Chapter 34: Ponycorn Clone-I-Corn

Misty was rushing down the beach as she was making her way to the Boardtrot before she saw Dahlia passed her. "Looking forward to lunch later, Misty." Dahlia said with a smile as she walked by.

"Lunch… right. Heheh. Can't wait." Misty said with a nervous chuckle as she kept going while passing by a pile of seashells, but then Izzy popped out of it with a paintbrush on her mouth, startling Misty.

"Still on for shell painting, Misty?" Izzy muffled cheerfully with the paintbrush in her mouth as Misty kept moving her hooves in place.

"Wouldn't miss it, Iz!" Misty called as she rushed off while Izzy waved to her.

McSnipsalot scuttles while batting a beach ball up and down while snapping his claws, but he bursts the ball and it flops down over his face as Misty runs past him.

"See you at Critter volleyball later, McSnipsalot!" Misty called as she entered the Boardtrot.

"Gardening club?" Violette asked Misty when she trotted by while holding a potted plant.

"Yes." Misty nodded.

"Condition hair mask?" Rocky asked next with his hoof raised.

"Yes." Misty said with a nervous smile before Hitch got in front of her.

"Class about the inner secrets of the sheriff station?" Hitch asked with a smile, which made Misty give a nervous look.

"Uh-huh! Ermmm, sure!" Misty said with a nervous smile as she rushed past Hitch.

"Hi, Misty." Sunset said with a smile with Twilight waving to her.

"Don't forget your magic lessons later." Twilight reminded her with a smile.

"I know!" Misty called as she rushed past the two Alicorns, who looked at her in surprise to see her run as Misty wiggled her way through the crowd. "That's today? Can't wait!" She called as she quickly entered her ponycorn stall and quickly closed it firmly behind.

"Have you noticed that Misty is a bit stressed, Twilight?" Sunset questioned with a concerned look.

"From what we saw, it appears so." Twilight said in concern.

"Yeeeesh!" Misty called as she walked into her stall. "That's a lot to fit in one day. Well, nothing that a bit of scheduling can't fix." She said with a smile as she took out her diary and opened it, revealing a mess of scribbled appointments written down as the pages grew a mouth somehow.

"What are you thinking?! You're too busy!" The diary called out, which made Misty look at it in shock with wide eyes as she quickly shut her diary up.

"Not helpful, diary. Not helpful." Misty said with a creeped out look as she groaned while she started cooking up some pony corn. "There's no way I can do all this in one day." She complained as she added some flavors and a vial. "I wish there were...four of me! Ha! That would solve all my problems." She said with a smile as her Nova Charm piece on her stand started glowing.

The ponycorns then started glowing with magic as well as they started to pop with abnormal magical sparkle "Mmm, that's weird." Misty said as she took a piece and ate it. "Taste, kinda… tickly." She said with a smile.

But then, the ponycorns then started floating and circled around Misty. "Oh boy! This is new!" She called as she began to laugh as the Ponycorns circled her and then suddenly, the ponycorns then formed into four figures, that Misty recognized the shape as she looked in shock when the ponycorns glowed…

…and then four copies of Misty appeared with smiles, which made the original Misty scream in terror as she backed up to her shelf. "What! Is! Happening?!" The original Misty exclaimed in shock as a bowl of ponycorn fell on her head as she looked at her copies in wonder as they just kept smiling. "Are you, me?" She asked in shock.

"Yes." The four Misty clones said with a smile as the original Misty got curious as she got up and inspected her clones.

"Incredible!" The original Misty said as she inspected her clones, seeing that they have the same features of her, manes, fur coat, hooves, and even Cutie Marks to match. "You're identical to me in every single way!" She said in amazement.

"Yes." The three Misty clones repeated with a smile.

Misty looked at her clones before she gave a smirk in thought while rubbing her hooves. "So, no one would know if you weren't me if… oh, I don't know. You went to a class on the inner secrets of the sheriff station in my place?" She asked with a smirk.

"Yes." The Misty clones said again.

Misty looks at her clones in surprise before she smiles. "Huh… I think you three might just be exactly what I need." She said to her clones.

"Yes." The Misty clones repeated.

Misty then smiled as she looked at each of her clones." Okay, you!" She goes to Clone 1. "Go to lunch with Dahlia." She then goes to her second clone. "You! Paint shells with Izzy." She goes to Clone 3. "You! Have magic lessons with Twilight and Sunset." She then goes to her last clone. "You… Play critter volleyball, whatever that is." She said with a smile and a shrug.

"Yes." The four clones said as they trotted off.

"Have fun!" Misty called with a wave as she gave a laugh before wiping her brow. "Phew! What a perfect solution! What could go wrong?" She asked as she went back to work on her ponycorn.

Out on the Boardtrot, Clone 1 Misty walked around before Rufus, who was in his magician gear, saw her. "Hey, Misty! Wanna come see my new magic show?" Rufus asked Clone 1, thinking it was the real Misty. "I'm gonna saw myself in half." He added with a smile.

"Yes." Clone 1 Misty said with a smile, when suddenly she glowed and another clone appeared, which shocked Rufus from that.

With Misty Clone 2, she was walking past Skye and Dazzle as they were about to do their broadcast as Skye noticed her. "Misty!" Skye called as the clone turned to him. "We're doing a report on dangers of having too much fun at the Boardtrot." He explained with a smirk as Dazzle nodded in agreement. "Can we ask you a few questions?" He asked as Dazzle brought the microphone closer to the clone.

"Ys." Clone 2 Misty said before she glowed and made another copy, which made Skye and Dazzle gasp in shock.

"I told you it was too much fun." Dazzle whispered to Skye, who stood in shock.

Clone 4 Misty walked by before she heard chirping and looked down to see Kenneth chirping at her about the critter volleyball. "Yes." Clone 4 Misty said before another clone appeared, which made Kenneth faint in shock.

Clone 3 Misty walked through the stands before stopping by at Sunset and Twilight, which the two Alicorns noticed. "Oh, hey Misty." Sunset said with a smile. "You're right on time."

"Are you ready for your magic lessons?" Twilight asked with a smile.

"Yes." Clone 3 said before she then made another copy of herself, which made the two Alicorns looked in shock.

"Whoa! Wha-How did?!" Sunset stammered in shock while trying to process.

"Can Misty always do that?" Twilight asked in shock.

"No, she couldn't." Sunset said as she looked at the two Misty clones. "Uh, Misty, did you just, made a clone of yourself?"

"Yes." The two Misty's said.

"Is this a new thing or-?" Sunset asked with a brow.

"Yes." The two Misty's said before another clone appeared.

"Okay, wait, are you all-" Sunset tried to ask before Twilight's eyes widened in realization.

"They're not Misty! They're all clones!" Twilight exclaimed in shock.

"Yes." The three Misty clones said with smiles.

"And apparently, you can only say one word, can you?" Twilight questioned with a creeped out look.

"Yes." The three Misty clones said.

"Oh, not again with the clones." Twilight muttered while facepalming herself.

"Wait, this happened before?" Sunset asked with a curious look.

"One time, Pinkie found the Mirror Pond and used it to make clones of herself to do all the activities she planned to be everywhere at once." Twilight said as she shuddered. "Too many Pinkie Pies for Equestria."

Sunset shuddered at the thought. "Good thing I wasn't there for that. That would've given me nightmares." She said. "But how can you tell that these are clones and not one of the real Misty?"

"Because last time the Pinkie clones went on a rampage, they kept saying fun repeatedly and did something that is usually Pinkie that makes it hard to tell which is the real one." Twilight explained. "And knowing clones, they're not perfect, and since it's Misty, it will be easy to tell since her clones can say-"

"Yes." The Misty clones repeated.

"That." Twilight finished dully.

"Okay, so that's one bright side." Sunset said with a shrug. "But if these clones are here, then where's the real Misty?" She questioned, which made her and Twilight gave concerned looks.

"Yes. Yes. Yes." This made Twilight and Sunset flinched as they turned and looked outside as they saw more Misty clones appearing out of nowhere.

"Yeah, this is worse than the Pinkie Clones." Twilight muttered in shock.

Later on, Misty opened up her Ponycorn stall. "We are now officially open!" Misty cheered as she held up a big bowl of ponycorns. "Who wants ponycorn?!" She called with a smile, but when she looked outside, she looked in horror when she saw that more and more of her clones were appearing out of nowhere, running rampant around the Boardtrot while saying 'yes' repeatedly as more clones were created by the second.

"Hey!" Rufus called as he was in a saw box as the two Misty clones opened up, to reveal a pony inside the box at the bottom while he's at the top. "You're not supposed to look in there!" He complained.

"Yes. Yes. Yes." A group of Misty clones do a strange dance with the critter's volleyball net as the critters jump up and down furiously in a bid to try and retrieve it while more clones appeared.

With Izzy, she was covered in seashells while Clone Misty 2 was pouring paint on her, "A little to the left?" Izzy asked Clone Misty 2 with a smile, actually enjoying this.

"Yes." Clone Misty 2 said as another clone appeared on the left and poured some more paint on her.

"Oh, yeah!" Izzy said cheerfully.

"Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes." The Misty clones said while more appeared in front of the camera while Skye and Dazzle gave nervous look while a group appeared while doing a chicken dance in front of Kenneth and the other critters, who are on a table.

"Oh, no. Nononono." Misty said in horror. "What have I done?!" She asked as an Misty clone appeared in front of her.

"Yes." The Misty clone said with a smile before a magic net appeared over it, which made Misty surprised as she turned and saw Sunset and Twilight using their magic to catch as many clones as they could while holding them in a magic sphere.

"Geeze! These are a lot of Misty's!" Sunset exclaimed while using a net to try to grab another, but missed.

"Yes." The Clone Misty said as another appeared.

"And the more we catch one, two more appear in her, they're, or whatever, place!" Twilight exclaimed in panic. "This is way worse than the Pinkie Pie clones since they couldn't duplicate themselves!" She called as her magic sphere expanded before it popped, and then the Misty clones broke free and trotted off.

"And apparently, they just keep coming." Sunset said with a cringed.

"Twilight?! Sunset?!" Misty called out, which made the two Alicorns turn to her. "I am so glad to see you ponies!" She said in relief.

"Nice to see-Wait, how could we know it's really you, Misty?" Twilight questioned with a brow.

"Well, I ain't saying yes unlike the others, but if a little magic I co-" Misty tried to say before Sunset spoke up.

"Okay, okay! You're the real, Misty. Only the real Misty could finish her sentence." Sunset said while waving her hooves before giving Misty a hug, which surprised the unicorn. "But we're so glad to finally find you!"

"I can tell." Misty said before she gave a sheepish look. "And I see you met my…. Sisters?" She added while gesturing to her clones.

"Yeah, we did. And also, where did these clones come from?" Twilight questioned with a brow. "Did you find the Mirror Pond?"

"The Mirror what?" Misty questioned with a brow.

"I'll take that as a no then." Twilight said with a dull look.

"Forget about the how part! We need to find a way to round up all these Mistys!" Sunset exclaimed as more clones appeared while keeping saying yes. "Seriously, this is annoying!"

"Is this… really what I'm like?" Misty questioned with a brow, which made the two Alicorns uneasy.

"Um, well…" Twilight muttered.

"Well, not technically, but-" Sunset tried to finish.

"Yes." Some Misty Clones said while surrounding a pony as more appeared.

"They said it, not us." Sunset said while pointing to the clones while Twilight nodded in agreement.

"But Misty, you can explain how you manage this later, but care to explain why there are clones of you?" Twilight questioned in wonder.

Misty gave a sigh. "Well, I have so much on my schedule that was putting me off, I barely had time to do either one." She explained with a frown.

"And you thought having clones of yourself was the solution?" Sunset questioned.

"Well, I didn't know it actually happened, but it seemed like a good idea at the time." Misty said with a sheepish smile.

"I heard that before. So I understand that." Twilight said with a shrug, already went through with this lesson with Pinkie after her clone incident. "But Misty, creating a Clone isn't always perfect. And judging by all these Mistys, they may have your body, but your mind isn't copied."

"That would explain why they keep saying 'yes' in everything." Sunset said with a brow.

"Yes." A Misty clone said as another Misty appeared.

"But the self cloning, that's a new one." Twilight said with a frown. "No way my reversal spell will work if these Mistys kept cloning every second."

"O.M.P." Misty muttered in guilt. "I really need to learn how to say… no." She said sadly as Sunset and Twilight gave her sympathetic looks.

A Misty clone close to them heard what the original just said while giving a uttered confused look while shaking a bit. "No?" The clone asked before she poofed away, which surprised the three.

"Hey, what happened to that Misty clone?" Sunset asked in surprise as Twilight realized.

"Oh, of course! Since you created these clones to help with any activities, Misty, they say yes, which made more clones." Twilight said with a smile. "But when they say no, they disappear."

Misty gave a surprise look. "Huh, that's interesting." She said with a smile as Sunset gave a smirk.

"Misty, you're about to learn the importance of saying no." Sunset said with a smirk as Twilight nodded in agreement, as Misty smiled, getting the plan.

With Rufus, he was tied up in knots as he struggled to break free while trying to get the clones away from his box. "Stop it! Magicians only! Magicians only!" Rufus exclaimed as Twilight, Sunset, and Misty walked up to him.

"Well, Misty, now's your moment." Sunset said as Misty nodded and walked up to Rufus.

"Um… Rufus." Misty said as he turned to her as she turned back to her two Alicorns, who encouraged her to go on with smiles. "I… don't wanna watch your magic show. Sorry, I'm gonna have to say, no." She said.

Then the Misty clones around the magic box poofed away as the pony inside the box gasped in relief as he quickly got out and rushed off.

"Hey! How'd you disappear like that?" Rufus asked in amazement as he turned to Misty with a smile. "Oooh, teach me your secrets!" He asked excitedly.

"Huh, he reminds me of another magician I knew." Twilight said, seeing that he's a bit like Trixie.

"Right?" Sunset asked with a smile as Misty smiled at seeing their plan working as the three rushed off to where Izzy is.

"Izzy, I don't have time to paint seashells today, no thank you." Misty said while shaking her head as she rushed off.

"I am a seashell!" Izzy cheered with her hooves raised, covered head to hoof in shells as the two Misty clones vanished.

"Okay, compared to the other times, this is normal for Izzy." Sunset commented.

"Yep. See ya later, Izzy!" Twilight said as the two Alicorns rushed off.

"See ya, girls!" Izzy cheered while waving her hoof.

The three then rushed off to where the critters are, while trying to get their net back from the Misty Clones, who were dancing around. "You don't see that everyday." Twilight commented with a brow.

"These days, it's always surprising." Sunset said with a shrug. "Misty, do your thing."

Misty nodded as she turned to the critters. "McSnipsalot, I don't know what Critter Volleyball is, but it doesn't really sound like something I'd enjoy, so no thank you!" She said as the three rushed off while the Misty clones vanished and the net fell on McSnipsalot and his friends.

"It's working, Misty! Keep saying no!" Sunset cheered as Misty nodded as they ran past Dahlia and Misty Clone 1, who had her head in the sandwich while Dahlia gave a weirded out look.

"No." Misty said as they walked past the two and Clone 1 Misty vanished.

The Misty clones were in front of the camera before the original Misty got in front of it. "No." She said as her clones vanished.

With Violette, she was holding her plant pot while looking in shock at seeing many Misty clones in plant pots before the original stepped forward. "No." Misty said as she walked off as her clones vanished.

"No." Misty said to Rufus, who was giving a spa treatment to one of her clones before it vanished.

"No." Misty said to a teacher pony as the clones vanished..

"No!" Misty added to Dapple, who was showing the two Misty clones to play the bongos, which they vanished.

"NO!" Misty said to Posey, who was doing yoga before the clones vanished, much to her shock.

Just then, Misty's Cutie Mark began to glow as magic surrounds her. "NNNNNOOOOOO!" Misty exclaimed, which spread the magic all around the Boardtrot, which made all the Misty clones all vanished as they disappeared.

"Whoa." Sunset said in awed.

"Misty, you made all your clones vanish in one go." Twilight said in awed, which made Misty sighed in relief.

"Oh, thank hoofness." Misty said in relief with a smile as the glow faded.

"And impressive magic there, Misty." Sunset added in agreement.

"It was amazing that you made all the clones disappear in one swoop." Twilight added.

"Thanks." Misty said with a smile. "And you know, it taught me a lesson."

"And what's that?" Twilight asked in interest as she and Sunset listened.

"I guess you don't really notice your habits until they...turn into an army of clones and try to take over the Boardtrot." Misty said dramatically as she gave a sheepish chuckle as Sunset and Twilight shared as the three walked off.

"Okay, a bit dramatic, but true." Sunset said with a chuckle.

"But what's the true lesson you have learned today?" Twilight asked, not noticing that the last Misty clone came out from a bathroom behind them.

"I guess it's okay to say 'no' every once in a while." Misty honestly said, which made the last clone stopped in shock before it poofed away, which made them turn to where the sound was in confusion.

"And it sure is okay to just say it, Mist." Sunset said with a smile. "You can't do everything or be everywhere at once."

"Yeah, it's okay to say no if you already had your hooves full." Twilight added with a smile as well. "There's no harm to just say no or ask for help."

"Yeah, I guess you're right." Misty said with a smile.

And then Hitch appeared next to them. "Ermmmm...just to let you know, Misty, the sheriff station class does have a buffet." He said with a smile.

"Really, Hitch?" Sunset questioned with a brow as Hitch gave a sheepish shrug.

"Didn't he pay attention to what was happening with those Misty clones?" Twilight questioned in confusion.

"Eh, he probably did and just did it in his own way." Sunset said with a sigh.

"Hitch, I'm sure it'll be great." Misty said with an honest smile. "But, there is just one thing I need right now."

"What's that?" Hitch wondered with a tilt of his head as Twilight and Sunset wondered the same thing as Misty turned her back to them with a yawn.

"A nap…." Misty said before she dropped to the floor, fast asleep as she began to snore.

"Wow, all that cloning and scheduling really tired her out." Sunset commented quietly.

"I would be too if I was in her hooves." Twilight said quietly in agreement.

"I'll just leave the flyer for ya, Misty." Hitch said as he gently placed the flyer beside Misty and trotted off, "See ya girls." He waved as Sunset and Twilight waved back.

"Want to take Misty to a comfortable place for her to nap in?" Sunset asked with a small smile.

"I sure do." Twilight said with a smile. "Let's get her to bed." She added as Sunset nodded as the two Alicorns gently levitated Misty up, not wanting to wake her up as she kept her sleeping position as the two Alicorns walked back to the Brighthouse as Misty had a long day and deserved some rest after the whole cloning fiasco.

End of Chapter 34.