Friendship...ISN'T magic? ch. 18
I OWN AND REGRET NOTHING!
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ANNOUNCEMENT!
I'M GETTING A BOOK PUBLISHED!
SUMMARY:
On the 13th day of the 13th month of the 13th year...magic will return to the world...and the streets will run red with the blood of the (semi)innocent...unless the world is saved by the most unlikely of hero's...baking cupcakes?!
The title is '13/13/13' and it'll be coming to a bookstore or E-Book site near you! Xilbris is the publisher, also available at Amazon, Inkitt and BarnesandNoble.
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Robbie Valentino had no idea how he got here...making out with a hot pony on her bed, but he wasn't going to complain! Especially if this was going where he thought it wa-
"MOM! I'M READY FOR SCHOOL!" Shouted Elain's son Button Mash from across the house.
Annnd, like that the moment was gone-
"IT'S SUNDAY! GO BACK TO BED!" Shouts Elain annoyed. Seriously, what was WRONG with that kid?
"NEVER MIND!" Shouts Button again.
Despite this, they try to get back in the mood-
"MOM!"
-and Robbie ends up with his tongue almost bitten off-
"I'm going to kill that kid!" He growled-
Right before Button ran in screaming, chased by a horde of angry, colorful, FLYING jellyfish-
OW!
OW!
OW!
Needless to say, the mood was ruined...and so would everyone Else's in town today-
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Applejack, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, and Rainbow Dash were heading down to the library to get Twilight so they can go to Dipper and Fluttershy's latest concert...when they saw the Princesses appear and enter the library!
Curious, they followed them in...
"Oh, hey girls. Your just in time I'm here to show the Princesses something...'unsettling' I found during my human studies." Explained Twilight
"Oh, sweet Celestia. What now?" Groaned Rarity. Honestly, she was glad Dipper was back- he'd become such a good assistant stylist and designer...and quite a lot of other useful things! -but his...'baggage'- AKA 'humanity'...it was like rolling over one stone to find something repulsive...only to find another stone beneath THAT and discover something WORSE under it! then REPEAT!
Twilight held up a recording, "This is yet another one of Andrew Ryan's speeches."
The Princesses listened with interest. Celestia shared her pupils concerns over an ideology that encouraged one to do as they please without legal or moral guidance and Luna was equally wary as he saw in Ryan the making of another dictator...if he wasn't one already.
The recording plays...
"What is the greatest lie ever created? What is the most vicious obscenity ever perpetrated on mankind? Slavery... the Holocaust-
"Holocaust? What's that?" Whispers Pinkie Pie. Twilight shrugs, she had no clue. And they go back to listening-
... dictatorship... NO! It's the tool with which all that wickedness is built. Altruism. "
"WHAT?" The rest of the group beside Twilight gasp.
Twilight sigh's, "It gets worse..."
The recording continues; "Whenever anyone wants others to do their work, they call upon their altruism. "Never mind your own needs," they say, "think of the needs of ..." of ... whoever. Of the state. Of the poor. Of the army. Of the king. Of God. The list goes on and on. How many catastrophes were launched with the words "think of yourself"? It's the "king and country" crowd who light the torch of destruction. It is this great inversion, this ancient lie, which has chained humanity to an endless cycle of guilt and failure."
There was a stunned silence as the recording tapperd off...
Finally; "Ridiculous. Utterly ridiculous." Says Rarity flatly.
"Dang toottin it's ridiculous! What, it's EVIL to help out your fellow pony? I helped my grandma across the street yesterday out of altruism, that make me evil?" Spats out Applejack, her anger over such a selfish human clearly apparent.
And that anger was clearly infectious
Princess Celestia nods. "Indeed, I can name a lot of tragedies off the top of my head that was done because somebody was thinking only of themselves. Ryan Might be right about horrors being done in the name of others, but it seems he's turning a blind eye to what people will do when they are only concerned for themselves..."
Twilight sighs, "Well ridiculous or not my studies have shown-
GAH!
HELP!
Everyone looks outside to see the source of the calamity that had interpreted them, first they just see doctor whooves crashing into a lamppost and dropping his watch down a sewer drain...
And then THEY came after him...
CRASH!
"RUN GIRLS!" Shouted Twilight as the jellyfish broke in and came after THEM...
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Meanwhile, in the park the Pony-Tones are being led by Dipper and Fluttershy...
I'm at war with the world and they
Try to pull me into the dark
I struggle to find my faith
As I'm slippin' from your arms
Sang Dipper before Fluttershy chipped in flying oh so close to Dipper.
It's getting harder to stay awake
And my strength is fading fast
You breathe into me at last
The Pony Tones begin to chorus-
I'm awake I'm alive
Now I know what I believe inside
Now it's my time
I'll do what I want 'cause this is my life
here (right here), right now (right now)
I'll stand my ground and never back down
I know what I believe inside
I'm awake and I'm alive
Dipper starts up again-
I'm at war with the world cause I
Ain't never gonna sell my soul
I've already made up my mind
No matter what I can't be bought or sold
Fluttershy eagerly hugs him as she sings-
When my faith is getting weak
And I feel like giving in
You breathe into me again
The Pony Tones Chorus again-
I'm awake I'm alive
Now I know what I believe inside
Now it's my time
I'll do what I want 'cause this is my life
here (right here), right now (right now)
I'll stand my ground and never back down
I know what I believe inside
I'm awake and I'm alive
Dipper and Fluttershy sing as one.
Waking up waking up
Waking up waking up
Waking up waking up
Waking up waking up
In the dark
I can feel you in my sleep
In your arms I feel you breathe into me
Forever hold this heart that I will give to you
Forever I will live for you
The Pony Tones chorus again-
I'm awake I'm alive
Now I know what I believe inside
Now it's my time
I'll do what I want 'cause this is my life
here (right here), right now (right now)
I'll stand my ground and never back down
I know what I believe inside
I'm awake and I'm alive
One final time Fluttershy and Dipper sing together-
Waking up waking up
Waking up waking up
Waking up waking up
Waking up waking up
The Ponies and humans went crazy! Human music was quickly becoming very popular thanks to the duet singing of these two! Fluttershy felt giddy! She was in front of hundreds of people and she didn't feel afraid! And she owed it all to Dipper! With him by her side she felt she could do anything!
JELLYFISH! RUN!
"Except THAT!" Screamed Fluttershy as the jelly fish descended on the park stinging everyone!
...latter...
After much running, confusion and stinging...so much STINGING...the princesses, Mane six, and Dipper were finally able to drive the jellyfish away...away from Ponyville at least.
Dipper groaned as he looked through his journal while the others patched their wounds. "Okay, something is definitely wrong-
"Yeah, no kidding Sherlock." Groused Rainbow annoyed as stinging ointment was rubbed on her now festering boils.
Dipper ignored her and continued, "At first I just dismissed so many animals migrating OUT of the forest as them trying to adjust to a new ecosystem... But the flying jellyfish are non-migratory, highly-territorial, heavily reliant on the self-contained ecosystem of the forest, and exclusively live in the higher tier areas of the forest..."
"So what dose that mean exactly?" Asked Twilight concerned. Dipper puts down the journal and turns toward his friend, "It means that someone or SOMETHING seems to be driving the animals out of the Gravity Falls forest...and that's not going to be good for ANYONE."
The ponies started to look frightened, "Uh...could you clarify a bit darling?" Asks Rarity.
BOOM!
BOOM!
BOOM!
Everyone looked up just in time to see a Regal Mammoth defy all laws of physics and space as it steps out of the much smaller GF forest and tower over Ponyville...
"Well for one thing your going to get creatures like that walking around...I'd ask how something that big could exist when the laws of weight and mass would mean it's body would cave in on itself...but then I remember magic is a thing..."
He trails off as he sees everyone just gaping at beast that could crush Ponyville underfoot...
Dipper quickly reads through the journal again, "Right how's up for a quick journey into it's body to shut it down?"
BODY ADVENTURE!
Shouts Pinkie excited...
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TO BE CONTINUED?
AN: the song is 'awake and alive' by Skillet.
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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