Friendship-ISN'T magic? ch. 3
I OWN AND REGRET NOTHING!
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...After Nightmare Moon returned...
Twilight was really starting to panic; first Nightmare Moon returns, then her mentor vanishes, the night reigns eternal?!...and on top of it all these strange ponies won't leave her alone!
"No can do, sugarcube. We sure ain't lettin' any friend of ours go into that creepy place alone. We're stickin' to you like caramel on a candy apple." Insisted Applejack.
"Especially if there's candy apples in there." Everyone just looks at her confused. "What? Those things are good."Insisted Pinkie pie as she rubbed her belly.
Twilight sighed in resignation...only to find Dipper comforting hand on her shoulder...
"Twilight...maybe it won't be so bad? While I was distracting them...they actually seem like pretty nice ponies...also all the books I've read show that people going into a creepy place alone is the best way to get killed." He admitted morbidly.
Twilight looked at him startled by that last statement...she'd NEVER read a book like that! In any case, for better or for worse..these ponies seemed to be going with her...
No one noticed the wisp of blue smoke...
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As they walked in, Dipper asked why the Everfree forest was so scary-
"It ain't natural. Folks say it don't work the same as Equestria." Explained Applejack. "How do you mean?" Asked Dipper curiously. "Clouds...can't be controlled...animals...take care of themselves...and plants grow out of control!" Admitted Rarity fearfully.
the ponies expected many reactions from the young boy...what they didn't expect was: "So?" Asked a confused Dipper.
This confounded the ponies, "What do you mean 'so'? Doesn't that seem...unnatural to you?" Asked Rainbow Dash baffled. An equally baffled Dipper just stared at the flying, talking MYTHOLOGICAL creature talk about 'unnatural'. "Yeeeeaaahhh, guys you've basically described every square inch of my home world to a 'T'." He said flatly.
"WHAT!?" Shouted the ponies. Before Dipper could elaborate-
CRACK!
All the ponies and Dipper screamed as the ground cracked open below them, Dipper barely has time to grab onto a nearby tree root. Quickly he looked around in concern for his new friends...just in time to see Applejack let go of Twilight and let her plummet screaming!
"Twilight!" Shouted a horrified Dipper, and without thinking he jumped off the cliff after her- Just as she was snatched up safely by Fluttershy and Rainbow-
Dipper went very pale, "Oh, b-
CRASH!
DIPPER!
Screamed all the ponies as they watched helplessly(their only two fliers literally had their hands full just keeping Twilight from dropping) as Dipper crashed into numerous branches and rock ledges. Although this slowed his decent to below lethality...it still hurt like FRACK!
The ponies reached a sobbing Dipper on the ground, "Dipper are you okay?" They asked concerned. "(Sniff) No!..guys I think I broke my leg!"
Twilight came closer to comfort him, "Don't worry Dipper. I'm well versed in healing magic. I should be able to heal it no prob- OH SWEET CELESTIA!"
Their was blood EVERYWHERE! And Dippers bone was breaking through the skin! As an academic, Twilight of course knew what blood and bones looked like from books...this did nothing to keep her from vomiting...or Rainbow dash and Rarity(with help from her inexplicably appearing fainting chair) fainting..or Pinkie pie crying...only Applejack was(barely) holding it together as well as (surprisingly) Fluttershy...
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Turns out, taking care of numerous animals of different types involves them getting injured (who knew?) a good deal. As such Fluttershy found herself the only one able to(mostly) keep her bearings.
"Uh...okay...Fluttershy...you just...I can't cast the spell until you snap- Oh my Equestria this is so gross! -the...the bone...back into place."
Dipper still sobbed, "Jus-just make it quick! Like-like ripping off a bandage!"
A somewhat queasy(even she had NEVER seen something this bad before...ordinarily the latent magic of all creatures in Equestria kept the bone and blood IN the body during an injury) Fluttershy nodded as she uneasily grasped the bone. "Um...you might want to cover your ears." She said to the other weary ponies, who immediately obliged.
Dipper's eye's widened confused, "Cove my wha- AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" He screamed in pain as the bone snapped back into place...Fluttershy ran off to vomit...while Twilight -swallowing her own vomit -worked the spell...
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"Huh...good point Dipper...why didn't I just explain myself better to Twilight? If I'd just told her that Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy were waiting to catch her...i reckon we could'a saved us a heap-load of drama!" She admitted as they helped their still hurting friend through the woods-
ROAR!
Manticoar!
Scream the ponies as the mythological beast pops out of nowhere. Before they can respond, it strikes it tail at Twilight-
CRACK!
Only for it to hit Dipper instead when he pushes her out of the way-
"DIPPER!" They all scream as he gets a nasty gash on his belly as he's flung to the far side of the clearing...
It took all of Fluttershy's willpower to stay true to her kind nature and stop the other ponies from thrashing the baby manticoar to pieces long enough for her to calm him down and befriend him...
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Ordinarily, Rarity would be focusing on the muck she was sloshing through in disgust...but instead she was focusing on what her new HUMAN friend was saying.
"So wait...there's NO magic where your from?" She asked in disbelief.
Dipper, being helped along by his new friends as he heals from his (new) wounds. Just shrugged, "Well...not anymore. If the ancient stories are true...their used to be magic everywhere...but then it...left." Dipper admitted that sadly, "and now it's regarded as 'superstitious nonsense'...and people who study it are...considered...weird...like me." He admitted that last part embarrassed.
Rainbow Dash put a comforting hand on his shoulder, "Well your species sounds like chumps! Cause your not weird, your awesome!" Dipper smiles as the other ponies agree
"And here's something magical you can take home!" Said Twilight as she picked a beautiful star-shaped flower that glistened with magic and gave it to him.
Dipper couldn't believe it...this...this was the nicest-
ROAR!
Which of course is when the tree monsters attack, the ponies and Dipper panic...well except Pinkie Pie, she was making silly faces at them?
"Pinkie, what are you doing?! Run!" Shouted both Dipper and Twilight.
Pinkie just giggled, "Oh girls, don't you see?"
(Music starts)
"Where's that music coming from?" Thinks Dipper to himself.
When I was a little filly and the sun was going down...
Twilight just stared in disbelief, "Tell me she's not..."
The darkness and the shadows, they would always make me frown...
"She is."Said Rarity in resignation.
I'd hide under my pillow, from what I thought I saw
"Man Mable would freak if she knew she was missing this...it's like going through her dream journal!" Thought Dipper.
But Granny Pie said that wasn't the way to deal with fears at all
"Then what is?"Asked Rainbow Dash confused.
She said, "Pinkie, you gotta stand up tall
Learn to face your fears
You'll see that they can't hurt you
Just laugh to make them disappear.
Pinkie turns to the tree monsters.
Ha! Ha! Ha!
The monster vanishes in a poof of smoke!-
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"Wait! Wait! Hold on! Stop the music, stop the story, stop everything!" (music grinds to a screeching halt) Interrupts Grunkle Stan, "Friendly monsters that just need love to be nice? Monsters that disappear when you laugh? Spontaneous Show tunes?" Stan groaned, "I swear I can feel myself getting diabetes just listening to all this saccharine nonsense! Someone give me some insulin here! I-
"Hey! Quit ruining my musical number!" Shouts Pinkie annoyed.
While the two argued, Twilight took the opportunity to speak to Dipper, "Hey Dipper...you still have that flower?" She asked curious. Dipper sighed, "Sorry Twilight...it vanished when it returned to earth..as did the clothes I was wearing and even my lamby suite! I woke up in my bed with different clothes..no one believed me about you guys...and Mable...well, she was nicer about it...but she didn't believe me either! Worse, when I refused to let you guys go- She convinced our parents to send me into therapy...which nearly got me institutionalized!"
Twilight gasped, she didn't really know what that word meant...but it sounded bad!
Dipper frowned, "Actually...where is Mable?...I don't see her anywhere..." He states concerned...
...back at the Mystery Shack...
Mable groaned as she licked off the Smiley-Dip on her lips... "Maybe I should get up and see what other people are doing?...nah, if it's important...they'll..." Mable was out like a light...
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Despite Pinkie's best efforts...their was still too many tree monsters...So a mortified Dipper swallowed his pride...and:
Who wants a Lamby, Lamby?
We do! We do!
"I've never been happier that my mom occasionally gets drunk and makes me wear this in the middle of the night" Thinks Dipper as he shakes his cottontail to the sound of squealing ponies and an army of laughing monsters fading into oblivion-
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CRACK!
Grunkle Stan, who'd been starting to laugh at Dipper...suddenly found himself on the ground clutching his 'family jewels'. Applejack nodded satisfied and then glared at everyone else. "Anyone else of you yahoo's got a problem with the dance that saved us from certain death and helped save our kingdom?" ...It wasn't a question...and everyone knew it.
"I could get used to this." Thinks Dipper to himself as he continues the story...
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TO BE CONTINUED?
AN: I know it says "in-progress" but really I just don't like boxing myself into a corner. For now this is more of a one-shot that I might continue one day...but probably won't.
But, hey. Feel free to use whatever elements you want from this, if you want! Or maybe give me ideas?
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