A Tale of Two Holes
[Previously on MLPT…]
“Have y’all seen the cotton candy clouds and chocolate milk rain comin’ down?” asked Applejack.
“You know about this?” asked Melody.
“We’ve seen it before and it’s the work of Discord, a drapernicus that used to rule this place and certainly made a mess here before,” explained Twilight.
“A funny story about that. You see, dear ponies, somepony put me back up where my statue was and a sudden storm knocked me off that peak and left my statue shattered in thousands of pieces from the impact. It’s all thanks to those pegasai that bring in the weather each day. That’s right, Rainbow Dash, you helped free me from my stone prison and I have you to thank,” answered Discord.
“How do we know ya ain’t fibbin’? asked Applejack.
“What I hold my hands are the shattered stone remains of my statue but unlike last time, I’m not going back! I’m here to see to it that your town becomes Chaos Capital of the World once and for all!” replied Discord.
“Go ahead and try, we beat you once and we’ll do it again,” snapped (Rainbow Dash).
“Try all you want but without knowing what I plan to do next, trying has absolutely no value,” remarked Discord disappearing.
“Twilight, there’s some place I wanna visit, you know to get away from this mess for a bit,” began Applejack.
“Where, Applejack?” asked Twilight.
“The place where I grew up. I wanna see if anything has changed since I left,” explained Applejack.
“How will you get there with that gate in the way? Of course, I can use magic to get us there,” said Twilight.
“Well what’re we waitin’ for? I’m ready to see the sights,” said Applejack. *They disappear and land in Manehatten* [In Manehatten…]
“This place is filthy. Has nopony been here for hundreds of years?” asked Rarity.
“I guess they just don’t yet have the money to restore buildings,” figured Applejack.
“What’s over there, Applejack?” asked Twilight pointing in a direction. *They head over to see*
“I ain’t been to this part of the town before. There’s somethin’ written here but it’s all blurred out and worn away,” stated Applejack.
“It looks like a list of names but what’s with the giant pools?” asked Twilight.
“Think maybe our other friends back in Ponyville have any ideas?” asked Applejack.
“They just might but we can’t reach them because of the mess Discord created,” answered Twilight.
“Ugh, that cross over there is well below beauty standards,” remarked Rarity.
“Could Discord have done this?” asked Applejack.
“Maybe but this almost seems out of even his doing,” said Twilight.
“I hope those aren’t names of animals,” said Fluttershy. *Twilight uses her magic to bring the Tales gang to where they are*
“Any of y’all know about this?” asked Applejack. *Sweetheart saddens*
“What’s the matter, Sweetheart?” asked Bright Eyes.
“Y’all know somethin’ don’t you? Well spill, girl,” demanded Applejack.
“We….don’t like to talk about it,” stated Starlight.
“Why the hay not? Did somethin’ terrible happen that caused this?” asked Applejack.
“We agreed not to mention what happened here because of Sweetheart’s emotional problems involving it,” added Melody.
“Well golly, then somethin downright awful must’ve gone down here and I guess it’s better off not knowing. We’d better get back to Ponyville,” said Applejack. *Twilight uses her magic again to take them back to Ponyville* [Inside Ponyville again…]
“All this teleporting isn’t good for my health,” said Twilight.
“Ooh, chocolate milk rain!” exclaimed (Pinkie Pie) excitedly, then opening her mouth to take in the chocolate-y substance.
“Pinkie, we have no time for that, we have to stop Discord,” scolded Twilight.
“Well duh! If we have time to stop Discord than obviously I have time to take in the chocolate milk rain,” protested (Pinkie Pie). [Meanwhile…]
“You don’t think this is a sign of anything bad, do you, Skywishes?” asked Pinkie Pie observing the chaos.
“I wish I wish I wish I knew, Pinkie Pie,” replied Skywishes.