The Twilight Sparkle Zone

By Technomaru

Chapter 2: "Kick the Can"

Note: I do not own My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic nor The Twilight Zone. Yes I am a Brony.

"You're traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. That's the signpost up ahead - your next stop, the Twilight Sparkle Zone!"

(Sweet Apple Acres)

A usual day goes by as Applejack and Big Macintosh go bucking for apples while Granny Smith sleeps in her favorite rocking chair. Then suddenly, Apple Bloom and her friends Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle run by her while playing Soccer. Granny Smith then wakes up and says, "But officer I can't be arrested for indecent exposure! Not all ponies wear clothes! Huh what's all the excitement?"

Apple Bloom then says, "Sorry Granny but I was playing soccer with my friends, we didn't mean to wake you up." Granny Smith then makes a big smile and says, "Well corn sakes girl, why didn't you tell me before? Can I play?"

Then the three look at eachother nervously and Apple Bloom then spouts out, "Sorry Granny but we're worried you might hurt yourself while playing, in fact big sis one told me you have a bad hip."

Granny Smith gets up from her chair and says, "Bad hip, shad ship, I have enough sugar and vinegar to keep up with you young'uns, when I was a filly I could play better than Pepe himself!"

Scootaloo then says, "You mean Pele, and also you need to take it easy Granny Smith." And so the Cutie Mark Crusaders continue with their game as they trot away from Granny Smith.

Granny Smith then frowns and says to herself, "Horsefeathers! I can play if I can, oww darn hip, I just wish I can reclaim my youth and I can play all sorts of games with my granddaughter... or help buck for some apples... and eat something besides apple mush!"

And so a saddened Granny Smith trots around the Farm. But then she notices a present under her rocking chair and she says, "Hmmm, is it my birthday and I forgot again?" Then she looks at the present and it reads, "To Granny Smith from Princess Celestia" Then Granny opens it and she sees a can. Granny is delighted and says, "How sweet, the princess got me a can of prunes... hey wait the can is empty."

Then Granny Smith did alot of thinking in her mind and she made a conclusion:

"Princess Celestia must've heard my pleas of being young so she sent me this can to play "kick the can" with and it would turn me young, however I must use this gift to help others in my condition so that they can enjoy youth as well!"

Granny Smith then sits down and asks, "What was I going to do again?"

Spike then shows up in a fancy black suit with a lollipop in his mouth as he narrarates to the audience:

"Sweet Apple Acres, the home for one aged pony and her family, and a common children's game called Kick the Can. It will shortly become a refuge for a pony and her friends who know they will be sick in this world if they doesn't escape...into the Twilight Sparkle Zone."

Granny Smith then goes out to seek her friends, but first she pulls out a paper and tries to write a note and then she says, "Flibberdegibit! I can't write, I better find a unicorn who can help me... I know!"

So she walks up to the Cutie Mark Crusaders as they continue their soccer game and with three caramel apples she says to them, "I'll give these to you if you can do me some favors." And so the three take the caramel apples and they go with her.

Sweetie Belle uses her magic to write a note as Granny tells her to write,

"Dear Apple Strudel,

I want you to come over for a fun activity down at the Sweet Apple Acres tonight, there will be lots of fun and special suprise at the end.

-Granny Smith-"

Then Scootaloo flies the letter to the local postbox and Derpy Hooves takes the letter and flies to Apple Strudel's house, but not before crashing into a sign and saying, "Uh oh! Spagetti-os!"

Then Apple Bloom tells Granny Smith, "I thought I told you Granny! You can't join our soccer game, you have a bad hip!" Granny then makes a sneaky smile and whispers to herself, "For now at least... just wait till tonight!"

Then Granny walks to the farm of Hayseed and the gives her the offer. Hayseed then smiles and nods and goes back to work.

Then she goes to the house of Chess champion Geri Rook. Granny notices that Geri Rook is playing Chess by himself by switching seats everytime he made a move. Granny then tells her the plan for tonight and he shouts, "YIPPIE!" And he does a little dance until his hip reacts and says, "Oh my hip!" Granny then says, "Once we go through with this then our hips will be problems of the past and will be our problem in the future."

Meanwhile, Applejack then goes up to Apple Bloom and her friends as she asks, "Say Apple Bloom, have you seen Granny Smith? Apple Bloom then says, "Yes, we couldn't let her play soccer with us because of her hip so she decided to visit her friends instead." Applejack then says, "Well thank goodness, but I wonder what are her friends going to do? Play "kick the can?" And so the four get a good laugh from that.

(Later at night, at the Sweet Apple Acres)

Geri Rook, Hayseed, and Apple Strudel arrive at the farm and then Granny Smith shows up and says, "Great! You showed up? So is it someone's birthday today?" Geri Rook then replies, "You daft girl? You invited us over!" Granny then says, "Oh that's right!" Then she pulls out her can and she said, "This was given to me by Princess Celestia herself, I believe since most of the things she owns possess magic, this can might have the magic to make us young and if we're young then our hips will not longer cause us any pain!"

Hayseed then says, "Then I can work more efficently!"

Geri Rook then says, "No more eating mushed apples drinking prune juice!"

Apple Strudel then says, "And our families won't think we're silly because once we're young again we can be silly and have a excuse for it!"

Granny Smith then tosses the can in the air and shouts, "GAME ON!"

And so the four old ponies play kick the can during the night at Sweet Apple Acres. However one would wonder whatever happened to the other ponies at this night, we direct our attention to a new place called "Kimono's Karaoke Kingdom"

Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, and their new friend Edna the Earth Pony leads them to the building and says, "I told you guys this is the place, oh and here's my new friend Kimono!"

Then a Earth Pony with a Japanese lanterns cutie mark shows up, she has a light purple coat and a dark purple mane and tail. Then the pony greets them, "Konnichiwa everypony! Ready to sing your hearts out?"

Pinkie Pie pops up behind Kimono and asks excitedly with a smile, "Do I?"

Then she gets on stage and then says to the audience, "Ok, here's a number I learned from a 1983 movie..." And then Pinkie Pie sings "Nights are Forever":

"Faceless voices talking,

Smoky rings of seared lives.

Strangers telling stories,

No one really buys.

Through the neon starlight,

they just watch the men move.

Through the broken music,

Of what they have to prove.

Nights are forever,

When you have no one.

Nights are forever,

When your just trying to hang on.

Nights are forever,

When you have no one.

Nights are forever,

When your just trying to hang on."

Then the other ponies applaud and Cheerilee then comments, "Wow, I had no idea somepony knows the words to that oldie!"

Rainbow Dash then flies to the stage and she says, "I got a rockin' number... hit it!" And then she sings "Twilight Sparkle Zone" by Golden Earring:

"Help I'm steppin' into the twilight sparkle zone

The place is a madhouse, feels like being cloned

My beacon's been moved under moon and star

Where am I to go, now that I've gone too far

Help I'm steppin' into the twilight sparkle zone

The place is a madhouse, feels like being cloned

My beacon's been moved under moon and star

Where am I to go, now that I've gone too far

Soon you will come to know,

When the bullet hits the bone

Soon you will come to know, when the bullet hits the bone!"

Then the Ponies continue dancing to the song. But we go back to Sweet Apple Acres to see how the game of "Kick the can" goes,

As the four old ponies continue to play they notice something, they can move faster, they feel more energetic, and can jump higher. Then Hayseed looks at a pond and he says, "Well looky here, there's a young pony in the water... hey waitaminute... it's my reflection...it's me!"

Then Geri Rook looks at his legs and says with a gasp, "My shins... they're active again!"

Apple Strudle looks at his reflection and says, "Well there goes my beard... BUT I'M YOUNG AGAIN! Say Granny did the magic work for you? Granny? GRANNY!"

Then a young filly walks up to Apple Strudle and she appears dressed in Granny Smith's clothes. Then the filly says to him, "Now that I'm young again, should I still be called "Granny"?"

Then Hayseed and Geri trot up with Apple Strudle and Granny Smith and then Hayseed asks, "Since the magic can made us young, what should we do?" And so the four start running around the farm and having fun without fear of broken bones and fragle hips.

(The Next Morning, at the treehouse of the Cutie Mark Crusaders)

Granny Smith wakes up and wonders to herself, "Oh my, what a night! How did I get here?" Then she sees Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo looking right at her and Apple Bloom says, "Well we don't know who you are but we found you and your friends on the farm and you seemed exausted so we took you in until you come to."

Granny Smith then says to her, "What you talking about young'un, it's me!" Apple Bloom then says, "Just because you're dressed like Granny Smith doesn't mean you are Granny Smith." Scootaloo then asks, "Umm Apple Bloom, why is that colt over there dressed like your Uncle Strudle?"

Granny Smith then trots to the mirror and states in shock, "Oh my... I'm still young! The can did work!" Sweetie Belle then asks, "What can?" Then Granny Smith explains the whole story but the Cutie Mark Crusaders haven't bought it, until Granny Smith has a idea.

Granny Smith then says, "How about I reveal the time Apple Bloom wet the bed after we had a apple cider drinking contest, will that convince you that I am Granny Smith?" Apple Bloom turns bright red in the face after she just said that. Apple Bloom then looks at Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo and asks them, "Aren't you two going to laugh at me?" Sweetie Belle then replies, "Part of me wants to, but the other part is weired out BY THE FACT THAT THESE OLD FOGIES SOMEHOW BECAME YOUNG FOALIES!" Scootaloo then says, "They are telling the truth, the can is magical!" Granny Smith then asks the Cutie Mark Crusaders with big wide eyes, "Now that we old fogies became young foalies, can we play with you three?"

Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo then look at eachother and then they look at their soccerball...

And so the three as well as Granny Smith, Apple Strudle, Hayseed, and Geri Rook then go to the soccerfield and then Apple Bloom asks, "Since all of us are kids, we need a older pony to be our referee." Scootaloo then shows up and says, "I found one!" And then Edna the earth pony shows up and says, "Hi kids, so what did you drag me here for?" Apple Bloom then says to her, "My big sister tells me you like to play soccer so can you be our referee?"

Edna then replies, "First off I don't play Soccer I play Soccer video games... and second sure I'll referee for you." And then she blows her whistle.

So the Cutie Mark Crusaders and the "young foalies" start playing their game however to the suprise of Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo, their opponents prove that with young age came with better sports skills and the "young foalies" won five to nothing.

Edna then says, "Umm... the team with the pony dressed as a old lady wins! I guess..." Then Kimono shows up and says, "Konnichiwa Edna, want to play the new game I got for the Sega Saturn?" Edna replies, "You're on!" As as the two are about to trot to Edna's house, Pinkie Pie then pulls out a book with alien language on it as she shouts, "TO SERVE PONY!" IT'S A COOKBOOK!" Edna rolls her eyes and replies, "Wrong episode Pinkie Pie!"

As Granny Smith, Hayseed, and Apple Strudle cheer in victory, Apple Bloom then says, "In a way... we deserved that!" Scootaloo then says, "Now that the old... I mean young ponies sucked the fun out of Soccer, how about we take up chess?" Then Geri Rook shows up smiling while holding a chess board. Scootaloo then rolls her eyes and says, "Nevermind!"

Then the four decide to go back to the barn to have some apple cider... until they run into Applejack, Big Macintosh, and Apple Bloom. Applejack then says, "Apple Bloom told me about that happened, I thought she was telling stories until she mentioned that you know about the apple cider drinking contest!" Apple Bloom then spats out, "I thought we aren't supposed to talk about that anymore!"

Apple Jack then continues, "Sorry sis! But anyway this is un natural! We got to find a way to change you back to your normal ages!" Big Macintosh replies "Yup!"

Granny Smith, Hayseed, Apple Strudle, and Geri Rook thought a long time and they are horrified because of the Apple Family got their way then it's back to bad hips and eating apple mush.

Then the four surround Applejack, Big Macintosh, and Apple Bloom and they started shouting angerly, "Rabble rabble rabble rabble" Geri Rook then says, "I don't want to go back to being a silly old coot who plays chess, I wanna be a silly young colt who plays chess!" Granny Smith then says, "Yeah, and think of the money you'll save from not getting me a new hip and pills that keep me from screaming at night."

Applejack then sighs in resignition and says, "Fine, however I got to ask if Princess Celestia knows something about this..."

And so Applejack gets her letter written,

"Dear Princess Celestia,

Granny Smith and her friends changed into young ponies, she claimed the magic can belonged to you... are you trolling us again?

Your student's friend

Applejack

p.s. is there a way to reverse the spell?"

(Canterlot)

Princess Celestia starts giggling as the reads the letter, Princess Luna shows up and asks her, "Sister, did you pull a prank on one of your faithful student's friends?" Princess Celestia covers her mouth with her hoof as she replies, "Maybe..."

(Sweet Apple Acres)

Applejack then realizes something horrifying and then she dashes to the barn where Apple Bloom and Granny Smith are having a tea party and asks Granny Smith, "WHERE IS THAT CAN? Oh my, what if someone plays with it and is unaware of it's magic?"

(Elsewhere)

Pinkie Pie is just skipping in the fields until she finds a seemingly empty can and then she says to herself, "Ooooh a can! Looks good enough to play "kick the can" with, oh boy oh boy is it going to be fun!"

(two hours later at the Sugarcube Corner)

Mr. and Mrs. Cake are extremely confused by what they are seeing. Mr. Cake then says, "That is the strangest thing that I've ever seen, it has to be her because she has the same mane, the same coat, and the fact that she skips instead of trots so it has to be her! And I bet this can has something to do with it."

They are looking at Pinkie Pie who is transformed into a diaper clad infant as she is playing tug of war against Pumpkin Cake over a rubber chicken while Pound Cake watches.

Mrs. Cake then says, "First thing tomorrow, we are going to contact Princess Celestia and ask her if this is her way of trolling us, and if she can reverse this!" Then they noticed a strong odor in the air and Mrs. Cake says in a sweet tone of voice, "Someone's being a "Stinkie Pie!" As Mrs. Cake changes Pinkie Pie's diaper, Mr. Cake replies, "At least this baby doesn't fly away nor teleport away. But then Mrs. Cake just noticed she put a diaper on Mr. Cake's head while Pinkie Pie giggles and skips away.

Spike shows up in his fancy black suit as he munches on a slice of pie and closes the chapter with a narraration,

"Sweet Apple Acres, a hangout for ancient ponies who have reclaimed the fragile magic of youth as a result of playing kick the can. If there is one thing we should learn about this story is that Princess Celestia is indeed trolling other ponies with magical items like the can. Now those who have kicked the can and became young, have a place within... The Twilight Sparkle Zone."

Twilight Sparkle suddenly shows up in a fancy black suit with a lollipop in her mouth and asks Spike, "Hey Spike, the fanfic is named after me and the show, so when do I do something important?" Spike then says, "Ummm, uhhh... Look out Twilight! It's a kanamit!" Twilight is spooked by that but she notices Spike vanished and then she becomes so frustrated she vanishes as well.