeping hut, Fluttershy and Nyx then got to work preparing the beds while Pinkie and Antonio bounced from one bed to the next.
Rarity and Sokka, the former using her magic and the latter using his wings, worked together to set up the garlands back onto the huts.
Pinkie, Chase, Jade, Sunray, Trini, and Antonio then got to work baking and decorating some more vanilla cakes. Of course Pinkie didn't resist stealing some frosting off the top of one cake. Chase and his family just rolled their eyes in amusement.
By the time it was morning, Prince Rutherford then began to wake up. He yawned loudly before he gasped at what he saw.
"What happened?!" Prince Rutherford exclaimed when he saw all the snow as gone.
"Snow melted!" said a yak, "Prince Rutherford was right!"
The yaks all laughed and cheered with jubilee. But Prince Rutherford was rather puzzled. He knew that all that snow couldn't have melted by itself, but he felt better once he gave another yak a horn bump.
"Yaks tough! Yaks wait patiently! Yaks win!" Prince Rutherford remarked, but then he lifted his bangs as he looked at the gate.
For he had caught sight of a very familiar pink tail leaving through the main gate.
Back outside the main gate, the rest of the mane fourteen were boarding the hot-air balloon.
"Hoo-wee!" said Applejack, "Helpin' fix an entire yak village sure takes a lot outta ya!"
"As long as we got it done, we should be fine." Nyx said with a smile as she was on Twilight's back.
It was then Pinkie bounced up to the rest of the group.
"We can relax later," said Chase, "Right now we need to get out of here."
"Agreed, dear," said Twilight, "Let's get out of here before-"
"Oh, pink pony and prince pony!" shouted a very familiar voice, making everypony cringe.
"Oh, we are so busted," Antonio groaned as he turned to see Prince Rutherford stomping up to them. Pinkie shuttered.
"Just play it cool!" said Pinkie, nervously gasping to try and regain her composure. She turned around to face the yak prince, "We didn't help fix Yakyakistan!" Pinkie then chuckled nervously, "No, no! We're just here for the snow sandwiches! But then we got here, and the snow was gone, so we thought we'd hit a diner on our way back to Ponyville! Bye-bye!"
As Pinkie was talking, the rest of the Mane fourteen just smiled sheepishly as Nyx covered her eyes, fearing the worst. Pinkie then turned to board the Harmony when Prince Rutherford stopped her.
"Wait," said Prince Rutherford as he raised a fore-hoof before Pinkie's face, "Yak not mad at pink pony or prince pony. Nor ninja pony."
"Yak not?" said Pinkie and Antonio together.
"Pink pony and prince pony, especially prince pony's cousin, help yaks without yaks asking," Prince Rutherford explained, "Means pink pony and ninja ponies understand yaks."
"We do?" said Pinkie.
"Yes, we do," said Chase as he walked up and faced the rest of the group, "I know why Prince Rutherford declined direct help and now I see why."
"Why honey?" Twilight asked as the others gave him curious and puzzled looks.
"In yak culture, the leader is in charge of protecting and keeping order among the tribe," Chase explained, "The strength of the leader determines how much the other yaks trust and follow him. For Prince Rutherford, accepting direct help would be seen as a sign of weakness, which lowers the morale of all the yaks and making them hesitant to trust and depend on him."
"So the yaks rely on Prince Rutherford to guide them during troubled times," said Jade. "Otherwise they'd be causing chaos because they don't have a leader to trust and depend on."
"Exactly," said Chase, "It's why Prince Rutherford kept trying to stay positive and make the best of a tough situation. He was never truly trying to turn down help or wanted to banish Pinkie and Antonio from the village. In fact, the reason he sent them away was because he knew the two members of our group would find a way to clear the snow and the other yaks would never know he had anything to do with it. So when the snow mysteriously melted, they would know that trusting in their leader was the right call and their respect for him would grow. A sneaky, but very effective tactic."
Prince Rutherford laughed.
"This is why yak prince like pony prince," said Prince Rutherford, "Pony prince truly understand yaks and helps other ponies understand yaks."
"Huh! He does! And we do!" said Pinkie as she and Antonio shared smiles with each other.
Then Pinkie, Antonio, and Chase were taken by surprise when Prince Rutherford squished them into a tight hug.
"Pink pony and pony ninjas the best kind of friends," said Prince Rutherford, "Official honorary yaks!"
Some other yaks appeared and cheered as they gave Pinkie and Chase their very own set of yaks horns.
"Ooooooh! Handsome yak!" Twilight and Nyx cooed, making Chase blush before gently took his yak horn set off.
"Thank you for the horn set, Prince Rutherford. But I think somepony else should deserve it too." Chase said as he turned to Antonio, which surprised him.
"Me?! Thanks, coz!" Antonio said as he put the set on.
"Yippee!" Pinkie chanted with glee, "My own honorary yak horns! Now I can officially horn-bump!"
"Me too!" Antonio said happily.
Antonio and Pinkie decided to do theirs at the same time on opposite horns.
"Whoa!" Pinkie and Antonio yelped as their horn bumps sent them spinning away and crashing into some snow.
"Yeah...You know, this is a little heavy for my small pony head," said Pinkie.
Applejack chuckled as well.
"Need some help with that, Pinkie Pie and Antonio?" Applejack offered.
"Pink pony no need apple pony's help!" Pinkie said sternly to Applejack's face. Antonio glared at her as well, but then both ponies giggled and chuckled.
"Just kidding!" said Pinkie.
"Pink pony and pony ninja got apple pony good!" Antonio added.
Everypony laughed. It was then the iris out appeared to end the chapter, but then opened up again as Pinkie and Antonio glared at the unseen audience.
"Seriously, this is heavy," Pinkie remarked before she and Antonio ended up face-planting the snow.