Hi! Hyena king here! Once again, this is a pretty self explanatory chapter, so I won't waste any time on describing it. So, without further ado, here's chapter 5!
"Come on guys!, we got to get to Zecora's!" Twilight said as the ponies were running through Everfree forest. Rarity suddenly tripped over one of her overlong locks, becoming filthy as she skidded across the ground. Thunder immediately came to her side, helping her on her hooves. "Easier said then done." Rarity commented as she regained her footing. "You're telling me." Thunder replied. They then went to catch up with the others, Thunder guiding Rarity the whole time.
Rainbow and Lightning weren't doing so well either. "Left! no, my left!" Lightning shouted as she crashed through the trees and brush. As Rainbow was about to crash into a large tree, Lightning flew up to catch her, but ended up crashing into her and they both tumbled to the ground. Lightning gave an audible groan as something popped out of Rainbow's mouth. It was no other then Applejack. "Rainbow!" she cried getting on the ground. "Thanks for rescuing me! there's no time to lose!"
With that, Applejack made a makeshift harness from sticks and vines and jumped onto Rainbow's belly. "Getty up little pony!" Applejack cried. "Excuse me?" Rainbow asked, clearly offended by Applejack's statement. Applejack didn't give her time to answer, but with a "Yee haw!" She made Rainbow fly into the air and head towards Zecora's place. Lightning, who was recovering from the crash, got up in time to see Applejack ride away on Rainbow. He stared for a few seconds at the strange spectacle, then shrugged and followed after them.
Meanwhile, the rest of the ponies made it to Zecora's a house built inside of a tree. "Oh, I look horrible!" Rarity cried. "No, that look's horrible!" Pinkie said though you couldn't actually tell on first hearing. She lifted Rarity's hair so she could get a better look. "Oh, you're right, that does look horrible." she said as she beheld the decor of the house. As Twilight went up to the house, Lightning suddenly appeared beside Thunder.
"I thought you were helping Rainbow." Thunder said, surprised to see his brother. "Oh, don't worry. she's right behind me." Lightning responded, looking backwards with a wince. The ponies crept up to the house and looked through one of the windows. "Nice place." Thunder commented, admiring the masks and candles decorating the place. "If you like creepy!" Rarity said.
The front door suddenly opened and Zecora appeared. The ponies, with the exception of pinkie, Thunder and Lightning, gasped and ducked down. Thunder and Lightning, on the other hand, squeezed closer to the window to get a better look. The zebra, now without her cloak, emptied a pot of it's unrecognizable contents into a bubbling cauldron, then began to say several verses that were in some language none of the ponies could understand.
Pinkie suddenly began to shout something, clearly irritated for some reason. "She stole your song?" Rarity translated. "Oh, Pinkie, it doesn't sound anything like your song." Twilight pointed out. Pinkie, frustrated at the ponies misunderstanding, went to her knees in front of Fluttershy, her eyes pleading. Fluttershy sighed, then began to sing in her manly voice.
(Another completely unnecessary song later.)
"You saw those terrible looking things." Rarity said to Twilight, "No do you believe us." "It's proof enough for me." Lightning suddenly said preparing to charge into the house. "Come on Thunder!" Before he could do so, however, he was stopped by Thunder. "Hang on. There's got to be some reasonable explanation for this. Right Twilight?"
With that, he turned to Twilight, encouragement in his eyes. Twilight thought it over. "Masks, confusing incantations and a bubbling caldron." Twilight's face began to drop. "Oh, everything is pointing to Zecora being bad." Twilight then noticed Thunder's face as his eyes took on a disappointed look.
"Or, maybe she's just making soup!" Twilight suggested optimistically. As if on cue, Zecora smacked her lips audibly. "The perfect temperature for ponies, I presume." She said, then looked around her house. "Now where is that little Apple Bloom."
"Or, what if she's making Apple Bloom soup!" Twilight said, a horrified look in her eyes.
And there you go. Due to a short time window, I hope you'll forgive me if this Chapter is a little short. Hope you enjoyed it nevertheless. R&R please!