Chapter 7
Ponyland Hijinks
Princess Celestia decided to send Flareon, Twilight, Rarity, Applejack along with Winona, on another mission. This time to a new amusement park called Ponyland. She has heard from ponies living near it that the rides started operating and the lights had come on even though the theme park wasn't meant to open for another week. Princess Celestia asked Flareon and his friends to get down to the bottom of this mystery. After Flareon, Twilight, Rarity, Applejack, and Winona arrived at Ponyland, they looked around, and noticed at all the rides operating, even though no one was around. "Alright...listen up everyone!" Flareon said, "I'll go to the north side. Twilight, you got the east side. Rarity, you check the west side. Applejack, you and Winona go search the south side." Soon after, everyone split up and began to investigate Ponyland. Applejack and Winona decided to head for food stands. Applejack went to a nearby stand and sat down on a chair.
"Might as well have a snack while we're here," Applejack said, "Right girl?" Winona quickly barked in agreement as she sat in a chair near Applejack. "Excuse me! I'd like to order some nachos with cheese!" Winona then barked again. "Make that two please!" Suddenly, two baskets of nachos with cheese slid across the counter out of nowhere. Right away, they started to panic. "Wait...how? Where did these come from?" Applejack said as she jumped off the chair and began to look around. "Is anyone there? Show yourself!" She then turned around and spotted Winona eating both tray of nachos. "Come on girl...we can eat later!" Winona quickly jumped down and began to sniff the ground, but she was unable to pick up another scent. "What's wrong Winona? You can't pick up their scent? It can't be a ghost...right?" Suddenly, Winona began to bark. "What's wrong girl? Do you see something?" Applejack looked at where Winona was barking at and quickly spotted a figure. It was moving so fast, it was nearly impossible to make out what it was. However, after closer inspection, it seemed to look like a robot earth pony. "Holy cow! Is that a robot pony? That feller is moving faster than Pinkie Pie on caffeine!" Soon after, they spotted it run into the Hall of Mirrors. "Come on Winona! It has nowhere to run now!" Applejack exclaimed as they quickly followed the mysterious robot into the Hall of Mirrors. A few minutes later, Applejack and Winona had got themselves distracted as they were laughing at their warped reflections in a mirror. "We look like two chubby bowling balls!" Applejack said, "Ain't these mirrors hilarious?" Unfortunately, the fun didn't last long as another figure appeared in the mirror with them. It was the pony robot. As Applejack and Winona quickly turned around, they saw the robot standing directly in front of them. "Let's get out of here!" Applejack yelled as she and Winona quickly ran away. After they left the Hall of Mirrors, Applejack and Winona looked back to see if the robot was following them, but they accidentally crashed into a group of garbage cans. As they peaked their heads out of the garbage cans, Applejack looked around and tried to find the pony robot. "Well...shoot," Applejack said as they got out of the garbage cans, "We lost track of him. Come on girl...let's go find the others." Meanwhile, on the west side of Ponyland, Rarity had just finished investigating the Merry-Go-Round.
"Nope...nothing there either," Rarity said, "I hope the others caught the culprit already. I just want to go back home." Suddenly, she spotted a figure run towards the Ferris Wheel. "Wait...is that a robot pony? Well...it's not going to get away!" A few seconds later, she arrived at the Ferris Wheel. The robot apparently went into one of the carriages. Unfortunately, the Ferris Wheel had stopped moving. Rarity then used her magic and turned the crank to manually move it, but after she had moved the Ferris Wheel all the way around, the robot pony was nowhere to be seen. Soon after, the lights from everywhere in Ponyland suddenly turned off. "What in the world is going on in this weird amusement park? I better go back and tell the others about this," Rarity replied. Eventually, everyone was able to regroup near the Ponyland entrance.
"Well...did anyone find anything?" Flareon asked.
"You won't believe this Flareon! I saw a robot pony running around! Me and Winona chased it into the Hall of Mirrors, but we lost track of him...sorry," Applejack replied.
"I saw it too!" Rarity exclaimed, "It went onto the Ferris Wheel, but it somehow managed to escape." Twilight then spotted a house a short distance away. The lights in the house were on.
"Hey! Look over there!" Twilight said as she pointed towards the house, "Maybe the caretakers of Ponyland are there. We should go ask them if they can help us solve this mystery. Later on, they met Mr. and Mrs. Wonka, who were both shocked to hear that Ponyland was running. Mr. Wonka told them that the robot pony was called Scrappy, and that he had created Scrappy to help him around Ponyland. He designed him to be the perfect robot. For some reason, Mrs. Wonka didn't seem to found of Scrappy.
"I have told my husband time and time again that robot is dangerous. I don't want that thing around the kids," Mrs. Wonka replied. "If you four could destroy that crazy, out-of-control robot, I would be very grateful."
"Don't worry Mr. and Mrs. Wonka, leave this to us!" Flareon exclaimed, "Come on girls...we have a robot to capture!" Later on, they had arrived back in Ponyland. Suddenly, the lights were started to come back on, but that wasn't the weird part. All the rides were acting crazy. The Merry-Go-Round was operating backwards, the Cotton Candy machine was over-producing cotton candy, and the hamburger stand was shooting out hamburgers everywhere. Soon after, they spotted Scrappy riding on a unicycle. "There he is...let's get him!" They quickly followed him to the Tunnel of Love. After Scrappy had got on a boat, they also got on a boat and began to give chase. A few minutes later, they saw Scrappy, but he wasn't on a boat anymore. He was swimming directly at them.
"Are we chasing him or is her chasing us?!" Twilight yelled as they frantically tried to avoid him, but it was too late as Scrappy crashed into them, sinking their boat. As everyone tried to recover from the crash, they looked around, but didn't see Scrappy anywhere.
"How dare he!" Rarity yelled as she stood up, "Look what Scrappy did to my mane! I swear...that robot is going to pay!" After a couple of minutes of Rarity swearing her revenge on Scrappy, Flareon decided it would be best if they split-up again. This time he would go east, Twilight would go south, Rarity would go north, and Applejack with Winona would go west. Later on, as Applejack and Winona were trying to figure out where to check next, Applejack felt something touch her shoulder.
"What's wrong Winona? Do you see something?" Applejack asked. When she noticed it was not Winona who tapped her on the shoulder, Applejack slowly turned around to see Scrappy standing right before them. Right away, they screamed in terror and they quickly ran away as fast as they could. Unfortunately, Scrappy was beginning to get closer to them. "Come on girl...let's lose him on the roller coaster!" Applejack yelled. Soon after, they boarded the roller coaster. As it began to climb the hill, Applejack let out a sigh of relief. Sadly for her, she turned around to see Scrappy climbing over the cars and coming directly for them. At that moment, the roller coaster began to descend down the hill at high speed. As Applejack and Winona yelled in terror of the roller coaster's speed and how Scrappy was still coming towards them, Applejack suddenly spotted another roller coaster coming towards them on the left side. "Come on Winona! Let's jump on that other roller coaster! It's our only way to lose him!" she yelled frantically as Scrappy was right behind them. Luckily for them, they would able to safely jump to the other roller coaster and managed to escape from Scrappy. A few minutes later, Applejack and Winona managed to get off the roller coaster. "Now...where did that crazy robot go?" she asked as they looked around looking for him. Suddenly, they spotted Scrappy standing on top of the highest roller coaster hill. "What in tarnation is that robot trying to do now?" Scrappy then jumped off the hill and fell through a tent that was directly below him. When Applejack and Winona went into the tent to investigate, they didn't see Scrappy anywhere. "How did that robot fall down from that height and still manage to escape? Is Scrappy some sort of super robot?" Meanwhile, on the south side, Twilight suddenly spotted Scrappy running by in the distance.
"Not so fast Scrappy!" Twilight yelled as she quickly ran after him, "You're not getting away from me!" Soon after, she used her magic on Scrappy and tried to stop him in his tracks. Unfortunately, the robot was so strong it began to drag Twilight along with him. "Stop Scrappy...I said stop!" Apparently, he wasn't paying any attention at all to Twilight as Scrappy kept on running. Soon after, Twilight was pulled directly into a mound of cotton candy. As Scrappy managed to get away, Twilight poked her head out of the cotton candy mound. As she licked the cotton candy from her mouth and wiped it off her eyes, Twilight desperately tried to find Scrappy, but he was nowhere to be seen. Suddenly, Twilight was hit by an idea. "I think I may know how to stop Scrappy, but I'm going to need Flareon's help. I've got to regroup with the others!" Later on, they managed to regroup in the middle of Ponyland. Twilight then began to explain what her plan was and why she had a giant magnet lying beside her. "Ok Flareon...here is the plan. I want you to take this giant magnet and use it to capture Scrappy. The electromagnetic waves from this magnet should be powerful enough to short-circuit him. Luckily for them, they suddenly spotted Scrappy running in the distance.
As Flareon picked up the giant magnet and flew after Scrappy, Applejack yelled, "Go get 'em Flareon!" He then got close to Scrappy and pointed the magnet right at him. Twilight's plan worked to perfection as the magnet quickly captured Scrappy and the electromagnetic waves managed to turn him off. Soon after, Flareon brought Scrappy back to everyone and put him down on the ground. As they were congratulating him, Mr. and Mrs. Wonka suddenly appeared.
"Good work everyone!" Mrs. Wonka exclaimed, "Now could you please destroy that pesky robot?" Sadly for Mrs. Wonka, everyone quickly surrounded her, staring at her angrily.
"You know Mrs. Wonka...you sure have been determined for us to destroy him," Flareon replied, "I think you have some explaining to do!"
Mrs. Wonka then let out a sigh and said, "Ok...fine! It was me! I was the one who messed Scrappy's circuits and caused him to go out-of-control. I just don't think it's safe for a robot to be around children. I was only looking out for their well-being...I'm sorry." As Mr. Wonka patted her on the shoulder, they quickly shared an apology hug, and all was forgiven. Later on, in Mr. and Mrs. Wonka's house, they were all sitting around the table, having dinner.
"I can't thank you guys enough!" Mr. Wonka said, "Not only did you manage to stop Scrappy, you pretty much saved Ponyland. What can we do to make it up to you?"
"How about free admission to Ponyland?" Flareon asked.
"You've got yourself a deal!" Mr. Wonka exclaimed. He then turned to Twilight. "I also have to thank you for fixing Scrappy!"
Twilight smiled and replied, "Don't mention it Mr. Wonka. It was the least I could do!"
"Hey look!" Applejack said, "It seems that someone is enjoying themselves!" Everyone quickly looked to where Applejack was pointing and began to laugh. Winona was laying on the floor while having her belly rubbed by Scrappy. In the end, it was another successful mission accomplished for Flareon and his friends.