Special 5: Rainbows, Rollercoasters and Hoppalottas
In the Boardtrot, Sunny and Comet are pouring in some smoothies into the smoothie cups with pictures of the rest of the Mane 8 faces as they poured some different smoothie flavors on it before they closed the cups as Comet moved the last two to the others. "Morning smoothies are ready! Izzy!" Sunny called out with a smile.
Izzy then came in and levitated the seven cups. "I'm on it, Sunny." She said with a smirk and a chuckle as she rushed off.
At Pipp's stand, she was going over her supplies while looking at her notebook. "Good on green. Um, yellow is a little low." Pipp noted before she saw something that made her squeal in excitement with sparkles in her eyes as she tossed her notebook and pen. "Is this the new pink one?!" She asked in excitement as she turned to her new mirror, which sparkled.
Pipp saw her reflection and saw that her Cutie Mark has a bit of sparkles and pink gems on it. "Oh! A-maze-ing!" She sang in awed with a twirl with sparkles in her eyes as Izzy appeared behind her, which showed her mane a bit big with some flowers on it.
"Heym Pipperooni." Izzy said as she brought the smoothie with Pipp's face on it. "Strawberry Ripple Smoothie comin atcha!" She called as she gave it to Pipp.
"Oooh! Thanks, Iz." Pipp thanked as she sip her smoothie, which made her smile as she gave a twirl. "Mmm! Yummy! It's perfect!" She said with a smirk as Izzy walked off.
Izzy then went to the magic stand where she saw Sunset and Twilight setting up some supplies for some magical spells. "Sunset. Twilight." Izzy greeted them with a smile.
"Hi, Izzy." Sunset said with a smile.
"I see you two are preparing for some epic magic spells." Izzy said with a smirk.
"Always have to be prepared." Twilight said with a smile before she noticed the smoothies. "Are those our smoothies?"
"Yep! And here are yours." Izzy said with a smirk as she levitated Sunset and Twilight's smoothies to their respective owners as they took sips and drank them.
"Amazing, as usual." Twilight said with a smile.
"Thanks, Izzy." Sunset said with a smile. "And tell Sunny we said thanks as well."
"Sure will." Izzy nodded as she walked off.
But then, she heard Sparky cheered as he rode by her in a bubble cart. "Whoa!" Izzy called with a twirl before she regained her bearings as she gave a smirk. "Gotta love that little dragon." She said with a smirk as Hitch ran past her.
"Sorry, Izzy!" Hitch apologized with a smile while chasing after Sparky.
"Guess you'll have that Super Citrus Smoothie to go, eh Hitchipoo?" Izzy asked with a smirk as she tossed Hitch's smoothie to the Earth Pony stallion, who caught as he drank the whole thing before throwing it in the trash as he turned to Izzy while still moving his hooves.
"Thanks, Izzy. I really needed this." Hitch said with a smile as Sparky went past him. "Sparky! Careful, please!" He called out as he chase Sparky around the Boardtrot. "Sparky!" He called out.
"Whoa!" Misty called out as she was tossed out of her stand while buried in a pile of ponycorn that just came out of her stand as Izzy came to her with a knowing smirk.
"Let me guess, you put too many kernels in the popper, again?" Izzy asked with a smirk as Misty gave a sheepish smile while tapping her hooves in embarrassment.
"Uh, yeah." Misty said with a smile as she got out of the ponycorn and shook it off her. "I just can't get it right. It's always too much and not enough." She said with a frown before she saw the smoothies. "Oooh! Is that what I think it is?" She asked with a smile.
"Uh-huh." Izzy nodded as she gave Misty her smoothie. "One blueberry crumble smoothie with extra ice." She said with a smirk as Misty then sip her smoothie.
"Mmmmmm!" Misty hummed with a smile at the taste before they heard a bell as Hitch was standing on a stand as he had a megaphone on.
"Attention please! The Boardtrot will be opening in five minutes!" Hitch announced, which made Misty and Izzy gave startled yeps from the timelimits.
"I gotta go!" Izzy called as she rushed off.
"Thanks for the smoothie, Izzy!" Misty called with a smile.
Izzy look around as she tried to find Zipp for her smoothie. "Just gotta find…" She then saw Zipp flying in the Zippercoaster in the sky. "Ah-ha! There you are Zipperooni!" She cheered.
"Whoo-hoo! Alright!" Zipp cheered at the thrill of her ride as she laughed before Izzy gave a loud whistle, which made Zipp turn to her as Izzy gave a wave as Zipp gave a smirk. "Come on!" She called as she rode her coaster cart lower and upside down as Izzy levitated Zipp's smoothie higher as Zipp caught it before she was brought back up. "Nice shot, Izz!" She called as she rode some more in the air.
(A New Day Song)
A bit later, everypony gathered in front of the gates of the Boartrot, looking very excited before Hitch steps forward with Sparky beside him as he unlocks the gate. "Welcome to the Boardtrot!" Hitch announced as everyone trotted into the Boardtrot.
(Pipp, Hitch, and Izzy)
It's a new day, a magical morning
Never boring, there's wonder everywhere
Misty packs ponycorn to a customer as she levitated with her magic and into the bag, but before she could give it to the customer, she was buried in more ponycorns, which made her and the customer laugh.
It's a new day, flying and soaring
We're exploring, we're gonna make our way
Calling everybody, you know who you are
The ponies are having fun in the flying teacups as they enjoy the spinning while the Pippsqueaks were in the ferrish wheel tkaing a selfie as the zippercoaster cart flew by them as they smiled in awed as Zipp, Queen Haven, and Alphabittle were riding on it, while the two adult ponies were a bit uneasy from the speed unlike Zipp as Alphabittle screamed before he fainted in the profess.
Beautiful and strong, you're like a shining star
Ready to pla-a-ay
It's a new day (Hitch: It's a new day)
A bit later, the Pippsqueaks went to Pipp's stand as she gestured to the two charms. "Okay, Seashell, what's it gonna be?" Pipp asked with a smile as she gestured to the two gems. "Pink or purple?" She asked.
"Mmmm…" Seashell hummed as she pick up the two gems. "Pink." She said before she saw Glory giving her a frown. "No, purple." She then saw Peach Fizz shook her head. "No, pink. Ugh! How can i choose?!"
(Pipp)
It's a delight
"How about you have both?!" Pipp suggested with a smile, which made the Pippsqueaks giggled in excitement as soon, they had some sparkles and gems on their Cutie marks.
(Pipp and Hitch)
This bestie life is all we need
(Pipp)
We can create this life
(Pipp and Hitch)
We're makin' history
(Pipp)
Feeling wonderful, now we're shimmering
At Izzyy's stand, she created some sort of tea drinking cap to Onyx as she put it on. "I call these, Tea-aras!" Izzy said as she then snorted in a laughter as Onyx drank from her hat. "Get it? Cause, tea." She added as Onyx gave a smirk from that.
(Pipp and Izzy)
Ready for anything, yeah
As the day went by, everypony enjoyed their time at the Boardtrot as the sun began to set as the day was almost over. At Sunny's smoothie stand, Sunny and Comet are making five batches of smoothies, which she gave two to Sunset and Twilight, which they smiled with winks on the counter.
(Pipp and Hitch)
Let's go!
With all the friends that we lo-ove
It's a new day!
Sunny then held up the three remaining smoothies as she gave a smile. "One dazzle berry smoothie and one winter berry-" She was cut off when she turned and saw it was none other than Allura in front of her, which shocked Sunny as she dropped one of the smoothies. "Swirl." She finished with a nervous smile.
On seeing Allura, this made Sunset and Twilight do a double spit take from their smoothies as they looked at Allura. "What in Celestia's name?!" Twilight exclaimed in shock.
"Allura?!" Sunset asked in shock with a light glare.
Alurra paid no mind to the two Alicorns as she took the two smoothies from Sunny as she drank the purple one. "Hi. Um… Hello, Allura." Sunny said with a nervous chuckle. "Is this your second time at the Boardtrot?" She asked as the ponies around saw Allura and they quickly ran off as Misty and Pipp saw her from their stand.
"When did you get here?" Twilight questioned with a suspicious look.
"And why are you here and out in the open? Aren't you usually a sneaky leopard?" Sunset questioned as she kept her guard up while still shocked that Allura is actually out in the open.
"Huh." Allura scoffed. "Don't worry, ponies." She said as Comet went next to Sunny, who looked in fear when he saw Allura as he quickly held Sunny in fear. "I'm not here to make trouble." She assured them, which surprised them. "For some reason, Twitch finds this sort of thing enjoyable." She added in annoyance as she turned to where Twitch is as the ponies followed her gaze.
They saw Twitch inside one of the floating spinning teacups as he spun it around as he laughed before giving a crazed look while his laughter turned historically from the thrill. The ponies gave disturbed looks while Allura gave a smile at seeing her sidekick having fun.
"Wow, talk about unsettling." Sunset commented with a cringed look.
"If you can believe it, that's his 'having fun' face." Allura said as she gave a slight smirk to them.
"If that's his fun face? I don't wanna know what his other faces are." Twilight said with a shudder.
"Well, at least he hasn't thrown up in it." Comet commented with a small smile as Allura turned away in annoyance while Sunny, Sunset, and Twilight gave amusing smiles. "I'm not allowed on that one anymore, cuz everytime they have to close it down to clean it, it's kind of an impressive amount of-"
"Ugh, charming." Allura said in disgust as she began to walk off with her two smoothies.
"Uh, have a nice day, Allura." Sunny said as Allura stopped and crushed the smoothies as she gave an anger look as she turned to the ponies.
"Tell me something, ponies. Am I stuck in Maretime Bay?" Allura questioned firmly as Sunny and Comet held each other nervously while Sunset and Twilight gave serious looks as Comet and Sunny nodded to Allura's question. "Then I think it's safe to say that I won't be having any nice days!" She empathizes as she leaned close, which made Sunset and Twilight push her back.
"Hey, you're the one who followed us back to Equestria to steal the Nova Charm back. It was your own fault." Sunset said with a look.
"That doesn't make me any less angry at you ponies." Allura growled.
"Maybe try the Ferris Wheel!?" Comet spoke up with a nervous smile. "It always cheers me up!" He added as Sunny nodded in agreement.
"Is that so?" Allura questioned as her eyes glowed. "Don't you mean you hate the ferris wheel?" She questioned with a smirk as she used her mind trick powers on Comet.
"Hate the ferris wheel. Yes. I really do hate that ride." Comet said in a zombie-like tone as Sunny, Sunset, and Twilight glared at her as they nodded as Sunny went into her Alicorn form, which pushed Allura back as she skidded to a stop as the three Alicorns took to the air.
"Hey! Stop that!" Sunny yelled with a look.
"Enough with your mind tricks, Allura!" Sunset added with a look. "And why don't you just run along back to your lair?"
"Because even you know that you're no match for three Alicorns." Twilight added with a glare. "So spare yourself the tension and run along."
Allura glared at them as she stopped her magic and gave a huff. "My partner is waiting for me anyway." She said as she then walked off as the three Alicorns watched her go.
The three Alicorns then turn to Comet. "You okay, Comet?" Sunny asked as Comet shook his head as he nodded after having gotten out of Allura's mind control. "Don't worry about her."
"Allura is such a jerk. Especially mind controlling others? That's just rude." Twilight said with a look to where Allura was.
"But this is the first time Allura stepped out into the open." Sunset said with a brow. "And her having a secret partner, that's still a mystery. But she's here to let Twitch have fun, huh, never seen that side of her before for caring about her partner."
"She's a bit different from Opaline, that's for sure." Sunny said in agreement, seeing that as well before the ponies heard an alarm that was heard from the Boardtrot as they turned and saw Hitch with his megaphone.
"You know what that means, ponies!" Hitch called out with a smile as everypony got off the attractions they were on. "The Boardtrot is now closed!" HE called out.
(Let your Magic Run Wild Song)
Let your magic run wild
Let your magic run wild
The MAne 8 are giving the final items to the ponies as Zipp got off her zippercoaster, which caused her Nova Charm Shard from it to levitate up all suddenly as the ponies began to leave the Boartrot.
"You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here." Hitch joked as he turned to his friends. "Huh? Huh?" He asked with a smirk as the mares all groaned from his bad jokes.
Zipp then went to Misty, Sunset, Sunny, and Twilight. "Somepony really needs to have a word about these terrible jokes." She commented as they all gave amusing smiles.
"Agreed." Twilight nodded in agreement.
"What? That was a good one." Hitch said with a smile.
"No it wasn't." Sunset said with a smirk. "Though, I think Sunny could also need a talk about that." She teased with a smirk.
"Hey!" Sunny said with a playful look with a smile as they all shared a small laugh.
Soon, the Mane 8 are out of the Boardtrot as Hitch locked the gate as they began to walk off.
You would spend your whole life shining
Let your magic run wild
As they left, Zipp's shard crystal began to glow brighter as it then made the other seven Nova Charms glow brighter as their magic shot up into the sky and created a sparkling star with a rainbow around it, which caught Sparky's attention.
"Oooh!" Sparky said in awed as he babbled to Hitch as he pointed back to the star to try and get him to see it.
Hitch smiled as he rubbed Sparky's head. "I know you love the Boardtrot, Sparky. But we'll be back there tomorrow, silly little dragon." He said with a baby tone as he continued off, not noticing the star.
It was then night time as the mares were in the Brighthouse as they were getting ready for bed. "There was a ridiculous rumor going around the Boardtrot today that Allura was by the teacup ride." Zipp said with an amusing smile as she went to her bed with a laugh. "Imagine that." She added as Misty, Sunset, Sunny, and Twilight gave concern frowns from that.
"Oh, that was no rumor." Pipp spoke up as they turned to her. "I saw her with my own two eyes." She stated as she placed her bed mask over her eyes and layed down.
"And she was right in front of us at the smoothie stand and tried to get Comet to hate ferris wheels until Sunset, Sunny, and I sent her packing." Twilight added with a brow.
"Maybe we need a rule that super evil powerful snow leopards aren't allowed at the Boardtrot?" ZIpp suggested as she tucked her pillow.
"We can't do that, Zipp." Sunny said with a frown. "Everypony and every creature is welcome there."
"Sunny's got a point there." Sunset said in agreement. "I mean, Allura may be evil, but compared to Opaline, she's a bit mellow if she was only there to let Twitch have fun." She added as Misty nodded in agreement.
"Exactly." Sunny nodded. "You know, I kinda feel bad for her. It can't be easy feeling like an outsider." She said with a frown.
"Yeah. Feeling like you don't belong is really lonely." Misty said with a frown, knowing that feeling when she was with Opaline as Sunny gave her a comforting hug.
"I know a few others who felt the same way." Twilight said in understanding, since she met a few other outsiders who felt out of place before they adjusted to Equestria when they accepted them.
"Ditto." Sunset added, knowing from experience from CHS after her 'Meanset Shimmer' days. "Being treated like an outsider is pretty rough."
"Well, I think we should try and figure out how to make her feel more welcome here." Sunny suggested with a smile, which made the others, san Misty, groaned in response.
"Not again, Sunny." Sunset muttered, since Sunny was still having the same idea since they found out Allura was in Equestria as they got ready for bed.
"What?" Sunny asked in confusion as she looked around her friends, who were looking tired. "We could have a little picnic? Or maybe invite her for family dinners? Oh, I know, we could do a hike together at Prancing Point?" She suggested as she walked close to her friends. "It's so beautiful up there, it's impossible to be grumpy." She added with a smile, but she saw that her friends were fast asleep as Sunny turned to Sunset, who was still wide awake while she was getting ready for bed as she rubbed her eyes.
"How about, I give you a reminder to why we shouldn't be friends with Allura." Sunset said with a dull look as she began to get to bed.
"Wait, wait, Sunset." Sunny said as she made Sunset turn to her. "You know as well as I do that we should try to give friendship to Allura and show her how it is so that she doesn't feel out of place."
"Or she might get ticked off and use her magic to either erase our memories of her encounter and toss us out of the cave." Sunset said with a brow.
"Sunset, you know how it felt to be an outcast like Misty." Sunny said with a pleading look. "Wouldn't you want to show someone that you found the light to show them the way?" She asked.
"Sunny, your heart is in the right place, but let's face it, Allura is the way she is, grumpy, angry, and a bit of a brainwasher, not to mention, she has a secret partner with her to do worse to us with dark magic." Sunset said as Sunny frowned as Sunset placed a wing on her. "Sunny, we can show friendship to her many times, but Allura will keep denying it. And even if we make nice, she'll just kick us out and erase our memories of that moment with her like what happened with Izzy and Zipp."
"But maybe we can-" Sunny tried to say.
"I'm sorry, Sunny. But you have to face the fact that not everyone can give friendship a chance." Sunset said to her. "Opaline and a few other ancient enemies of Equestria are one of those. There's only so much that we ponies, especially Alicorns, can do. You just have to make an exception that we have limits. Do you understand?" She asked.
Sunny looked at her for a moment before she sighed. "Okay, I understand." She conceded.
"Good. Now, let's get some sleep. We have another big day at the Boardtrot tomorrow." Sunset said as she went to bed and went to sleep as Sunny just stood there with a frown as she hummed to herself in thought as she looked at the dark magic spellbook she kept under her bed that she's been using for practice to control dark magic as she gave a thought.
The next morning, the Mane 8 walked back into the Boardtrot as Hitch opened the gate to begin their day before they could let the ponies come in before Zipp flew ahead and stopped when she saw something. "This is new." Zipp commented as she saw some purple clouds, producing what look to be a rainbow waterfall.
"Wow!" The Mane 8 said in amazement.
"Rainbow waterfalls?" Twilight said in surprise at seeing rainbow waterfalls.
"You know these, Twilight?" Sunny asked with a surprise smile.
"Yeah, there was an area in Equestria called Rainbow Falls, the best and beautiful spot in Equestria. Applejack, Rainbow, and Rarity took their sisters there a couple of times." Twilight said with a smile. "And there was also a swap meet close to it as well.
"And like totally beautiful!" Pipp sang as she flew around and went through the rainbow falls and took a selfie with her phone.
"I haven't seen rainbow waterfalls in a long time." Sunset commented. "But we know they weren't here yesterday."
"I wonder what kind of magic is making new stuff appear at the Boardtrot." Misty wondered as she looked at the rainbow waterfalls. "You think it's safe?" She asked while turning to Hitch.
Hitch and Sparky looked at the rainbow fall next to them, but when they got a closer look, they were doused by a drop of it, soaking them wet as Hitch groaned while Sparky laughed. "Ugh! Why is it always me?!" Hitch asked, wanting to know why karma always gets to him.
"Yeah, you kinda need to watch out for sudden splashes." Twilight advised with an amusing smile.
"I see that." Hitch groaned tiredly.
"Hello!" Posey's voice called out as they turned to the gates and saw Posey by them. "Can we come in? Shouldn't the Boardtrot be open already?!" She questioned impatiently.
Dahlia then came next to her and cleared her throat. "Please." She reminded Posey, who rolled her eyes in annoyance as she turned to the Mane 8. "She meant to say 'please'!" She called out with a smile.
Posey groaned in annoyance. "Can you open already, please?" She asked with a strained smile while Dahlia gave pleading eyes.
"Ah!" Sunny called out in realization. "It's so late! Come on, ponies! Everything is going to be totally fine!" She assured with a smile with her friends, which they returned.
"Yeah, I mean, these rainbow waterfalls aren't so bad. If anything, they just make the Broadtrot more fun." Sunset added as they nodded in agreement.
A bit later after opening the Boardtrot, the ponies are having a fun time while enjoying the rides and attractions while the Mane 8 are at work with their stands. At the Zippercoaster, Zipp and Misty are trying to get Posey to try it out.
"Come on, Posey! You will love it, I promise!" Zipp encouraged with a smile as Posey gave a brow.
"I'll come with you." Misty said with a smile as Posey turn to her. "I was nervous at first too, Posey. But my friends helped me." She said with sparkles in her eyes.
"Alright, alright." Posey conceded as they got onto the cart as they strapped in. "But not too fast, Zipp. Promise?" She questioned with a look, knowing how Zipp loves speed.
"Yes, you got it." Zipp said with a smirk before she look ahead. "Let's go." She quickly said as they took off at high speed, which made Posey scream as they took to the air as they moved around the Boardtrot in the sky while Posey yelled before Zipp saw one of the rainbow falls in front of her. "Ahah! Everypony, hang on!" She called with a smirk.
"Zipp! Nonononono! Aaaahh!" Posey screamed before they went through the rainbow fall as Posey began to laugh as Misty and Zipp joined in as they went through each rainbow falls in the sky before they turned to the big one at the center of the Boardtrot as the ponies all cheered them on.
"Look at them go-" A pony called before Zipp, Posey, and Misty went through the rainbow fall, but unlike the others, they disappeared, which made the rest of the Mane 8 and the crowd gasped in shock.
"Zipp!" Sunny called out.
"Misty!" Sunset cried out next as everypony, even Allura and Twitch, who came to have another visit of the Boardtrot, looked in shock at what they just saw.
Everypony then began to panic as they ran around. "I knew this place was trouble!" Rufus exclaimed as he shook Hitch and Sparky as Pipp flew in and kept her Pippsqueaks close as everypony ran around in panic.
"Okay, okay, ponies! Settle down!" Twilight called out as she, Sunny, and Sunset got in the middle of the group.
"Stay calm!" Sunny added. "Let us check it out." She said as she focus her magic and went into her Alicorn form.
"Maybe we can follow them." Sunset added as the three Alicorns flew around the rainbow falls as they looked at the center of it as they took a breath. "Let's go for it." She said as Sunny and Twilight nodded as they flew through the rainbow fall, which caused everypony to gasped in worry before the three Alicorns went out the other end, which made them sigh in relief.
"Strange. It made Posey, Zipp, and Misty disappear, but now it's not doing the same to us?" Twilight asked in a surprise tone.
"Hmmm, this waterfall must have been some kind of portal a minute ago, but now it's not." Sunny noted as she inspect the rainbow fall.
"Why is it always a strange portal that appears out of nowhere in a strange form?" Sunset questioned tiredly while rubbing her head. "And why is it happening now?"
"I don't know. But there's gotta be a reasonable explanation." Sunny said while rubbing her chin.
"The Boardtrot is cursed!" Onyx exclaimed as everypony started panic again as they run around.
"Ponies, hold on!" Sunny called out as she, Twilight, and Sunset landed down. "Hold on!"
"Nopony panic! It's fine!" Twilight called out as everypony kept panicking.
""Hey, hey, don't worry! Everything will be okay!" Sunny added.
"Okay, everypony! Quiet!" Sunset yelled out in frustration at their sudden panicking as she groaned as everypony kept screaming and running around. "I hate to do this, but…" She started as she focused her magic and charged up her horn before she fired a blast in the air, which made a loud noise that made everypony stop panicking as they all looked at the Alicorns. "Snap out of it! All of you!" She exclaimed with a firm look as everypony all flinched a bit from her outburst. "Seriously, we talked about panicking at the first sign of strange things! And we don't really know what happened!"
"So, will you all calm down and wait until we figure this out?!" Twilight asked, which made everypony look at each other sheepishly as they chatted in understanding. "Great! Thank you." She said as she turned to Sunny and Sunset. "Back in my time, nopony panicked at anything this strange this easily when something happened. Unless it's a bad guy or something that is serious, but this is insane." She commented with a brow.
"Yeah, they just haven't seen much before." Sunny said with a sheepish smile.
"Yeah, you get used to it." Sunset said with a sigh. "But still, what happened to Posey, Zipp, and Misty?" She asked as they looked at the center rainbow falls.
Allura and Twitch look at the center rainbow falls as Allura somehow felt familiar with it. "I've never seen anything like that in many moons." Allura commented while eyeing the rainbow fall.
Inside the rainbow fall's portal stream, Posey, Zipp, and Misty were screaming when they suddenly entered the portal as they move around before they made it to the other end of the portal, which made them realizes they came out from a pond in a middle of a forest with brown leaves as they yelped and fell into the pond with a splash.
After they got their bearings, they stood up as they were completely soaked. "Ugh. yuck." Zipp said in disgust.
"Ugh!" Posey groaned in frustration. "Where are we?!"
"I don't think we're in Maretime Bay anymore." Misty said with a frown as they shook the water off themselves and looked around as Zipp gave a serious look as she spread her wings in ready.
Pipp then cleared her throat when she saw something. "Uh, Zipp?" She asked as she pointed her hoof, which made Zipp and Misty look and saw that they were surrounded by a large group of chubby bunnies as they all babbled at them in surprise.
"Oh." Zipp said in surprise as she looked down and saw a bunny babbling as it bounced around, but then it started glowing and surprisingly, it grew some plants around. "Whoa! Are you seeing this? It's like these bunnies have some kind of Earth Pony magic!" She said in amazement as the bunny kept growing plants. "Hello?" She added with a wave and a smile.
The bunny then babbled with a frown and hopped away from her and stomp its leg down, which grew some flowers before it grew some vines, causing it to wrap around Zipp's arm as she cringe from the pull. "Ow! Oka! Okay! No petting!" She called as she was pulled down. "It's fine, ponies! I got this under control!" She assured them.
"Under control?" Posey questioned as she gave Zipp a look. "You call this under control?! I never wanted to go on your ridiculous Zippercoaster in the first place, and now look at us!" She called as Misty gave a frown. "We just traveled through a portal, have no idea where we are, and now we're surrounded by some new kind of magical bunnies! No! No way! I am so out!" She yelled out as she was about to walk off.
But then Posey saw a stump in front of her as a shadow loom over it, which made her look up and quickly backed up when a giant female bunny landed in front of her while giving the ponies an intimidating glare, which made them back away in shock as Zipp got her hoof free as one of the bunny's babbled.
"On second thought, maybe I'll just sit right here." Posey said with a nervous smile as she sat down on the pond.
"Hello, uh, Miss Bunny, uh, ma'am?" Misty asked with a nervous smile as the ponies gave nervous smiles. "My name is Misty and these are my friends Posey…" She continued as Posey gave a smile with sparkles in her eyes with her hooves together. "...and Zipp." She introduced as Zipp gave a wave.
Then the bunny's started babbling as the leader babbled and gestured around as the bunnies then moved into affirmation. "What's that?" Misty asked as the bunnies started glowing and circled them as the three ponies started to feel sleepy when a mist was formed. "Are you ponies starting to feel…" She gave a yawn. "Really sleepy." She finished before she fell asleep.
Zipp yawned as she stretched. "Me too." She said as she went to sleep as Posey yawned and stretched next.
"Maybe I'll just have a little nap." Posey said tiredly as her vision went blurry before she has fallen asleep.
Back in Maretime Bay, the rest of the Mane 8 are gathered in the Brighthouse in the Unity Crystals' room as Pipp had her double screen computer set up to find Zipp, Misty, and Posey by any of her contacts. "That's right. Any sign of her, you let me know immediately!" Pipp said with a serious look.
"I have a thought." Hitch spoke up as Pipp turned to him. "Did you look on 'where my bestie's' app?" He suggested while holding up his phone as Pipp gave him a dull look. "Sometimes it can be really helpfu-"
"Oooh, oooh! What a great idea. That sounds mor-" Pipp tried to sarcastically say before there was a bing on her computer that showed Zipp's account as a video appeared. "Oh! Oh! Zipp just posted a video! Thank hoofness!" She said in reli;ef that her sister is still okay.
"Well, let's see what Zipp is showing." Twilight said as Pipp nodded as she played the video, which showed the glowing bunny in the forest they haven't seen before as the bunnies babbled happily, growing fowlers while they shared a high-five with their ears as they hopped around as they sang.
"Well, there's something you don't see everyday." Sunset commented in surprise by what they were seeing.
"What is that song? Ahahah, the beat." Pipp said with a smirk at the song the bunnies are making.
"Yeah. Yeah." Izzy said as she danced and hummed to the bunnies' song as she then got curious. "And why do little bunnies have Zipp's phone?" She asked.
Hitch then gasped in realization. "If Zipp's phone just posted, maybe she's on the map now!" He said as Pipp checked on Zipp's location, but found nothing as it showed a question mark.
"No! It still says location unknown!" Pipp said with a frown before she went back to the video and saw something. "Hang on." She then gasped when she saw something behind the bunnies. "Look! Right there! In the background! Is that what I think it is?" She asked as she zoomed in and Izzy gasped.
"There it is!" Izzy said with a smile. "The Zippercoaster!" She then frowned. "But how do we figure out where exactly that 'there' is?" She questioned, gesturing to the forest and the bunnies. "I've never seen those kinds of bunnies before in my whole life." She noted.
"Me neither." Sunny said as she turned to Twilight and Sunset. "Twilight? Sunset?" She asked.
"Don't look at me." Sunset said with her hooves raised. "I don't know what kind of bunnies they are." She then turned to Twilight. "Twilight?"
Twilight looked at the bunnies before she gave a frown. "Sorry, I got nothing. These are a new species of bunnies I've ever seen. And they appear to have Earth Pony magic somehow." She stated.
"I've seen Bunnisus and Bunnicorns, but this is a new one." Sunset added with a thoughtful look. "But beyond that, we still don't know where these bunnies are if the Zippercoaster is there."
"But there might be a way to find out." Sunny said with a serious look. "Everypony, meet at the waterfall. I have an idea." She said as she rushed off.
"Wait, Sunny! What are you planning?!" Sunset called out as Sunny jumped over the balcony as she went into her Alicorn form and took off in a rainbow streak as Sunset groaned. "When will it take for her to explain her plan before rushing off?" She questioned with a tired sigh.
"We're we any better?" Twilight asked with a smile.
Sunset looked at her for a moment with a brow before turning to the others, who gave sheepish smiles from that question as Sunset sighed. "Okay, fair enough." Sunset said with rolled eyes. "But still, when Sunny rushed off, she tended to do something risky. And that's what worries me." She stated with a concerned look.
"Sunny has been acting a little off since we got back from the Empire," Twilight recalled, "A few nights I'd see her looking pretty tired, she says she's been practicing magic herself."
"Well, after her encounter with Allura during the whole Crystal Empire thing, and from recent events, I can't say I blame her." Pipp said with a shrug. "Gotta keep practicing to get stronger."
"That I can respect." Hitch said with a smile. "But she doesn't have to overdue it, even I know my limits."
"Yeah, so she got a little training." Izzy said with a smile. "So that just shows how determined she is. I mean, remember me when I work through my Unicycles? I spent a whole night making something out of everything." She added with a cheerful tone.
"Well, I suppose that's true." Sunset said with a nod before she gave a concerned look. "But still, knowing Sunny, if she told us to meet her at the Boardtrot instead of going together, I think she might have something else to do before meeting us there."
"Like what?" Pipp wondered.
Sunset thought for a moment before she came to a realization, "Oh no," She gasped.
With Sunny, she was flying by Maretime Bay's beach as she landed in front of Allura's cave as she diminished her Alicorn form while looking at the cave with a brave look as she gulped a bit and then she walked into the cave.
Then a shadow figure rushed by her, which made Sunny flinch and shake in fear as she looked around before Twitch appeared in front of her with a growl, which made Sunny yelp back a bit. "Twitch!" Sunny said before she sighed in relief. "You scared me. Is-" She then stopped when she turned and saw Allura behind her, who was giving the Earth Pony a look. "Allura!" She called as she rushed off a bit before she stopped as Allura and Twitch circled her.
"You should know better than to be here." Allura said to Sunny with a look.
"Um, well I was just wondering," Sunny said nervously before showing the video of the bunnies to Allura, "If you had ever seen these bunnies before?" She asked.
Allura hummed curiously with a brow as she looked at the bunnies, "I'm curious Sunny, what makes you think I would ever help you?" She growled, leaning close to Sunny as the Earth Pony leaned back while trembling in fright, "I am bad." She reminded her with a sinister look.
"Well, I don't believe that any creature's all bad." Sunny said with a small smile. "We all have good in us. And you, you have traveled much more than anypony I know." She added as Allura hardened her look. "So, I thought maybe you'd help us?" She offered as she then showed the video again, "See? We know our friends were here because that's Zipp's roller coaster." She stated as she zoomed in on the cart. "But we don't know where that is."
"I suppose I have seen more places than you." Allura admitted as she walked off a bit before she gave a smirk. "And I have encountered many critters in my travels." She added as Sunny gave a hopeful smile as Allura turned to her as Sunny's eyes sparkled before Allura then gave a glare. "But that's all gone now." She growled as she remembered the time when Izzy unlocked her Rainbow Magic when she and Sunset were at the Boartrot before Izzy used her magic to create the Boardtrot as the Nova Charm split into seven pieces. "When that dimwitted Unicorn and your Alicorn mentor destroyed the Nova Charm to create a giant pony playground!" She added as her eyes began to spark up in ice magic as Sunny backed away a bit in fear. "They made sure I'd never find my home again!" She added as ice walls surrounded Sunny from both sides. "Now get out of here! And never come back!" She then roared and created an icy whirl wind and launched it Sunny.
Sunny then activated her magic and entered her Alicorn form out of instinct as she took a defensive stance as she then used her magic to create a shield that blocked the whirlwind. Allura roared again, flapping her wings to make the whirlwind stronger. But Sunny poured more into her shield causing it to burst out and dispel the whirlwind much to Allura's surprise.
"Allura, I've tried to be reasonable, I saw that you can be a good person and gave you multiple chances to accept friendship, but all you think about is yourself," Sunny said seriously as Allura just gave her look, "But right now, my friends are possibly in danger and if you know anything about those bunnies you will tell me, now." She said, narrowing her eyes.
Allura and Twitch just laughed, "Is that right?" She taunted with a smirk, "And how are you going to make me do that?" She asked.
"We can do this the easy way or the hard way." Sunny said with a glare as she then focused her magic as her eyes glowed a bit while her horn sparked up.
"I may have given that tomboyish pegasus a free pass last time I saw her," Allura started before she swatted Sunny away with a paw, "But I'll do a lot worse than stuff you in snowglobe like I did that dimwitted unicorn!" She called.
Sunny skidded across the ground, feeling her face where Allura swatted her before she turned to with an angry glare as her wings and horn turned dark and her eyes glowed green. Allura's glare turned to shock as Sunny charged at her yell and her horn crackled with magic, hitting Allura in the throat and knocking her into a wall.
Allura groaned and sat up as she coughed and felt her throat, realizing Sunny prevented her from using her voice, "Clever, but that isn't enough, pony." Allura snarled but her face turned to shock as Sunny yelled and jumped on her and pinned her on her back as she started slamming her hooves, charged with Dark magic, to her face, which Allura tried to avoid the hits.
"This is for Izzy and Zipp!" Sunny yelled as she blasted Allura in the face as her Alicorn form got darker. "For Comet and the Auroracorns!" She then fired another blast. "For the ponies of Maretime Bay!" She called as she blasted her a third time.
Twitch watched in horror and rushed to help Allura but Sunny glared at him, "Stay out of this!" She called before bucking Twitch into a rock.
"Twitch!" Allura called in concern before Sunny pinned her down by the throat. From the shadows, Sombra watched in intrigue at Sunny's vicious attack.
Sunny glared down at Allura, her eyes, horn and wings now pure Dark Magic, "I thought being here would help change you for the better, make you regret what you did. But if all you're gonna do is bother me, my friends and the citizens of Equestria, then I'll just have to make sure you don't hurt anypony ever again." She sneered, charging up her horn as Allura glared weakly at her.
"You don't have the nerve." Allura called her bluff.
"Try me." Sunny said with a growl as she charged up her horn, which made Allura eyes widen in fear when she realized it wasn't a bluff as Sunny was about to fire her horn. Sombra looked ready to jump in and save his partner and reveal himself until…
"SUNNY!" Sunset's voice yelled out, which made Sunny stop, her face turning to surprise and shook her head as her Alicorn form returned to its normal state as her eyes returned to normal as she turned and saw Sunset and Twilight rushing in. "What are you doing?! Stop!"
"Why are you here?!" Twilight questioned in shock as the two realized the position Sunny and Allura were in. "Did we miss a fight or something?"
"I, I," Sunny tried to say but couldn't remember what happened.
"Your friend here just tried to blast me into oblivion!" Allura exclaimed with a look and a bit of fear at Sunny. "What have you two Alicorns been teaching her?!"
"Wait, Sunny, tried to…?" Sunset questioned with a surprise look as she turned to Sunny. "Sunny? Is that true or is Allura trying to mind control you into believing it was?" She questioned.
Sunny looked down at Allura, who was looking at her anxiously, "I, she, I came here to ask for her help but, she, she insulted our friends, and she's threatening the ponies, I had to protect them!" She explained.
"By destroying Allura?" Twilight asked in shock. "Sunny, that's not how we do things."
"But, Sunset told me Allura couldn't change. If we can't stop her with Friendship then," Sunny tried to say.
"Sunny!" Sunset said to her with a firm look, which made Sunny flinched. "I get that Allura couldn't accept friendship, but that doesn't mean we have to go this far." She said to her. "We either leave them be, and if they pull something on us like say trying to take over a town, then we'll deal with that. But now isn't one of those. Please, we're guardians, protectors, not attackers or terrorists." She said to her in a soft tone. "We'll find another way to find Misty and the others but not like this, so please, let Allura go."
Sunny frowned as she looked back at Allura and took a breath before stepping off her and walked back to the two alicorns while keeping her head down. "I-I'm sorry. I just wanted to help so bad that-" Sunny tried to say.
"We understand, Sunny." Twilight said while placing a wing on Sunny. "We would do anything for our friends. But not like this."
"Come on, let's head to the Boardtrot and meet up with the others. We'll find a way to find our friends." Sunset said as Sunny nodded and she flew off as Twilight and Sunset turned to Allura, who got back up as Twitch rushed up to her while babbling in concern. "And Allura, maybe if you actually tried being nice and proving you're not the monster everyone paints you as, this could've been avoided." She added with a look.
"From how everypony sees me and me being stranded here? Like I will ever accept that." Allura said with a look as she caressed Twitch. "And after what that pony did today, I doubt helping you ponies will ever happen. Now get out before I make you get out, unless you want to fight." She grunted and fell a bit as Twitch held her.
"From where I'm standing, you aren't in any position to give us orders." Sunset said with a brow, "It will be so easy to bring you in and make sure you never hurt anypony ever again."
"But given the circumstances, we don't have time for that." Twilight said with a firm look. "We have friends to find instead of dealing with villains like you. So we're giving you one last chance to make the right decision, Allura, don't waste it." She warned.
"And if you make the wrong one, you'll regret it." Sunset added while narrowing her eyes.
"I'll keep that in mind," Allura said mildly as Twilight and Sunset then turned and left as they flew off as Allura took a breath before she looked at Twitch, "Twitch, are you okay?" She asked in concern.
Twitch babbled with an assuring smile as he then gestured to his throat while pointing at Allura's, trying to say if she was okay from how Sunny beat her down.
"I'm fine. Only thing that hurts is my pride, and my throat." Allura said while rubbing her throat. "That pony sure has been practicing. And something tells me it wasn't from her Alicorn mentors, was it?" She asked as she turned to a corner with a knowing smirk as Sombra came out of hiding.
"It wasn't. She has been learning well through my spellbook." Sombra said with a smirk. "And she is improving."
"I can see what dark magic can do to a pony to go that far to nearly end a creature's life." Allura said with a smirk before she frowned. "But were you really planning on letting her end my life?"
"I was about to intervene, but when Twilight Sparkle and that Sunset Shimmer arrived, I knew that I couldn't reveal myself just yet." Sombra explained to her. "We were fortunate they were able to make that pony come to her senses before things got worse."
"Yeah, from how worse could that be?" Allura questioned while rubbing her throat. "But, I see what you mean."
"She has only scratched the surface of dark magic." Sombra said with a smirk. "But if she continues practicing, soon, all that goodness will be gone and her perspective from right or wrong will change completely."
"Can't wait." Allura said with a smirk as Twitch babbled with a sinister chuckle as the three villains looked at the entrance where the three Alicorns went.
At the Boardtrot, Izzy, Pipp, Sparky, and Hitch are by the rainbow falls as they waited for Sunset, Sunny, and Twilight to come. "Where is Sunny, Sunset, and Twilight?" Hitch asked before he gave a worry look. "Oh no! Something's wrong!"
"Don't worry, Hitch." Pipp said with an assuring smile. "Sunny told us to meet her here and Twilight and Sunset went after her. I-I'm sure they'll-"
"Here they come!" Izzy cheered as she pointed up as they look up and saw Twilight, Sunny, and Sunset flying towards them as they went by the rainbow falls and landed in front of their friends.
"There you are," Hitch said, walking up Sunny to hug her before noticing the expression on her face, "Sunny, what's wrong?"
"It's… It's nothing. I just had a rough time." Sunny said while looking away in a bit of shame as the others turned to Sunset and Twilight.
"We'll explain later." Sunset said to her. "It's complicated."
"But for now, let's focus on finding our friends." Twilight added as they nodded as Sunny spoke up.
"Okay, ponies. We have to try and go through the waterfalls to find our friends." Sunny said to them. "I don't know how it's going to work, but I know that if one of us is out there, Zipp, Misty, and Posey would come looking for us." She said with a small smile as she looked at the rainbow fall.
"Well, maybe not Posey." Sunset said with a shrug as they all looked at her with brows. "What? That pony has issues that she complains about everything and she's not much of an adventurer." She pointed out.
"She got a point." Izzy said while rubbing her chin. "But we're still rescuing her."
"Of course, of course." Sunset assured with her hooves up.
Pipp took a breath as she spoke. "You're right. It's the only way." She said with a determined look. "Let's do this." She declared as their Cutie Marks then started glowing. "Cofidents!" She called.
"Creativity!" Izzy cheered.
"Kindness!" Hitch called as Sparky babbled.
"Magic!" Twilight called as her mark glowed next.
"Empathy!" Sunset called.
"And Hope!" Sunny finished as their Cutie Marks glowed brightly and the magic shot into the rainbow falls and they combined and created a portal as a rainbow bridge was formed as the group smiled and rushed towards the portal as they entered it.
Soon the six ponies exited through the portal and they went upwards before they were pulled down as they yelped and landed on the pond, now completely wet as they got up and started rising the water off them as they groaned as Sparky got out of the kangaroo bag.
"Sparky, wait! Come back!" Hitch called as Sparky babbled with a smile as he went on the zippercoaster cart and pretended that he was riding it.
"Well, at least the portal seems to have brought us to the right place." Sunny said with an optimistic smile.
"But how do we find them now?" Hitch asked in concern.
"They could be anywhere in this forest." Twilight added.
"Yeah but keep your eyes peeled for…" Sunset trailed off as they were soon surrounded by the same bunnies, "The bunnies." She said dully.
"Um, yeah, I think that part is gonna be easy peasy." Izzy said with a sheepish chuckle as one of them hopped in front of her. "Hello." She said with a wave and a smile.
"Well, that was unexpected." Sunset commented as the bunnies then started babbling in surprise and looked at Twilight and Sunset while they pointed at the two Alicorns while babbling. "What are they doing?"
"I can't speak their language, but I think they look surprised to see you two." Pipp said while gesturing to Twilight and Sunset.
"They do look surprised." Sunny noted their behavior.
"Hitch, can you talk to them?" Twilight asked as Hitch nodded with a smirk as he stepped forward.
"Ponies, don't worry. I'll handle this." Hitch said with a smirk as he cleared his throat and waved his hoof. "Hello!" He said as the bunny babbled and pointed at Hitch with a suspicious look. "My name is Hitch." He greeted as a pink bunny came in and babbled as well. "And these are my friends." He added as the two bunnies glowed and bounced around as they created the sleeping mist. "Uh-oh." He said as he and Sparky yawned. "Everypony, run…" He muttered before he and Sparky fell asleep.
One by one, the ponies began to fall asleep as they fell into the lake. "Sleep mist." Twilight muttered before she fell asleep.
"Should've… brought… gas masks." Sunset muttered before she fell asleep.
"Agreed." Sunny tiredly said before she went to sleep as well as everything went black.
A bit later, Sunny began to wake up as she saw that she was in some kind of cage hanging on a tree as she was now wide awake and looking around in worry. "Is everypony okay?!" Sunny called out to her friends.
"Better than okay!" Izzy cheered as she jumped around her cage. "I've never been in a flower jail before." She added.
"All good here, Sunny!" Hitch called out as he and Sparky were in a flower cage as well.
The Pipp spoke up as Sunny turned and saw her behind her in a flower cage as well. "I mean, we have been kidnapped by bunnies and are in jail!" She yelled with a look. "So I am going to say that I am not great!" She exclaimed.
"Pipp!?" Zipp's voice spoke up as Sunny and Pipp turned and saw her next to them. "Is that you?! What are you doing here?!"
"Zipp!" Pipp said with tears of relief, "Oh, thank hoofness! I was soo, so worried about you!" She said as Zipp gave a grateful smile.
"Oh, yes." Posey spoke up next to Zipp's in a sarcastic manner. "Isn't this a lovely reunion? I hate to ruin the moment, but can we please talk about how we're going to get out of here?!" She exclaimed in frustration.
"Wait, where are Twilight and Sunset?" Sunny asked as they looked around, seeing that Twilight and Sunset are not in cages like the rest of them. "Do anypony see them?"
"Uh, ponies," Sunset called as they looked down and were shocked by what they saw.
"You gotta be kidding." Posey said in disbelief.
What they saw was that Twilight and Sunset are sitting in stump like chairs between a big one while they were wearing flower like crowns and necklaces as the bunnies around them were either babbling happily to them while some are on their backs, hopping up and down while giving them massages while others are giving them plant filled fruits beside them while some formed beautiful flowers around them.
"I think these ponies took a liking to us really quickly." Twilight said with an awkward smile as she was offered some berries.
"Aw, how come you two are getting special spa treatment and not us?" Pipp complained with a jealous look.
"We just found out the second we got up before you ponies. And surprisingly, their treatment is a bit relaxing." Sunset said in defense before she gave a cringed look. "You have no idea what Twilight and I were up against. These little guys are tenacious." She said with a cringed look while gesturing to the bunnies.
"And we tried to talk to them about letting you ponies go, but as you remember, we don't speak critter." Twilight added. "That and they won't stop waving on our hooves."
"Well, try telling them to let us down from here or so help me-" Posey tried to say before the flower cells all fell down, which caused them to scream from the fall before they hit the ground as their cages opened up.
The group got up as they gasped when the bunnies surrounded them while babbling as they circled them. "Awkward." Misty said with a nervous smile as the bunnies got closer to them.
"Wait, wait, stop!" Sunset called out to them.
"Please, they're our friends!" Twilight added as they stopped when they and the others turned and saw the giant bunny in front of them between Sunset and Twilight with two bunnies bowing in respect to their leader. "Whoa, big bunny." She said with wide aways.
"I would say second biggest, but the first one doesn't count with those giga gems." Sunset said with a shocked look.
The leader babbled with a serious look to the yellow bunny with a couple of hops, which the yellow bunny started explaining to her while gesturing to the ponies while also gesturing to Hitch as well.
"Oh, yeah, that's me." Hitch said with a smile as he stepped forward. "Actually, it's not just bunnies. I can talk to any creature." He explained as the bunnies around them babbled in surprise as he stepped forward to the leader. "All of this is just a terrible misunderstanding." He said as the two bunnies got in front of him, which made him back away as the bunnies stomp their paws down and vines grew. "Okay, sorry, sorry!" he said as he backed up with the others. "I'll stay right here!"
"Whoa, whoa, whoa!" Sunset spoke up as she and Twilight stood up with their hooves raised. "No need for any violence. They mean no harm." She said on behalf of their friends.
"Yeah." Hitch nodded in agreement. "The only reason we came here was to find our friends." He added as the leader babbled. "They accidentally flew through a portal and ended up here. We don't know why." He explained as the mares gave sheepish smiles as the leader bunny gave a brow. "But you've got to believe me. We never, ever hurt any critter." He said as the vines then got closer to him and Sparky again.
Sparky babbled in worry as he hugged Hitch. "Pappa!" He cried out as Hitch quickly placed a hoof on Sparky's head.
"It's gonna be okay, little buddy." Hitch said as the vines got closer to the ponies. "I got you." He added.
Seeing enough, Sunset and Twilight gave serious looks as they flew up, which surprised the bunnies as they lit up their horns. "Enough!" Twilight called as she and Sunset fired their horns, which cut the vines to pieces as the bunnies leap back in surprise as the two Alicorns landed in front of their friends while giving a look to the leader bunny. "Look, we only came for our friends, we didn't come for a fight. We were so worried about our friends, we took a risk coming here and hoped that we would find them and bring them home."
"And we understand you not trusting them, but if you treated us Alicorns with respect, then please, trust our words. We're no trouble. We just came to find our friends. Please, trust us." Sunset added as the bunnies all looked at them while feeling surprised by their words as they all babbled to each other in wonder.
The leader bunny looked at them for a moment as she could see in their eyes that they were telling the truth from how Hitch is protecting Sparky and how Sunset and Twilight just told them. "Wait." She spoke up, which shocked them that she can speak english. "Does that mean… it can't be. Are you telling me that you ponies are friends?" She asked in surprise.
"You… can talk?" Sunset said in suprise.
"Oh, my apologies." The leader bunny said to them. "It's just, we didn't know whether to trust you ponies or not." She explained. "I'm Honey Bunny. I'm the leader."
"Well… nice to meet you." Twilight said with an awkward look.
"So, is it really true that you ponies are really friends?" Honey asked again.
The Mane 8 and Posey stepped forward as the group, san pony, smiled at her as Sunny stepped forward. "Of course we are. We're best friends." Sunny said with a smile as she and Hitch shared a loving nuzzle.
"Earth Ponies, Pegasi, Unicorns, and Alicorns, best friends?" Honey asked as each group nodded, smiled, or waved in response. "That's impossible." She said with a brow.
"It's a fact." Zipp said with a smile. "You bunnies really gotta get out of these woods every once in a while." She commented with a smirk as the bunnies growled again as some vines sprouted in front of Zipp, which made her back away. "My bad. My bad." She said nervously.
"Uh, Zipp, how about you don't tick off magical bunnies that can tie us up with just a stomp and leave the talking to the Alicorns." Sunset suggested while giving Zipp a look, who gave a sheepish smile as she nodded in understanding.
Izzy then realizes something about the bunnies as she hopped. "Hang. Hang on! I think I've heard of this place." She said with a smile as a bunny babbled in confusion with its blue partner as Izzy leaned down to know. "You're the missing bunnies, aren't you?" She asked as they all looked at her in confusion.
"What are you talking about, Izzy?" Sunset asked in confusion.
"The Hoppalottas?" Izzy asked them with a smile as the bunnies, known as the Hoppalottas all babbled and they glowed again as they hopped around and they grew some plants around while looking happy as the group, san Twilight and Sunset, now recognized them with smiles.
"Hoppowhattas?" Sunset asked in confusion with a brow.
"Hoppalottas," Izzy celebrated, "A magical species of bunny who can grow plants like Earth Ponies." She explained.
"I've never heard of them before." Twilight said in surprise.
"Because everypony thinks the Hoppalottas don't exist anymore." Izzy explained.
"And that's exactly how we like it." Honey said with a hop before she frowned. "Back then, there was so much fighting in pony kinds. We had to leave Equestria and go deep in these enchanted woods as far away as ponies as we can get so we could finally live in peace" She said as they all frowned from that while thanks to Opaline causing the infighting between ponykind and every creature of Equestria, the Hoppalottas had to abandoned Equestria. "And while there has been infighting between ponykind, the only ponies we ever trusted were the Alicorns. For they are the symbol of all pony kinds united and are the most peaceful and harmonious ponies we ever trusted to be treated as equals and have our respects." She added with a smile while looking at Sunset and Twilight.
"Uh, thanks." Twilight said with a smile.
"Yeah, and great spa treatment you've given us." Sunset added with a smile.
"It was our pleasure to treat the alicorns well while hiding in these woods." Honey said with a smile.
"Well, you don't have to be alone in these woods anymore because there's peace now between all pony and critter kind." Misty said with a smile as she turned to Hitch and Sparky, who have Hoppalottas around them.
"Yeah, we like, completely live in harmony!" Pipp sang as she flew up with a flip.
"And… And you can fly?" Honey asked in surprise at what Pipp just did. "Wait, does that mean…" She trailed off as she looked at the ponies.
The Mane 8 and Ponies smiled as they focused their magic as the Mane 8's Cutie Marks glowed while Posey gave a smirk as she raised her hoof as Hitch stomped his hooves down, growing carrots as the Hoppalottas looked in surprise.
Posey stomped hers and grew flowers that lifted the Hoppalottas and Sparky in the air as they laughed in enjoyment. Misty and Izzy laughed as they ran and levitated the Hoppalottas around them as the bunnies laughed as Sparky was levitated with a carrot in front of him as he used his dragon fire to transform it into a cake, which he giggled from that as he was lowered down on Zipp's back as she flew around with her sister beside her.
"Aw, yeah!" Zipp cheered as she gave Sparky a hooftap as he fistbumped her with a wink.
"Whoo-hoo!" Pipp cheered as she held the cake as they flew around the Hoppalottas, leaving trails of sparkles in their path as the bunnies looked awed.
Sunny focused her magic and went into her Alicorn form as she flew up beside Sunset and Twilight with a laugh as the three Alicorns struck poses as the Hoppalottas looked in awed as the three Alicorns glowed as they landed in the middle of their friends as the Hoppalottas all cheered amazement with sparkles in their eyes.
"You have magic too?" Honey asked in surprise. "We thought it was only returned to us as a reward for our peacefulness." She said with a smile as she glowed and placed her paws down as the Mane 8 and Posey looked awed with sparkles in their eyes as they saw multi-colored branches and flowers growling around them. "See? We are at one with the forest around us." She said with a smile.
"Actually, magic has returned everywhere." Sunny said with a smile.
"It's true. We know because we're the ones who brought it back." Sunset added with a smile.
"And we're also the protectors and guardians of it and protecting the item that is keeping magic safe." Twilight said with a smile.
"Really? You are?" Honey asked in surprise.
"Yeah. That's why the portal brought us here." Sunny said as she then had a thought with a smile. "To let you know you can come back, if you want." She offered as the ponies smiled as the Hoppalottas perked up while feeling eager by that idea.
"Come back? Nononono." Honey said as she shook her head. "We can't do that. We've lived in these all alone. Since these are around us, we're the saplings." She said with a small smile as she nudged a plant with a chuckle. "No. It's much too late to come back." She said with a frown.
"It's never too late." Izzy said to her with a smile.
"But the journey would be too long." Honey pointed out with a frown.
Wrong again." Zipp said as she flew next to Honey. "What if we told you we can be there, today?" She asked with a smirk.
"Today?" Honey repeated with a brow as she then gave a smirk. "I'm listening." She said in interest.
A bit later, the Mane 8, Posey, and the Hoppalottas all gathered around the pond that brought the ponies here. "Everypony ready?" Sunny asked with a smirk as they smiled.
"Hoppalottas ready?" Sunset asked as she turned to Honey and the Hoppalotts as the bunnies glowed and babbled as they grew some plants around them.
"Let's get this show on the road!" Izzy cheered as she stepped forward as her mane and tail blew in the breeze. "I sparkle like the stars, 'cause I'm always super glittery." She said as she looked at her Cutie Mark as it began to glow. "When my cutie mark comes to life, watch this brilliant creativity!" She cheered as her horn glowed bright.
"I'm a stylish pop star princess." Pipp started as she moved her wings around as she held her microphone before she flew around. "My voice makes me strong. When my cutie mark comes to life, confidence is my song!" She called with some music notes as her Cutie Mark glowed.
"I'm a princess of a different kind. Always trying to figure out why." Zipp started as she took to the air. "When my cutie mark comes to life, I blast bravely across the sky!" She declared as her Cutie Mark glowed before she flew around.
"I might seem a little quiet, but my strength is very real." Misty said with sparkles in her eyes before she gave a determined smile as she stomped her hoof down and she started glowing, as well as her Cutie Mark. "When my cutie mark comes to life, my heart helps me feel!" She called with sparkles in her eyes as she let loose some magical butterfly projections.
""I'm the pony of the law." Hitch said while giving a proud look while Sparky was on his back with a smile. "Coolest dragon dad you know. My cutie mark comes to life, and my kindness overflows!" He exclaimed as her Cutie Mark started glowing and used his Earth Pony Magic to create some flowers.
"And I may be all three pony kinds wrapped in one, but I'm also a Guardian of Harmony that is a symbol of the sun and understands the pain of another." Sunset said with a determined smile as she flew up as her Cutie Mark glowed. "As my cutie mark comes to life, my empathy helps me become better!"
"I was once the Ruler of Equestria and Princess of Friendship who helped bring harmony to all the lands." Twilight said next as she flew around next to Sunset her Cutie Mark then glowed. "As my Cutie Mark comes to life, my magic brings forth rainbow light!" She finished as she glowed bright.
"I am all three pony kinds wrapped up into one." Sunny started on as she spread her wings while flying in between Sunset and Twilight "My cutie mark comes to life with hope bright at the sun!" She said as her Cutie Mark glowned next.
Soon, their magic combined into the pond as it started swirling before it reopened the portal that brought them here as it started sucking the air in. "The portal is opened!" Sunset called out with a smile.
"Hoppalottas!" Hitch called out as he ran in front of the portal. "Follow us!" He called as he jumped into the portal first with the Hoppalottas following from behind.
Back at the Boardtrot, Rufus was doing a bit of cleaning before something was sparkling behind him. "Hey." He said as he turned and saw the rainbow falling glowing as he walked up to it curiously. "What is going on here?" He asked in confusion as the portal then opened up.
Hitch and Sparky came out of the portal as Hitch screamed as he landed on Rufus as he stood up while Sparky cheered in joy as they looked down and saw they were on Rufus as he groaned before a rumbling sound came from the portal.
"Uh-oh." Sparky babbled uneasily as they knew what's coming next as the Hipppalottas came out of the portal, hopping off the two Earth Ponies as they groaned from each hop as the two stallions groaned while Sparky gave a brow since he remained unharmed.
Then the rest of the ponies came out of the portal while on the zippercoaster cart as they all cheered as they exited the portal.
The next day, after explaining to everpony about the Hoppalottas, they were gathered at the Boardtrot as Pipp and Honey were on stage as they began to sing for the Hoppalottas return in Equestria.
(Hoppalottas Hop Song)
It's been a long time that we're back together
Old friends, new friends
Don't get no better
They sang as everpony danced while the Hoppalottas started hopping to the beat as the ponies began to dance along.
Hop to the beat
Hop-hoppa
Move to the beat
Don't stop-stop-stoppa
A couple of Hoppalottas did a break dance as they stomped their legs down as they used their magic to grow some plants around them.
Yeah
Do a little shake
Do your bounce do popa
Do your dance, dance, dance
Till you trot-trot-trotta
Pipp and Honey sang as the ponies danced around as the two and the other Hoppalottas then started hopping back and forth as some Hoppalottas then formed a line as they glowed from each step.
Hoppalotta
Hopp-hopp-hoppalotta
Hoppalotta
Hopp-hopp-hoppalotta
Allura and Twitch watched from the sidelines and out of the pony's sights as they watched the whole thing. "Oh, good. Just what we need. More bunnies." Allura said in annoyance.
Twitch then scoffed as he turned away with his arms crossed, feeling offended by what Allura just said since he himself is a bunny.
"Oh you know what I meant,"You know what I mean." Allura said with a look. "Don't be so sensitive." She added while shaking her head.
Just then, everyone felt some sparkles coming down as they look up and saw the rainbow falls started dropping some water as the music stopped as they all gasped uncertainty as they looked up as everything began to shake before the rainbow falls exploded, causing the rainbow water to rain down on them and soaked everyone around as they shook to get the water off them.
"The old Rainbow Falls didn't do that." Twilight added while rinsing out her mane.
After a few moments, they all looked at each other before they all started laughing as the crowd then started cheering from that outcome. "Back up in action!" Hitch cheered as the Hoppalottas then took position as they started hopping side to side again as the Hoppalottas then used their magic to grow some flowers below them.
Hoppalotta
Hopp-hopp-hoppalotta
Just look inside
Let the rhythm gotcha
Honey then used her magic as she created a flower like throne plant as Pipp flew around her as they sang.
Hoppa-lot-ta
Hoppa-lot-ta
Allura and Twitch kept watching before they noticed some rainbow magic flying around them as they looked up and saw it circling around the crowd before it went back into Zipp's Nova Charm shard, which got them curious as Allura went towards it.
"Did you see that, Twitch?" Allura asked as she pulled out a phone she managed to get as she took a picture of Zipp's Nova Charm shard. "How strange. It looks like there is still a little magic in the shards." She added in thought. "Come on. Sombra will want to hear about this. And I can't take any more of this dreadful delight." She said with a frown as she and Twitch took off and away from the crowd.
The Hoppalottas and the ponies kept singing and dancing as the song continued while the Mane 8 were on stage.
Shake it, shake it
Hopp-hoppalotta
Move it, move it
Hopp-hoppalotta
Shake it, move it
Hopp-hoppalotta
Move it, shake it
Hopp-hoppalotta
Pipp helped Misty on stage as the Mane 8 kept singing as Pipp and Honey ketp signing while the everyone hopped
Just hop to the beat
Hop-hop-hoppa
Just move to the beat
Don't stop, stop-stoppa
The crowd looked in amazement with sparkles in their eyes as some of them either hopped or lifted up in giant flowers as they sang the final note.
Now do a little shake
Till you're about to hoppa
Hoppalotta
Hopp-hoppalotta
After the final note, the Mane 8's Cutie Mark glowed as their magic shot up in the sky while making fireworks that made the Cutie Marks of the Mane 8 appear as the crowd all cheered from the song.
Back in Allura's cave, she and Twitch then inform Sombra about what has happened and their new discovery as Allura showed Sombra the picture of the Nova Charm shard as it showed it to the point before the rainbow magic was put back in it.
"Mmm, interesting." Sombra said with a thoughtful look. "So, these bits of the Nova Charm still have some magic in them? And was able to absorb the magic from all the ponies' positivity."
"Yes. That's what we saw." Allura said with a smirk as she swept her phone to show more. "The bits of the Nova Charm might still be worth getting. And if they still have magic in them, we will find the rest of them." She said with an evil smirk, which Sombra shared before they heard the ponies still singing outside, which made Allura, Sombra, and Twitch to cover their ears. "Ugh!" She called as a stalactite fell from the ceiling as it barely missed Twitch.
"Ugh! Those annoying joyful ponies!" Sombra called in annoyance. "Don't they ever stop?!"
"Keep it down!" Allura yelled out as Twitch yelled in agreement as the song was louder outside the cave as a Hoppalotta was in front of the entrance as it finished the song with a smile.
Hoppalotta
Hopp-hoppalotta
End of Special 5.