It was a beautiful, sunny day in Ponyville. Luna, Twilight, and Spike were out and about enjoying the sunshine.
"Wow what a gorgeous day." Said Twilight.
"It sure is." Luna agreed.
"Rainbow Dash must have gotten up early for once and cleared all the clouds away." Spike told them.
"I bet all of Ponyville is going to be out enjoying the sunshine." Twilight said.
But as they strolled throught the town, they saw that there was nopony in sight.
"What?" Twilight asked. "Where is everypony?"
They looked and saw the whole town was empty and ponies were locking themselves inside their homes.
"Is it some sort of pony holiday?" Luna asked.
"Not that I know of." Twilight answered.
"Does my breath stink?" Asked Spike before letting out a belch and some fire.
"Not more than usual." Said Luna.
"Is it, zombies?!" Spike asked fearfully.
"Uh, not very likely." Twilight told him.
"Not likely." Said Spike nervously. "But possible."
"Trust me Spike." Said Luna. "The only real zombies, are Duel Monster zombies."
Suddenly they heard something.
"Twilight. Spike. Luna. Come here." It was Pinkie Pie whispering from inside Sugar Cube Corner. "Come here. Hurry! Before she gets you!"
Hearing that they all ran in. They all saw that the lights were turned off and grunted when a flash light shined on them.
"Who?" Spike asked. "The zombie pony?"
This scared Pinkie Pie. "Zombie-Pony?!"
"Spike, there are no zombie ponies." Twilight scolded before turning to Pinkie. "Pinkie, what are you doing here alone in the dark?"
"I'm not alone in the dark." Said Pinkie.
Pinkie slightly opened a curtain and the light shined to reveal the rest of the Mane Six as well as Apple Bloom.
"Okay, then what are you all doing here in the dark?" Twilight asked.
"We're hiding from her." Said Applejack, pointing out the window.
"Who?" Asked Luna.
"Her." Applejack repeated.
They all looked to see a hooded equine pawing at the dirt. She then looked straight at them.
Everyone sans Luna and Twilight hid when she did.
"Did you see her Twilight and Luna?" Asked Apple Bloom. "Did you see, Zecora"
"Apple Bloom!" Said Applejack. "I told you never to say that name."
"Well we saw her glance that way." Said Twilight.
"Glance evily this way." Pinkie said.
"And then a bunch of you flip out for no good reason." Twilight told them.
"No good reason? You call protectin' your kin no good reason?" Asked Applejack "Why as soon as my sister saw Zecora ridin' into town, she started shakin' in her little horseshoes."
"I did not." Said Apple Bloom dizzily as Applejack shook her.
Applejack then put Apple Bloom on her back. "So I swept her up and brought her here."
"I walked here myself." Said Apple Bloom.
"For safe keeping." Said Applejack.
"Applejack I'm not a baby!" Said Apple Bloom. "I can take care of myself!"
"Not from that creepy Zecora." Said Applejack.
"What's so bad about her?" Asked Luna.
"She's mysterious." Said Fluttershy.
"Sinister." Said Rainbow Dash.
"And spooky." Pinkie added.
They then all looked out the window and everyone except Luna and Twilight gasped when Zecora removed her hood.
"Will you cut that out!" Said Twilight angrily.
"Just look at those stripes." Said Rarity. "So garish."
"She's a zebra." Said Luna.
"A what?"
"A zebra." Said Luna.
"And her stripes aren't a fashion choice Rarity." Said Twilight. "They're what she was born with."
Rarity fainted upon hearing this.
"Born where I've never seen a pony like that in these parts." Said Applejack. "Except her."
"Well, she's probably not from here and she's not a pony." Twilight explained. "My books say that zebras come from a faraway land, but I've never seen her in Ponyville. Where does she live?"
While the others were talking Spike snuck into the kitchen.
"That's just it." Said Applejack. "She lives in, The Everfree Forest."
They heard a crashing noise.
"Spike!" Twilight yelled.
"Sorry." Said Spike who had caused some pans to fall over.
"The Everfree Forest just ain't natural." Said Applejack. "The plants grow..."
"Animals care for themselves..." Said Fluttershy.
"And the clouds move." Said Dash.
"All on their own!" The three said in Unison.
Rarity fainted again.
"That's actually how the Human World works." Said Luna.
"And that wicked enchantress Zecora lives there doing her evil... stuff!" Said Pinkie. "She's so evil I even wrote a song about her!"
"Here we go." Said Rainbow annoyed.
Pinke began singing and dancing.
PINKIE PIE
She's an evil enchantress
She does evil dances
And if you look deep in her eyes
She'll put you in trances
Then what will she do?
She'll mix up an evil brew
Then she'll gobble you up
In a big tasty stew
Soooo... Watch out!
(End Song)
"Wow catchy." Said Twilight.
"It's a work in progress."
"But with all do respect, don't you all think you're just judging Zecora before you even know her." Said Luna. "If she was evil my mark would glow just like it did when Nightmare Moon returned, remember?"
"You're probably just not close enough to get a signal." Said Rainbow.
"Come on just because someone's different doesn't mean they're bad." Said Luna. "Just look at me, when I first came you all weren't afraid of me and didn't lock yourselves up in your houses when you saw me." She pointed out. "You were all welcoming."
"Yeah but you didn't seem scary or threatening." Said Applejack.
"Plus you don't know the first thing about being an evil enchantress." Said Pinkie.
"Luna's right." Said Twilight. "This is all just a lot of gossip and rumors. Now tell me, what exactly have you actually seen Zecora do?" She asked.
"Well." Dash started. "Once a month, she comes to Ponyville."
"Ooohhh." Twilight said sarcastically.
"Then she lurks by the store." Rarity added.
"Oh my." Said Twilight sarcastically.
"And then." Said Fluttershy. "She digs at the ground."
"Good gracious." Twilight said sarcastically before speaking normally agian. "Okay, I'm sorry. But how is any of this bad?" "
Maybe she comes to town to visit?" Luna suggested.
"Yeah!" Apple Bloom agreed. "Maybe she's just trying to be neighborly."
"And maybe she's not lurking by the stores, maybe she's going to them, lurk free, to do some shopping?" Twilight suggested.
"Yeah, everypony likes to shop." Said Apple Bloom. "You know what I think."
"Apple Bloom." Said Applejack. "Hush and let the big ponies talk."
"I am a big pony." Said Apple Bloom under her breath.
"What about the digging at the ground?" Asked Rainbow Dash. "You've got to admit that's weird."
"What if she's digging for innocent creatures?" Asked Fluttershy.
"I am sure there is an explanation for everything Zecora does." Said Twilight. "And if anypony here were actually brave enough to approach her, she would find out the truth."
"Well I'm brave enough." Said Apple Bloom quietly so no one would hear. "I'm gonna find out myself." She said before sneaking out.
When Apple Bloom went outside she gaped and hid when Zecora looked in her direction. She then snuck around and began following Zecora when she began leaving.
Meanwhile back at Sugar Cube Corner the others were still debating.
"You ponies are being ridiculous!" Said Twilight.
"Well I heard Zecora eats hay." Said Pinkie.
"Pinkie I eat hay." Said Twilight. "You eat hay."
"Yeah, but I heard it's the evil way she eats hay."
"What evil way?" Asked Luna.
"She eats it with a spoon while we eat it with forks."
"Seriously!?" Asked Luna. "I've seen ponies eat hay with spoons before including all of you."
"Yeah but I heard she uses the spoon in an evil way." Said Pinkie. "Not a normal way."
Luna only face palmed.
"Hey." Said Applejack. "Where's Apple Bloom?"
"The door's open." Said Fluttershy.
"She went outside!" Said Rarity.
"And Zecora's still out there!" Said Rainbow.
"That silly lil filly." Said Applejack. "I told her to stay put."
They all ran out.
"Spike you stay here in case Apple Bloom comes back" Said Twilight.
"Will do." Said Spike salluting.
Later Apple Bloom kept following Zecora into the Everfree Forest. She was nervous at first, but then took a deep breath and bravely walked in.
She kept following Zecora walking by a patch of blue flowers.
"Apple Bloom." A voice called she looked back to see the Mane Six and Luna. "You get back here right now." Said Applejack.
"Beware! Beware, you pony folk!" Zecora cried. "Those leaves of blue are not a joke!"
"You keep your creepy mumbo-jumbo to yourself, ya hear?" Cried Applejack before she Rarity and Rainbow Dash began shouting at her.
"Oh brother." Said Twilight.
"I apologize for my friends." Said Luna.
"Beware." Said Zecora. "Beware."
"Yeah, back at you Zecora!" Cried Rainbow Dash. "You and your lame curse are the ones who better beware!"
Applejack then turned to Apple Bloom. "And you, why couldn't you just listen to your big sister?"
"I-"
"Who knows what kind of nasty curse Zecora could have just put on you."
"Just like in my song." Said Pinkie before singing and hopping around in the flowers.
"You guys there's no such things as curses!" Twilight cried.
Rainbow flew through the flowers and up to Twilight. "Well, that's interesting to hear coming from Miss Magic Pants herself."
Twilight then began to speak. " My magic, real magic, comes from within. It's a skill you're born with." She explained. "Curses are artificial, fake magic. It's conjured with potions and incantations all smoke and mirrors meant to scare. But curses have no real power, they're just an old pony tale." Twilight then saw that most of the others had just walked away.
"Just you wait, Twilight." Said Applejack. "You're gonna learn that some pony tales really are true."
Twilight looked at Luna who just shrugged before the two walked off.
Later at night Twilght was sleeping but was having a nightmare... About Zecora and what her friends told her.
She kept tossing and turning. She dreamed about Pinkie singing "She's an evil enchantress, she does evil dances!" and Zecora saying "Beware. Beware." Then she dreamed about what her friends said about Zecora before.
"If you look deep in her eyes, she will put you in trances!"
"Yeah was that supposed to sacre us."
"Wicked wicked Zebra."
"It's a curse."
"Then what will she do?"
"You just wait Twilight. Some pony tales really are true."
"She'll gobble you up in a big tasty stew. Soooo watch out!"
She then dreamed about Zecora maniaclly laughing.
Twilight then woke up the next morning. "Ugh what a dream. Curses, schmurses." Twilight then walked up to a mirror and noticed that her mane was a mess. She just chuckled. "Maybe Zecora cursed my hair."
She then combed it back to its usual look. But gasped in horror when she saw something. Her horn was all floppy and covered in blue spots. "Or maybe she cursed my horn."
"TWILIGHT!" Luna shouted. Twilight then looked and gasped. Luna was scratching herself and her entire body was covered in blue spots.
"This is not good!" Said Twilight.
Soon Twilight began making a mess in the library trying to find a cure for her and Luna's predicament.
"No no no no no!" She said. " None of these books have a cure!"
"What are we gonna do?" Asked Luna still scratching herself. "These spots are so itchy!" She said. "This is even worse than when I had the chicken pox!"
"Ugh! There has to be a real reason for this!" She said. "An illness? An allergy?!"
"A curse?" Spike suggested.
"I said a real reason." Twilight told him. "Something that points to something real."
Spike then pulled out a book. "How about this one."
Twilight then read the title. "Supernaturals?" She didn't buy it. "Spike, the word supernatural refers to things like ghosts and spirits and zombies, which are as make-believe as curses." She told him. "This book is just a bunch of hooey!" Said Twilight.
"But what if you're wrong Twilight?" Spike asked. "What if this really is a-" But before he could finish Pinkie Pie came in and her tounge was sticking out with the same blue spots on it, causing her speech to be muffled.
"Ah pfurse." She tried to say.
"A purse"? Asked Spike. "How could it be a purse."
"I think she meant curse." Said Luna.
"Pinkie Pie what happened?" Asked Twilight.
Pinkie tried to speak but her tounge caused it all to be muffled and she spit on Spike.
"Say it, don't spray it." Said Spike.
Suddenly Rainbow Dash came outside but she kept slamming into the window. "Ow."
"Oh she's trying to say- Ow!" Dash slammed into the window again. "Zecora- Oh!- She slapped up all with a- Ow! Curse." Rainbow said upon finally getting in through the door but crashing again and getting her head stuck in a ladder.
"I'm afraid I have to agree." Said Rarity whose entire body hair was curly. Much to Luna, Twilight, and Spike's horror.
Then Apple Bloom came in with a tiny Applejack who spoke in a high pitched voice.
"Applejack you're two inches tall!" Luna said in shock.
"I hate to say I told you so Twilight." Said Applejack. "But I told you so." She said. "It's a curse I tells you."
Twilight then noticed Fluttershy looked normal.
But Fluttershy seems just fine." Twilight pointed out.
"Yes there doesn't seem to be a thing wrong with her." Rarity agreed.
"Fluttershy, are you okay?" Asked Twilight but Fluttershy didn't answer. "Is there something wrong with you?" Twilight asked to which she nodded. "Would you care to tell us?" Twilight asked but Fluttershy shook her head. "So, you're not going to tell us?" She asked and Fluttershy nodded. "Yes you're not, or yes you will?"
Fluttershy shook her head but Applejack spoke up. "Good gravy girl." She said. "What's wrong with you?"
It was then Fluttershy finally decided to speak. "I don't wanna talk about it." She said in a deep male voice.
Spike laughed at this. "This is hilarious!" He said. "Look at all of you. We got, Hairity, Rainbow Crash, Spitty Pie, Apple Teeny, Flutterguy, The Spotted Luna, and..." But he stopped as he couldn't think of anything for Twilight. "Uh, I got nothing. Twilight Sparkle. I mean seriously, I can't even work with that."
Twilight laughed sarcastically. "This is no joke Spike." She said angrily. "Now start looking for more books so I can find a cure."
Rainbow then finally got herself free from the ladder. "I think we'll find a cure to this curse at Zecora's place!"
"It's not a curse!" Twilight yelled. But then Rainbow flew and crashed again.
"I agree with Dash!" Said Applejack. "We'll go to Zecora's and force her to remove this hex!"
"It's not a hex either!" Twilight yelled.
Soon the seven began arguing.
Apple Bloom looked on in sadness. "This is all my fault." She said quietly. "If I hadn't followed Zecora in the first place, none of this would have happened." She told herself. "I just gotta fix this." She then began leaving but Applejack noticed.
"Now where does she think she's going this time?" She asked before hopping in her tail.
"I don't care what you say Twilight." Said Rainbow Dash. "It's time to pony up and confront Zecora." She declared. "Come on, girls, are you with me?"
"I ampft" Said Pinkie.
"And I as well." Said Rarity.
"Uh I don't know." Said Fluttershy. "Seems awfully dangerous."
Spike giggled at her male voice.
"How about you Applejack?" Asked Rainbow. "Applejack?"
They then noticed her absence.
"She's gone!" Said Luna.
"Or somepony stepped on her!" Screamed Rarity.
"Or sat on her!" Screamed Twilight.
They all began checnking and looking around but found nothing.
"Rarity's hair?" Dash suggested.
Pinkie began checking Rarity's hair. "Oh Oh! Pinkie what are you doing?" Said Rarity. "Ah, really. Aah! You ever hear of personal space?"
"Nopethe." Said Pinkie.
"Apple Bloom is gone too." Luna noticed.
"I bet they went after Zecora." Said Rainbow.
"Well we'd better go find them." Said Twilight. "Come on girls let's go."
Rarity tried to move but couldn't because Pinkie stepped on one of her curls. "Oh dear. Oh, this is so unseemly." When Pinkie noticed she was steppung on one of her curls she let it go which almost caused Rarity to fall.
"Hey a little help here." Said Dash who was on the floor, upside down, moving.
"Oopsie. Sorry." Said Fluttershy.
She and Pinkie helped Rainbow up. But she flew and crashed again. "Ow!"
"Uh Spike are you coming. Asked Fluttershy.
"Nope I uh gotta stay and look for the cure." He said. The others left and it turns out he was trying to come up with a name for Twilight. He then gasped. "Twilight Flopple!"
Meanwhile Apple Bloom kept on running to Zecora's but stopped when she heard a voice. "Stop right there!"
Apple Bloom stopped and saw Applejack come out her mane. "Turn around right now missy!"
Apple Bloom just smirked mischievously. "No." She declared.
Applejack was surprised. "No? You can't ignore a direct order from your big sister!
Apple Bloom just scooped Applejack in her mouth and placed her on a nearby tree branch. She laughed. "Sorry Applejack but I'm the big sister now." Apple Bloom then continued on her journey to Zecora's.
"Apple Bloom, you come back here right this instant!" Yelled Applejack but Apple Bloom didn't come back. "I'm gonna tell Big McIntosh on you!" Applejack then realized it was pointless. "Aw, pony feathers."
Meanwhile the rest of the Mane Six and Luna kept on running to Zecora's
"C'mon girls. We've got to get to Zecora's." Said Twilight.
"Hurry!" Called Luna.
But due to Rarity's curly hair condition she tripped which caused her to get all dirty.
"Easier said than done." Said Rarity.
"Hey wait for me." Said Rainbow but she started crashing again.
Conveniently she knocked down the tree Applejack was on which caused her to land in her mouth. Applejack came out off Dash's mouth.
"Rainbow! Thank Celestia!" Said Applejack. "There's no time to lose!"
Applejack then took a nearby vine and branch tied them together and put it in Rainbow's mouth as a harness. "I need to get to Zecora's pronto! Giddy-up pony!"
"Excuse me." Said Dash.
"Yee-haw!" Said Applejack before giving Dash a little kick which caused her to fly.
"What the-" But Dash flew in the other direction.
"No Dash other way." Said Applejack. Dash then flew the other way.
Later the others finally found Zecora's home. A hut.
"Oh I look horrible." Said Rarity. Pinke then moved the curls covering her eyes so she could see the hut.
"Plis place plooks horrible." Said Pinkie.
"Oh my." Said Rairty. "That place really does look horrible."
They all then looked through the window and saw that the whole place had ancient mask, bottles, and vases."
"Nice decorations." Said Rarity. "If you like creepy!"
They all then saw Zecora enter through the door and gasped upon seeing her.
Zecora then poured something into a cauldron and began chanting.
"Sthe sthtole my sthong!" Pinkie cried. "Sthe sthtole my sthong!" She cried.
"She stole your song?" Asked Rarity.
"Oh Pinkie." Said Twilight. "Doesn't sound anything like your song."
"And she's never even heard your song." Luna pointed out.
Pinkie just went to Fluttershy and groveled. Fluttershy knew what she wanted but wasn't sure. Pinkie then gave her puppy eyes.
Fluttershy sighed before singing while Pinkie danced.
FLUTTERSHY
She's an evil enchantress
She does evil dances
And if you look deep in her eyes
She'll put you in trances
Then what will she do?
She'll mix up an evil brew
Then she'll gobble you up
In a big tasty stew
Soooo... Watch out!
(End Song)
"You know that deep male voice actually makes the song better." Said Luna.
"You both saw those terrible things." Said Rarity. "Now do you believe us Twilight and Luna?"
Twilight then began listing everything. "Scary looking masks, confusing incantations, and a great big bubbling cauldron?" She let out a sigh. "Everything is pointing to Zecora being, bad. But then she realized something. "Or, what if Zecora is just making soup?" She suggested happily.
But then they all saw Zecora tasting the soup. "Mmm! The perfect temperature for ponies I presume." She said. "Now, where is that little Apple Bloom?"
Twilight was horrified to hear this. "Or, what if she's making Apple Bloom Soup?!"
Luna disagreed. "Twilight you're jumping to conclusions." She said. "You know better. Maybe she's gonna give Apple Bloom soup."
"You're right Luna." Said Twilight. "Sorry I don't know what I was thinking."
"But Luna what if Twilight was right?" Asked Rarity.
"You're just judging." Said Luna before getting an idea. "Look let me tell you something. Back in the Human World we have two places. The City, which is where I'm from, and The Satellite." Luna explained. "Now some time ago the people of The City misjudged the people of The Satellite even before knowing them. But that was wrong, a lot of the Satellite people were good and nice, in fact three of my best friends Yusei, Jack, and Crow come from there and thanks to them Satellite and City came together with a bridge connecting them and united together in peace and now people are free to go back and forth between both places regardless of which they were born in."
The ponies were amazed by this.
"Wow." Said Twilight.
"Maybe we were wrong about Zecora after all." Said Rarity. "Nothing bad about giving someone soup."
"Yeah unless it's because-" But Luna stopped suddenly.
"Luna what is it?" Asked Twilight.
"I just realized something." She said.
"What is it?" Asked Rarity.
"Well back in the Human World we have this storybook called Hansel and Gretel." Luna explained. "It's about these two kids, a brother and sister named Hansel and Gretel, who get lost in the forest just like this one and they find a life sized Gingerbread House."
Pinkie was liking this so far but her attitude soon changed when Luna continued.
"The house belonged to a seemingly nice old lady who took the kids under her wing." Luna said before getting to the scary part. "But it turns out the seemingly nice old lady was an evil, wicked witch who wanted to fatten up the kids so she could cook and then eat them."
The ponies gasped upon hearing this.
"Blat zit no mlore gingerblead blouses." Said Pinkie.
"I never thought I'd say this but that's one book I can live without reading." Said Twilight.
"You don't think that Zecora..." Rarity said.
The ponies and Luna screamed.
But then Rainbow Dash (who still had Applejack on her back) came in screaming.
"I'm coming for you Apple Bloom." Said Applejack before Dash crashed into Zecora's hut.
Zecora was shocked at this. As Dash kept crashing and making a mess of her house.
"Woah there, easy Rainbow Crash." Said Applejack.
But then the others came in. "What have you done with Apple Bloom?" Twilight angrily demanded.
Applejack then used a tiny wrope to lasso Zecora's ear and jumped on it trying to fight. But because of her small size it was pointless.
Zecora then started to speak. "Ponies, what is this you-" But she stopped when Rainbow knocked over her cauldron.
"No!" Said Zecora. "You know not what you do, you've gone and spilled my precious brew!"
"We're onto you Zecora." Said Twilight. "I didn't want to believe that you cursed us, but the evidence is overwhelming!"
"You made me look ridiculous." Said Rarity.
"You made me sound ridiculous." Said Fluttershy.
"Blu made me bleak blidiculous." Babbled Pinkie.
"You covered me in these itchy spots." Said Luna, scratching herself.
"You ruined my horn." Said Twilight.
"How dare you!?" Said Zecora. "You destroy my home, destroy my work, then rudely accuse me of being a jerk?"
"You know when she says it like that it actually makes me feel bad." Said Luna. "I mean who do we think we are?"
"Uh the ponies and human child she cursed." Said Dash."
"Oh right." Said Luna.
"You put this curse on us." Said Dash. "Now you're gonna uncurse us."
"It is unwise to venture down this road." Zecora warned. "Your actions will make my anger explode!"
"Where is Apple Bloom?!" Twilight demanded before locking heads with Zecora.
Suddenly Apple Bloom came in with a saddle bag. "Zecora! I think I found all the things ya asked for." She said before noticing everything. "What in Ponyville is going on here?"
Applejack gasped. "Apple Bloom, you're okay."
"Why wouldn't I be?" She asked.
Twilight then ran up to her. "Because Zecora is an evil enchantress who cursed us and was gonna fatten you up so she could cook you up into soup!"
Apple Bloom and Zecora both laughed upon hearing this.
"Oh Twilight, did those silly fillies finally get in yer head?" Asked Apple Bloom. "You know there's no such thing as a curse."
"Apple Bloom sweetie." Said Twilight. "You can't just stand there and tell me this isn't a curse."
"This isn't a curse." Said Apple Bloom.
"If you will remember back, the words I spoke were quite exact." Said Zecora.
Flashback
"Beware, beware you pony folk. Those leaves of blue are not a joke." Said Zecora talking about the blue flowers.
End Flashback
"It was a warning about that blue plant." Explained Apple Bloom. "It's called Poison Joke."
"That plant is much like poison oak." Said Zecora. "But its results are like a joke."
Applejack was confused. "What in the hay does that mean?"
"It means this plant does not breed wrath." Explained Zecora. "Instead this plant just wants a laugh."
Applejack still didn't get it. "Will somepony please talk normal?"
"I think what she's saying is that when we ran in to save Apple Bloom, we ran into the Poison Joke." Twilight recalled how she and the others came into contact with the blue plant. "All our problems are just little jokes it played on us."
"Little jokes?!" Said Applejack offended. "Very funny."
"Okay fine." Said Dash. "But what about the cauldron?"
"And the chanting?" Asked Fluttershy.
"And the creepy decor?" Asked Rarity.
"Treasures of the native land where I am from." Zecora said before explaining the meaning of two of her masks. "This one speaks "hello" and this "welcome.""
"Not welcoming at all if you ask me." Said Rarity.
"The words I chanted were from olden times." Said Zecora. "Something you call a nursery rhyme."
"So you always rhyme?" Asked Luna.
Zecora nodded.
"But the cauldron?" Asked Twilight. "The Apple Bloom soup?"
"Lookie here Twilight, that pot of water wasn't for me, it was for all these herbal ingredients." Said Apple Bloom. "The cure for Poison Joke is a simple old-natural remedy. You just gotta take a bubble bath!"
"But I tried to find a cure in all my books and couldn't find anything." Said Twilight. "What book has this natural remedy?"
"Here is the book you see?" Said Zecora showing her the book. "Sad that you lack it in your library."
Twilight was surprised. It was the same book Spike had shown her earlier. "Actually, I do have this book, but I didn't look inside because the title was so, weird." She said before reading the title. "Supernaturals: Natural Remedies and Cure-alls That Are Simply Super." Twilight felt humiliated. "I-I- I'm so sorry, Zecora." She apologized. "I had the answer the whole time, if only I had bothered to look inside."
"Guess that book wasn't just a bunch of hooey after all." Said Luna.
Zecora chuckled "Maybe next time you will take a second look and not judge the cover of the book."
Apple Bloom laughed at this.
"Zecora would you be kind enough to mix up another batch of the herbal bath?" Twilight asked.
"Mix it up I certainly will." Zecora said. "Yet I am missing an herb from Ponyville."
"But whenever Zecora comes to town all the shops are mysteriously closed." Apple Bloom told them.
"Oh." Said Twilight. "Well, I think we can help with that."
Back at Ponyville things were pretty calm but then a pony named Daisy saw Luna, Apple Bloom, The Mane Six, and Zecora.
"Look Rose!" Daisy told her friend. "How awful!"
"The wicked enchantress has cursed them all!" Rose cried.
"The horror!" Screamed a pony named Lily Valley. "The horror!"
They all ran inside.
"Run ponies run!" Daisy screamed.
Twilight then walked up to the flower shop and knocked on the door. Daisy opened it. "Daisy we need to talk."
Later they were all at the spa and taking the herbal bath Zecora made which cured all the effects of the Poison Joke. Twilight also wrote a note to Celestia.
"Dear Princess Celestia, My friends and I all learned an important lesson this week: Never judge a book by its cover. Someone may look unusual, or funny, or scary. But you have to look past that and learn who they are inside. Real friends don't care what your "cover" is. It's the "contents" of a pony that count. And a good friend, like a good book, is something that will last forever. Your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle"
Then the Spa Pony named Lotus Blossom walked up to Zecora. "Miss Zecora, I would love to get the recipe for this bath." She said. "It's simply luxurious!"
Zecora smiled and was about to speak when Apple Bloom shouted. "Applejack!" She shouted in fear. "Hey where's Applejack."
The ponies and Luna gasped in fear and began splashing and looking aroud the bath for Applejack.
"I'm right here little sis." Said Applejack. They all looked to see she was in a small bucket with the herbal bath water in it. She was now back to normal size and spoke in her normal voice. "I ain't tiny no more."
"Oh, I have never felt so lovely in all my life!" Said Rarity.
"And no more itchy blue spots." Said Luna happily.
Pinkie then came up to the surface, her tounge all better. She began rambling. "Oh, my gosh! I never realized how horrible it is not to be able to talk. I mean, I love talking so much, and when I couldn't talk anymore, my tongue was all 'ehhhh.' It was the worst! Don't you agree, Fluttershy?"
Fluttershy now spoke in her normal voice. "Yes."
Everyone laughed at this.
The End