Karmaby Mayhaps 5555ChaptersPrologueChapter 1Chapter 2Chapter 3Chapter 4PrologueRainbow Dash raced to Sugarcube Corner, ready for an extreme prank which she'd long anticipated to be the best prank of the year. All she had to do now was make some finishing touches with her pranking partner, the one and only Pinkie Pie, the most random pony in all of Ponyville. No, in all of Equestria. Together, they made an unstoppable team. She joyously trotted into the bakery with a huge grin on her face, and in a split second she found herself embraced in a nearly suffocating hug with Pinkie Pie. "Hey Rainbow Dash, I was starting to get worried, 'cause for a second there I thought you weren't coming, and if you weren't coming then all of our plans would have been for nothing, and then just in the nick of time you walked in with this huge grin on your face and well now you're here so now we can-" "Pinkie Pie! Don't talk about our plans. They're top secret, remember?" She reminded before breaking away from her hug. "Oh, right. Secret operation: 'Prank Twilight'. Ooooh this is so exciting! She'll be so surprised when she comes back from her meeting with the princess at the castle and after her surprise party-" "Pinkie Pie!" Rainbow Dash said with growing irritation, "What did I just say? Remember it's a secret operation!" Realizing she'd raised her voice a little too loud, she looked around and noticed she'd attracted some ponies' attentions. Luckily, most of them were busy carrying out cakes and other party snacks to the library because today was the newly transformed alicorn Princess Twilight's birthday. Being one of Pinkie Pie's closest friends, it was going to be a crazy party. Returning to their conversation, Rainbow Dash motioned for Pinkie Pie to follow her. She led them out of the chaotic shop. As they got to the middle of the bazaar Pinkie Pie asked, "Hey Dashie, can we go check on the decorations at the library and make sure they're ready for partying?" "Well, I'm sure that Rarity can handle it, but..." she sighed hesitantly, "I guess we can." "Oh, thank you! Thank you! Thank you Rainbow Dash! don't forget that there's a surprise party that needs to be taken care of before our own little surprise can even begin." Pinkie winked. Although surprised by her friend's unsettlingly creepy wink, Rainbow started to think about their plans. 'Well, Twilight is tough. She could take it way better than Fluttershy and Rarity could combined, but probably not as well as Applejack. I mean, that mare is one of the toughest ponies I know, and that's saying a lot.' Lost in her thoughts Rainbow Dash ran right into the front door of the library. Pinkie Pie started to laugh and started snorting. The door opened to show a very confused looking Rarity as Rainbow Dash got up, bewildered by the fact that she just ran into a door. She covered her face as it began to sting and turn red with embarrassment. After finally composing herself, Pinkie Pie took the lead and walked into the library still snickering silently to herself. She looked up to see the most beautiful arrangement of ribbons and balloons of all colours and styles and to top it off there was a magnificent banner reading 'Happy Birthday Twilight'. "Wow Rarity, this place looks amazing," Pinkie Pie exclaimed, admiring the delicately placed ribbons and streamers. "Thank you, dear. I'm glad some people see the true beauty of my work." Rarity shot Rainbow a look. "Hey, I'm way too excited about the party to be admiring ribbons and me and Pinkie have a lot to do." She replied in her defense. "It's true, Rarity. And she did just run into a door," Pinkie Pie added with a giggle. "I see... well that explains why you have been so quiet, Rainbow Dash, although I don't know how you could be in such deep thought that you'd actually run into a door," Rarity joked, still chuckling at the thought accompanied by a giggle from Pinkie. "Ha ha. Very funny guys," Dash brooded, wishing she hadn't gotten so absorbed in their plans."Okay, come on, Pinkie Pie, Rarity has lots of stuff to do." "Quite true. Sadly, this place is just so hard to work with being so stuffy. I don't know how Twilight can spend so much of her time cooped up in here," Rarity complained with concern for her friend's well being. "Alright Rare, you work your magic." Pinkie Pie made her way to the door. After closing the door behind them, Rainbow Dash said "Alright Pinkie Pie, we need to get ourselves some supplies, 'cause this is going to be one heck of a prank!" Chapter 1The two ponies made their way to the northern edge of Ponyville. Pinkie Pie began to wonder where they were going. 'Huh... wait, are we going to Rainbow Dash's house? Oh boy! I've seen it from the outside, but I have never gone inside. Oh, wait a second, I can't walk on clouds, and since I can't walk on clouds then where are we even going?' "Hey. Rainbow Dash, where are we going?" "My house, where else would we be going?" She replied confused by her friend's question. "Well, it's just if we are, I can't walk on clouds... at least I don't think I can." "Oh, ummm... Pinkie Pie, I don't think you want to go inside. I just need to grab our supplies before Twilight comes into town." "Awwww! I thought I'd be able to see the inside of your house for once," Pinkie replied disappointedly. Softened by her friend's dismay, Dash gave in. "Hey, how about this, I'll let you come over and hang out some time. Only if our plan works. I'll have to clean up first, okay?" "Alright! I'll make sure our prank follows through just as planned!" Pinkie cheered. "You better!" Rainbow laughed as they came upon the most exquisite cloud structure in all of Cloudsdale. It was also the only cloud structure close to Ponyville. "Okay, I'll be back soon, don't go anywhere." She vanished into her house, leaving a rainbow trail behind her. Not a minute later she landed back in front of Pinkie Pie right where she left from; but this time carrying her saddle bags over her flanks. "Sorry I took so long, I needed to feed Tank before we got back into town." "What do you mean? That didn't even take you a minute!" Pinkie Pie said, flabbergasted. "Nevertheless, did you get the stuff?" "I grabbed the transparent spray paint and magic dust." "Okay, so all we need now is..." "Umm, that's all we needed remember. Oh shoot, what time is it?" She said looking up at the sky as the sun began to go down. Without even flinching, Pinkie Pie stated "It's 7:24 and Twilight should be arriving at 7:45." "That's right; we need to get back in town ASAP." She replied before they took off in the direction of the library. "We're here." The exhausted Pinkie panted as they got there. "Alright. Come on, let's go to the back and get ready there." With that said, Rainbow walked to the back of the building with Pinkie trudging slowly behind her. As soon as they were out of sight from any onlookers, Rainbow Dash got out the translucent spray paint. "Okay Pinkie, this is going to feel a little weird at first." After spraying her from head to hoof with the silver coating, her whole body began to disappear and blend in with their surroundings. "Oh my gosh, it's working! This is going to be so awesome! Alright Pinkie Pie, now you spray me." "Okie dokie loki!" She shouted with delight as her invisible hoof grabbed the can. The spray had the same effect on Rainbow Dash as it did on her. "Whoa, Rainbow Dash, you're invisible!" "If you haven't noticed, so are you. And did you even pay attention when we were planning this whole thing?" "Of course I did silly!" "Sure you did..." Dash said uncertainly, "but anyhow, Twilight should be arriving soon and we got to get into our places. Set up the dust out front. I'll meet you up there. This is going to be so cool!" The now invisible Pinkie Pie made visible hoof prints leading to the front. Rainbow Dash followed her friend hoping that their shenanigan would go as planned. After meeting back up with Pinkie Pie, she got into her place behind the door on the inside of the library. She started preparing the dust and bucket with more of the spray. Then she sprayed it all along the rope attached to the now intangible bucket of magic dust. They got it from Zecora a couple of weeks ago. It's suppose to change a pony's nature into a joyful and frivolous spirit for one whole night. But she was forgetting something. 'It was something about a different effect it had on the pony with more time or something like that. Oh whatever, it should be fine.' Chapter 2The atmosphere was quiet. All the ponies in the library were ready to jump out of their hiding places with any sudden movement. Whether it be from Twilight, who should be arriving soon, or from anypony around them. It was times like this where people got a true feeling of excitement that could only be created by a party. A festivity that brought them all together; along with each pony's special talent to create a night full of non-stop celebration. The lights went out, and they knew that the next pony to walk through that door would be the Princess thinking that nopony knew it was her birthday. Meanwhile two ponies that could not be seen were struggling to keep the also unseen prank in control. "Rainbow Dash, I don't know how much longer I can hold it up!" Pinkie Pie whispered trying not to make much noise. "Maybe we won't be able to pull this off after all," she said, sounding defeated. "No way, we can't give up now. We've put way too much planning into this to give up that easily!" Dash whispered, sounding frustrated. Out of seemingly nowhere they heard a loud 'snap' and looked up to see nothing. "Uh oh..." Pinkie mumbled, then in an instant they felt the dust all over themselves and an invisible force hit Rainbow Dash in the back of the head, knocking her down to the floor. The door opened, the lights went on and everypony yelled, "SURPRISE!!!" The music went on and everyone in the library came to life and began to dance and socialize while Twilight was in total shock that every one came to celebrate her birthday. But then she began to wonder. 'Wait, something's missing...' she thought. "Happy birthday, Twi!" Applejack greeted along with Fluttershy and Rarity. "Hey guys! I can't believe what a party you guys threw," Twilight looked around in disbelief. "Oh darling, it was all Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash's idea. They've been planning this for months now and they even went out of their way to hire a professional DJ named Vinyl Scratch. A very accomplished one, at that, from Canterlot. I suggested some classical music, I mean you are a Princess now, but Rainbow Dash insisted upon having her provide the music," Rarity chimed. 'That's what's missing!' Twilight concluded. "Speaking of which, where are those clever ponies?" "Huh," Fluttershy looked around for her friends, "Oh no! I know that they'd be here for sure. What if something bad happened to them?" "Oh Fluttershy, I'm sure that they're pranking people left and right, right about now." "You're half right." A familiar voice called out. "Rainbow Dash, where are you?" Twilight answered. "Happy Birthday Twilight!" A cheerful voice yelled, scaring Fluttershy half to death."What's wrong, Fluttershy? Oh yeah! Rainbow Dash, they can't see us!" "Oh yeah, I guess the effects don't wear off for about 30 minutes. This should be fun, even though our prank on Twilight might not have worked we can still pra-" "Pardon me, but why can't we see you, and what's this about a prank on Twilight!?" Applejack said, not sure of where to look. Pinkie Pie, who was standing right in front of her, replied "Oh well, you see, we had this huge pra-" "Ugh, Pinkie Pie, how many times do I have to tell you? It's top secret!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed. "Oh yeah, secret." Pinkie Pie giggled. "Sorry Applejack it's top secret." She said turning back to her friend. Rainbow Dash face hoofed shaking her head slightly. "Oh, never mind. Twilightm we had this huge prank planned on you as a surprise party birthday prank. We planned on putting this magic dust we got from Zecora all over you to make you a party animal. But it ended up literally crashing down on us although the dust doesn't even work..." she started to feel woozy "I don't even feel like part-" There was a loud thud followed by a second one. Before anypony could react, Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie materialized before them and were knocked out laying unconscious on the floor. Without a word their friends picked them up and took them to Rainbow Dash's condo. Once they made it to the house, Twilight casted the cloud walking spell on Pinkie Pie. Fluttershy and Twilight flew them up and set them down in the front living room, which was a mess. Disregarding the clutter, the two ponies made sure their friends would be okay for the night. After exiting the building, they decided to head back to the party saying "We'll party for Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie!" The next morning after Twilight's party, that lasted till about 4 in the morning, two stallions began to come back into consciousness. Pinkie Pie woke up with a huge headache. "Ugh, what happened?" His voice was still very high pitched seemed different. "Rainbow Dash?" He called, testing his voice. He looked to his left and what looked like his friend began to nudge his side. "Huh..." a dazed Rainbow croaked in an unusually gruff voice. He finally looked at who was nudging him, and both their eyes went wide. "Who are you and how did you get in my/this house!?" The two did a double take and stumbled backwards a bit. "Pinkie Pie/Rainbow Dash is that you?" They examined each other then themselves. Rainbow Dash flew out of a nearby window, with tons of thoughts ringing in his head. 'What is going on? Ugh, what's up with my wings? They're totally heavy right now. That was Pinkie Pie? I have to go back and see what's up.' She turned around and headed back towards his house, aiming for the window he'd just left from. Dash glided back in through the window and looked around for his friend, and saw a stallion that looked like Pinkie Pie staring at the mirror in the living room. Pinkie's reflection was of a bright pink earth pony. He had a mane that was brighter than his coat that was curly and short. Pinkie Pie was a male now and his eyes were in disbelief at what he was seeing in the mirror. Dash stepped forward to see his own reflection. His once long locks of rainbow coloured hair were now short and spiked, but still flushed its radiant rainbow hues. He gasped; both of them had turned into stallions. They sat in silence the air was uneasy and quite frankly just uncomfortable. At last Pinkie Pie spoke up. "Why are we stallions?" "I don't know what happened, honestly. This doesn't make any sense." She looked up at her friend, ready to break out in tears. "What do you think we should do?" Pinkie, said as he came over to comfort his friend. "I'm not sure what we can do." Rainbow replied. It was a lot to take in. Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash were in distress. They felt as if they had no one to go to. But honestly what do you expect from two mares who for no known reason turn into stallions overnight? The doorbell rang, echoing throughout the silent house. Their hearts stopped and they were shaky as they realized who it would be coming to the door to check on them. It had to be their friends. Rainbow tiphoofed to the door and looked through the peep hole. Surprisingly it wasn't their friends. It was the local mailmare, Derpy Hooves. Forgetting the state that he was in, he opened the door up. "Hey Derpy!" He said in his deeper voice immediately realizing that she wouldn't know who he was. "Uhhm, is that you Rainbow Dash?" Derpy asked, confused by the male version of Rainbow Dash. "Oh, um... ha ha no I'm her..." He stumbled trying to think up a story. "He's her brother, Rainbow Blitz." Pinkie Pie proclaimed, joining Rainbow and Derpy at the door and giving 'Rainbow Blitz' time to breathe. "Uh, yeah, and this is my good friend... uhh Bubble Berry." Rainbow stammered anticipating the next question that would be asked. "Oh, well, it's very nice to meet you guys," Derpy Hooves replied cheerfully, "but where's Rainbow Dash?" "She's out of town, um... doing some extra training," Dash replied, covering up the fact that the real Rainbow Dash was standing right in front of her. "She asked me to watch her house for her." "Okay, well here's her mail," Derpy Hooves nodded, handing him the mail. "Thank you!" Pinkie Pie said, closing the door. 'How did he know my name?' Derpy thought. "That was a close one." Dash sighed. "Hey, nice quick thinking on the name there. You saved my flank!" Rainbow joked. "Yeah, but you almost gave us away when you talked about what 'you were doing'. Also, I like the name you gave me... 'Bubble Berry'. It's got a nice ring to it, I like it!" Pinkie cheered and fell to the floor laughing. Dash joined him on the ground and started laughing with him. "Okay, Bubble Berry, you think we should start going by these names now?" "I don't see why not Rainbow Blitz!" Chapter 3Sudden silence fell upon Bubble Berry and Rainbow Blitz. Both knew that something abnormal going on, but they didn't know how to face it. They turned their situation into a game, but this was serious. They had to figure out how it all happened. The more they thought about the position they were in, the more confused and scared they got. With every passing minute they thought of all the possibilities of what might happen to them. 'We might be stuck like this.' 'How will we ever get out of this one?' 'How did this even happen to us?' They were at a loss of words and filled with emotions until Rainbow Blitz spoke up. "H-hey, um, Bubble Berry, what do you think we should do now?" Rainbow Blitz asked. "Well we could.... hey, you don't think that Twilight will come now do you?" Berry worried. "I doubt it I'm sure that party went on long into the night." Rainbow Blitz said leaning against the couch. Their hearts stopped once again as the doorbell went off, sending a chill down their spines. The bell rang again, ringing in their ears. All they could do was stare at the door without moving a muscle. It rang again and again never to be answered because behind that door was Twilight, Rarity, Fluttershy, and Applejack. Some of the most important ponies of their lives and they couldn't even see or talk to them. That was the truth and undeniable fact that they couldn't see them. At least not the way they were now, and maybe they wouldn't be able to see them ever again. "Pinkie Pie, we got to get out of here!" Rainbow Blitz whispered using Berry's real name. "There's a back door we can go through to get down." Bubble nodded and they made their way to the back of the house. They heard the door open in the living room. Silently, he opened up the back door. They went out the door quickly and closed it. They jumped off the cloud. Bubble Berry felt hooves grabbing him and right before they hit the ground Rainbow pulled them up and flew them into the trees. The four ponies entered the house and searched the house for their friends. They were nowhere to be found, so they left the house and went back down to Ponyville. They began to wonder where their friends were and what they were doing. "Where could they be?" Twilight pondered. "I'm sure they're fine. Probably just headed to Sugarcube Corner for a mornin' snack. Must have been real hungry 'cause they haven't eaten in quite a while," Applejack said with a reassuring smile. "I agree, Rainbow Dash doesn't stay at her house for very long. Pinkie Pie always gets a treat in the morning before she bakes cupcakes for Mr. and Mrs. Cake," Rarity added. "No, they would have left a note or came to us before they did anything. Something must have happened," Twilight continued pacing. "Twilight's right, we would have seen them around town," Fluttershy added with a worried look. "This isn't like Rainbow Dash. We always see her flying after she wakes up." "I see what you mean, sugarcube. Maybe we should look for them," Applejack suggested. "Then it's settled. We'll meet at Sugarcube Corner In 20 minutes and start looking for them there." Bubble Berry and Rainbow Blitz kept their heads down underneath the bushes and watched their friends. They couldn't tell what they were saying, but once the coast was clear, they crawled out of their hiding spots. "Hey Pinkie, I think we should go eat. I mean I know it's taking a big risk going into town, but I'm really hungry," Blitz pleaded as his stomach let out a loud grumble. "Don't you have food at your house?" Bubble questioned. "I don't have time to buy food from the local market. Plus, that's boring, having to wait in lines and ask people where things are." "Alright, fine, but we're going to Sugarcube Corner!" "Fine with me, but I have a couple things to pick up at the market." They started down the path leading to the middle of town. As they got closer to town, they started to hear the familiar commotion of Ponyville's market place. It was welcoming and familiar to them, but they themselves were unrecognizable to everypony that they knew. The noises grew louder and they could see tons of stands selling all sorts of items. "Okay, wait here. I just need to grab a few things, don't go anywhere. Alright?" Rainbow Blitz asked. "Okie dokie loki!" Bubble responded. "Listen, for the next couple of days, we have to go by our new identities as 'Rainbow Blitz and Bubble Berry'. I know that it'll be weird, but we just have to figure out how this happened to us. Hopefully we can get through this and change back, but for now this is what we got to do," Rainbow said seriously. "Alright! I'll stay right here, don't worry!" Blitz rolled his eyes and disappeared into the crowd. Rainbow made his way through each stand, until a familiar buzzing sound came from behind him. He turned around and saw Scootaloo on her scooter. Coming straight at him. Scootaloo crashed into him and her scooter went flying. Rainbow was airborne, and before he even realized it, he went after the scooter. He caught it right before it hit the ground but started to lose his balance and somersaulted, landing it perfectly. He flicked his bangs out of his face and smirked. 'Awesome.' "Whoa, that was awesome!" Scootaloo shrieked with glee. "That was so cool, you caught my scooter while you were spinning in the air and did a somersault and landed perfectly! How did you do that?!" Blitz decided to played it cool to mask his fear of her realizing who he really was, and hoped he'd seem normal and wouldn't raise any questions. "Well kid, you gotta be able to recover quickly and with ease. I learned that in the Wonderbolts Academy." He looked up at the sky confidently watching the clouds and noted how perfect the weather was. Then looked at Scootaloo who looked at him deeply. "What?" He said, uncomfortable. "You know, you look just like a pony I know. Do you happen to be related to a mare named Rainbow Dash?" Scootaloo examined him. He started to panic a little bit. "Uh yes I'm her brother, Rainbow Blitz!" He said, recalling the name Bubble Berry had given him. "I didn't know Rainbow Dash had a brother!" Scootaloo exclaimed in shock. "Yeah I live in... Cloudsdale." Rainbow Blitz stammered. He couldn't take this for much longer he knew he was about to break. "No way! That's awesome." She perked up, ecstatic. "Are you visiting your sister?" "My sister?..." Blitz mumbled "Oh uh no she's out of town and I came here to house sit for her. Me and my good friend Bubble Berry. Actually I realy have to get going now but nice to meet you Scootaloo!" Talking about himself felt strange. "Uh, how do you know my name?" Scootaloo raised her eyebrow. "Oh um well my sister has told me about you before. So anyways gotta dash! I mean blitz!" Rainbow Blitz ran back towards the middle of the market. 'Oh crap, I did it again this is the second time today! First with Derpy, but she din't say anything, and now Scootaloo is probably suspicious. Aw man, this really sucks.' He spotted his friend standing in the middle of the square. Once Bubble Berry saw his friend rushing over to him he immediately ran towards him to see what was going on. "What happened? You look like you just saw a ghost!" Bubble exclaimed while Blitz caught his breath. "Well, did you?! Did you?!" "No, Bubble, I didn't see a ghost! Can we get out of here, please?" They followed a route going through the back alleys of the stores and shops. Blitz's head was spinning and he started to have a nervous breakdown. "Fine, but tell me what happened!" Berry said, seeing his friend's distress and trying to calm his down. "Scootaloo ran into me with her scooter, and I accidentally said 'nice meeting you Scootaloo' as I was leaving. Then she asked me 'How do you know my name?' and I panicked and said my sister, referring to myself, has told me about her and said 'gotta dash!' and I actually corrected myself. Ugh I feel so stupid!" Blitz's head was pounding and no matter what Bubble Berry said to him he couldn't calm him down. Blitz wasn't thinking he didn't know what he was doing the walls started to close in around him. Seeing Scootaloo had made him realize just how real their situation was but he needed to fly so he flew into the air flying higher and higher. He heard his friend yelling after him but there was another voice, a feminine voice. He didn't know exactly who it was but it meant trouble for him. He hid inside of a cloud waiting to see if anyone came after him. Ten seconds later, Twilight came from only slightly below his cloud. "Rainbow Dash, was that you?! What's going on?! Where's Pinkie Pie, where are you?" There was a loud striking sound as a bolt of lightning struck Twilight, instantly knocking her unconscious. Rainbow Blitz's eyes went wide he raced after his friend. Rainbow knew that his other friends would come after Twilight but Twilight was his friend too so he flew faster and faster to catch up with her. He managed to grab the back of her leg and with all his strength he pulled up trying to slow them down. His wings began to burn and the ground was catching up to them. He slowed them down to about 10 miles per hour and pulled Twilight in close and prepared for the impact. When the ground came he shielded Twilight with his body making sure she'd be okay other than having been struck by lightning. His body was thrown against the cold ground. He could already tell that his left wing was sprained and to make things worse his vision began to go blurry. The last thing he saw was three figures in front of him and then another pony came up to him before his vision went black. Chapter 4"Are they okay, Applejack?" Fluttershy asked looking directly at Applejack with watery eyes. "Y-yes they're just unconscious," AJ stuttered slightly taken aback by her friend's state. Shaking her head she turned over both of their bodies. "I guess it wasn't Rainbow after all" A pained groan escaped from Blitz's mouth. But before Applejack could react a pink blur whizzed past her and the other ponies. Without any hesitation Bubble was at his friend's side. He flinched, and his hair went flat at the sight. There were bruises covering his entire torso. Heat radiated off the open cuts adorning his glorious wings. Bubble burst into tears laying his head against Blitz's chest, crying helpless. A butterscotch colored hoof was placed on his back. He looked back tracing up the hoof to meet a pair of glistening cerulean eyes. He couldn't look away his own eyes opening more the deeper he looked into Fluttershy's eyes. Another groan escaped the lips of his friend but before he could look back down, Fluttershy pulled him into a warm hug. A tear rolling down her cheek. Rarity and Applejack stood idly by watching them embrace each other. "Please," she choked back tears, "please don't cry I hate it when people cry." After a couple of seconds she broke the hug. "Do you feel better?" Bubble nodded solemnly. "Good sometimes all people need is a hug. My friend Pinkie Pie taught me that." "Oh my dear Fluttershy are you alright?" Rarity proclaimed shooting her a worried look, as did Applejack. "Y-yes I'm fine," she replied, "it's just that we still have no idea where Dashie and Pinkie are and now T-twilight is hurt." She sobbed quietly to herself. Bubble lifted up her chin. "Hey don't cry, I hate it when people cry." Bubble Berry never liked it when anypony cried but seeing Fluttershy cry almost brought him to tears. 'She's always been so fragile hasn't she. She's so adorable.' "He's right sugercube Twilight will be just fine." Applejack confirmed with a complacent smile. "And what might your name be?" She asked turning to face Bubble. "Oh! I'm Bubble Berry and this is my friend Rainbow Blitz!" He announced before racing behind his friend and picking up his front two hooves and placing the left hoof to Rainbow's chest. "Yup that's me, the fastest pegasus to ever come out of Cloudsdale!" Bubble boasted doing his best impression of Rainbow. Blitz began to stir again, this time his eyes fluttering open to the sudden jerk he received, pulling him back into the world of the living. With his vision blurred all he could make out were a few blotches of color here and there, as well as the bright white overcast sky and shadowy green grass. What peeked his interest the most was the unknown force lifting him up. He looked up as the pink blob began to take it's shape. After some slight spinning Bubble's head appeared in all of it's bright pink splendor. "Hi there!" Bubble smiled. "Ahhhhhh!!!" Blitz yelled falling back to the ground and grimacing as his skin burned against the rough ground. "Oh Blitzey your so funny." Bubble Berry giggled. "Gah!" Another twinge of pain was sent through his body. "Ouch!..... BUBBLE BERRY!!!" "Oh dear." Rarity mumbled under her breath. "What?" Bubble responded calmly with a huge grin still plastered on his face. "Ugh! Never mind." Rainbow said with his eyes closed and a frown firmly set on his face. "Whatever," Blitz said brushing himself off and getting up to his hooves with help from Bubble, "Well anyways I'm Rainbow Blitz what is your name?" He raised his rose tinted eyes up to Applejack. Even if he knew her name he made sure he wouldn't get caught saying anypony elses name without them telling him it first. Applejack had a slight blush over her freckled cheeks, "W-well um I-I'm Applejack it's a pleasure to make your acquaintance Mr. Rainbow Blitz." 'Huh I wonder if AJ's face has always been that red. It does look cute though with those freckles of hers... Whoa whoa whoa! Hold up brain. Nope! No I did not just think that. I mean Applejack is cute but wait what! No! AJ is just my friend. Right?' He too began to blush shaking his head slightly. "Oh and this is Fluttershy and-" "Rarity!" She stepped forward tilting her head up with her eyes closed. "Ponyville's greatest seamstress and Canterlot's very own rising star." "Uhm righhhht this must be your friend then." Rainbow pointed at Twilight, who still laid peacefully on the ground. Rarity, Applejack, and Fluttershy all noded their heads. "Right then well we better get going it was nice meeting you guys, come on Bubble." He ushered Bubble back towards Ponyville. "Now wait just a second my good sir!" Rarity shouted out putting her hoof in front of Blitz, stopping him from leaving. "You have just saved the life of our dear friend Twilight. Now do you really expect us to just let you walk off as if nothing happened?" Rarity cocked her eyebrow at the same time eyeing the stallions athletic physique. "Well er-" Blitz was now blushing. "Of coarse not now then I personally shall treat you to dinner, after all a handsome stallion like yourself needs to stay fit don't you agree?" "Uh I don't kno-" "You're absolutely posa-tutely right! I mean come on when are we not hungry! Especially for cupcakes but who isn't you know!?" Bubble said ecstatic. "Uhm if you'd like to I saved a barrel of cider from last season and I could whip up some apple pies." Applejack said scratching the back of her head. "Aww yeah! Cider and apple pies I'm totally there!" Blitz replied a bit more enthusiastically then he thought to. "That's not really what I had in mind but, none the less it's settled we'll meet at Sweet Apple Acres tonight!" "Ahem excuse me but aren't you forgetting something?" Twilight complained annoyance lacing her words. "Oh um right." Rarity smiled guiltily.
PrologueRainbow Dash raced to Sugarcube Corner, ready for an extreme prank which she'd long anticipated to be the best prank of the year. All she had to do now was make some finishing touches with her pranking partner, the one and only Pinkie Pie, the most random pony in all of Ponyville. No, in all of Equestria. Together, they made an unstoppable team. She joyously trotted into the bakery with a huge grin on her face, and in a split second she found herself embraced in a nearly suffocating hug with Pinkie Pie. "Hey Rainbow Dash, I was starting to get worried, 'cause for a second there I thought you weren't coming, and if you weren't coming then all of our plans would have been for nothing, and then just in the nick of time you walked in with this huge grin on your face and well now you're here so now we can-" "Pinkie Pie! Don't talk about our plans. They're top secret, remember?" She reminded before breaking away from her hug. "Oh, right. Secret operation: 'Prank Twilight'. Ooooh this is so exciting! She'll be so surprised when she comes back from her meeting with the princess at the castle and after her surprise party-" "Pinkie Pie!" Rainbow Dash said with growing irritation, "What did I just say? Remember it's a secret operation!" Realizing she'd raised her voice a little too loud, she looked around and noticed she'd attracted some ponies' attentions. Luckily, most of them were busy carrying out cakes and other party snacks to the library because today was the newly transformed alicorn Princess Twilight's birthday. Being one of Pinkie Pie's closest friends, it was going to be a crazy party. Returning to their conversation, Rainbow Dash motioned for Pinkie Pie to follow her. She led them out of the chaotic shop. As they got to the middle of the bazaar Pinkie Pie asked, "Hey Dashie, can we go check on the decorations at the library and make sure they're ready for partying?" "Well, I'm sure that Rarity can handle it, but..." she sighed hesitantly, "I guess we can." "Oh, thank you! Thank you! Thank you Rainbow Dash! don't forget that there's a surprise party that needs to be taken care of before our own little surprise can even begin." Pinkie winked. Although surprised by her friend's unsettlingly creepy wink, Rainbow started to think about their plans. 'Well, Twilight is tough. She could take it way better than Fluttershy and Rarity could combined, but probably not as well as Applejack. I mean, that mare is one of the toughest ponies I know, and that's saying a lot.' Lost in her thoughts Rainbow Dash ran right into the front door of the library. Pinkie Pie started to laugh and started snorting. The door opened to show a very confused looking Rarity as Rainbow Dash got up, bewildered by the fact that she just ran into a door. She covered her face as it began to sting and turn red with embarrassment. After finally composing herself, Pinkie Pie took the lead and walked into the library still snickering silently to herself. She looked up to see the most beautiful arrangement of ribbons and balloons of all colours and styles and to top it off there was a magnificent banner reading 'Happy Birthday Twilight'. "Wow Rarity, this place looks amazing," Pinkie Pie exclaimed, admiring the delicately placed ribbons and streamers. "Thank you, dear. I'm glad some people see the true beauty of my work." Rarity shot Rainbow a look. "Hey, I'm way too excited about the party to be admiring ribbons and me and Pinkie have a lot to do." She replied in her defense. "It's true, Rarity. And she did just run into a door," Pinkie Pie added with a giggle. "I see... well that explains why you have been so quiet, Rainbow Dash, although I don't know how you could be in such deep thought that you'd actually run into a door," Rarity joked, still chuckling at the thought accompanied by a giggle from Pinkie. "Ha ha. Very funny guys," Dash brooded, wishing she hadn't gotten so absorbed in their plans."Okay, come on, Pinkie Pie, Rarity has lots of stuff to do." "Quite true. Sadly, this place is just so hard to work with being so stuffy. I don't know how Twilight can spend so much of her time cooped up in here," Rarity complained with concern for her friend's well being. "Alright Rare, you work your magic." Pinkie Pie made her way to the door. After closing the door behind them, Rainbow Dash said "Alright Pinkie Pie, we need to get ourselves some supplies, 'cause this is going to be one heck of a prank!"
Chapter 1The two ponies made their way to the northern edge of Ponyville. Pinkie Pie began to wonder where they were going. 'Huh... wait, are we going to Rainbow Dash's house? Oh boy! I've seen it from the outside, but I have never gone inside. Oh, wait a second, I can't walk on clouds, and since I can't walk on clouds then where are we even going?' "Hey. Rainbow Dash, where are we going?" "My house, where else would we be going?" She replied confused by her friend's question. "Well, it's just if we are, I can't walk on clouds... at least I don't think I can." "Oh, ummm... Pinkie Pie, I don't think you want to go inside. I just need to grab our supplies before Twilight comes into town." "Awwww! I thought I'd be able to see the inside of your house for once," Pinkie replied disappointedly. Softened by her friend's dismay, Dash gave in. "Hey, how about this, I'll let you come over and hang out some time. Only if our plan works. I'll have to clean up first, okay?" "Alright! I'll make sure our prank follows through just as planned!" Pinkie cheered. "You better!" Rainbow laughed as they came upon the most exquisite cloud structure in all of Cloudsdale. It was also the only cloud structure close to Ponyville. "Okay, I'll be back soon, don't go anywhere." She vanished into her house, leaving a rainbow trail behind her. Not a minute later she landed back in front of Pinkie Pie right where she left from; but this time carrying her saddle bags over her flanks. "Sorry I took so long, I needed to feed Tank before we got back into town." "What do you mean? That didn't even take you a minute!" Pinkie Pie said, flabbergasted. "Nevertheless, did you get the stuff?" "I grabbed the transparent spray paint and magic dust." "Okay, so all we need now is..." "Umm, that's all we needed remember. Oh shoot, what time is it?" She said looking up at the sky as the sun began to go down. Without even flinching, Pinkie Pie stated "It's 7:24 and Twilight should be arriving at 7:45." "That's right; we need to get back in town ASAP." She replied before they took off in the direction of the library. "We're here." The exhausted Pinkie panted as they got there. "Alright. Come on, let's go to the back and get ready there." With that said, Rainbow walked to the back of the building with Pinkie trudging slowly behind her. As soon as they were out of sight from any onlookers, Rainbow Dash got out the translucent spray paint. "Okay Pinkie, this is going to feel a little weird at first." After spraying her from head to hoof with the silver coating, her whole body began to disappear and blend in with their surroundings. "Oh my gosh, it's working! This is going to be so awesome! Alright Pinkie Pie, now you spray me." "Okie dokie loki!" She shouted with delight as her invisible hoof grabbed the can. The spray had the same effect on Rainbow Dash as it did on her. "Whoa, Rainbow Dash, you're invisible!" "If you haven't noticed, so are you. And did you even pay attention when we were planning this whole thing?" "Of course I did silly!" "Sure you did..." Dash said uncertainly, "but anyhow, Twilight should be arriving soon and we got to get into our places. Set up the dust out front. I'll meet you up there. This is going to be so cool!" The now invisible Pinkie Pie made visible hoof prints leading to the front. Rainbow Dash followed her friend hoping that their shenanigan would go as planned. After meeting back up with Pinkie Pie, she got into her place behind the door on the inside of the library. She started preparing the dust and bucket with more of the spray. Then she sprayed it all along the rope attached to the now intangible bucket of magic dust. They got it from Zecora a couple of weeks ago. It's suppose to change a pony's nature into a joyful and frivolous spirit for one whole night. But she was forgetting something. 'It was something about a different effect it had on the pony with more time or something like that. Oh whatever, it should be fine.'
Chapter 2The atmosphere was quiet. All the ponies in the library were ready to jump out of their hiding places with any sudden movement. Whether it be from Twilight, who should be arriving soon, or from anypony around them. It was times like this where people got a true feeling of excitement that could only be created by a party. A festivity that brought them all together; along with each pony's special talent to create a night full of non-stop celebration. The lights went out, and they knew that the next pony to walk through that door would be the Princess thinking that nopony knew it was her birthday. Meanwhile two ponies that could not be seen were struggling to keep the also unseen prank in control. "Rainbow Dash, I don't know how much longer I can hold it up!" Pinkie Pie whispered trying not to make much noise. "Maybe we won't be able to pull this off after all," she said, sounding defeated. "No way, we can't give up now. We've put way too much planning into this to give up that easily!" Dash whispered, sounding frustrated. Out of seemingly nowhere they heard a loud 'snap' and looked up to see nothing. "Uh oh..." Pinkie mumbled, then in an instant they felt the dust all over themselves and an invisible force hit Rainbow Dash in the back of the head, knocking her down to the floor. The door opened, the lights went on and everypony yelled, "SURPRISE!!!" The music went on and everyone in the library came to life and began to dance and socialize while Twilight was in total shock that every one came to celebrate her birthday. But then she began to wonder. 'Wait, something's missing...' she thought. "Happy birthday, Twi!" Applejack greeted along with Fluttershy and Rarity. "Hey guys! I can't believe what a party you guys threw," Twilight looked around in disbelief. "Oh darling, it was all Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash's idea. They've been planning this for months now and they even went out of their way to hire a professional DJ named Vinyl Scratch. A very accomplished one, at that, from Canterlot. I suggested some classical music, I mean you are a Princess now, but Rainbow Dash insisted upon having her provide the music," Rarity chimed. 'That's what's missing!' Twilight concluded. "Speaking of which, where are those clever ponies?" "Huh," Fluttershy looked around for her friends, "Oh no! I know that they'd be here for sure. What if something bad happened to them?" "Oh Fluttershy, I'm sure that they're pranking people left and right, right about now." "You're half right." A familiar voice called out. "Rainbow Dash, where are you?" Twilight answered. "Happy Birthday Twilight!" A cheerful voice yelled, scaring Fluttershy half to death."What's wrong, Fluttershy? Oh yeah! Rainbow Dash, they can't see us!" "Oh yeah, I guess the effects don't wear off for about 30 minutes. This should be fun, even though our prank on Twilight might not have worked we can still pra-" "Pardon me, but why can't we see you, and what's this about a prank on Twilight!?" Applejack said, not sure of where to look. Pinkie Pie, who was standing right in front of her, replied "Oh well, you see, we had this huge pra-" "Ugh, Pinkie Pie, how many times do I have to tell you? It's top secret!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed. "Oh yeah, secret." Pinkie Pie giggled. "Sorry Applejack it's top secret." She said turning back to her friend. Rainbow Dash face hoofed shaking her head slightly. "Oh, never mind. Twilightm we had this huge prank planned on you as a surprise party birthday prank. We planned on putting this magic dust we got from Zecora all over you to make you a party animal. But it ended up literally crashing down on us although the dust doesn't even work..." she started to feel woozy "I don't even feel like part-" There was a loud thud followed by a second one. Before anypony could react, Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie materialized before them and were knocked out laying unconscious on the floor. Without a word their friends picked them up and took them to Rainbow Dash's condo. Once they made it to the house, Twilight casted the cloud walking spell on Pinkie Pie. Fluttershy and Twilight flew them up and set them down in the front living room, which was a mess. Disregarding the clutter, the two ponies made sure their friends would be okay for the night. After exiting the building, they decided to head back to the party saying "We'll party for Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie!" The next morning after Twilight's party, that lasted till about 4 in the morning, two stallions began to come back into consciousness. Pinkie Pie woke up with a huge headache. "Ugh, what happened?" His voice was still very high pitched seemed different. "Rainbow Dash?" He called, testing his voice. He looked to his left and what looked like his friend began to nudge his side. "Huh..." a dazed Rainbow croaked in an unusually gruff voice. He finally looked at who was nudging him, and both their eyes went wide. "Who are you and how did you get in my/this house!?" The two did a double take and stumbled backwards a bit. "Pinkie Pie/Rainbow Dash is that you?" They examined each other then themselves. Rainbow Dash flew out of a nearby window, with tons of thoughts ringing in his head. 'What is going on? Ugh, what's up with my wings? They're totally heavy right now. That was Pinkie Pie? I have to go back and see what's up.' She turned around and headed back towards his house, aiming for the window he'd just left from. Dash glided back in through the window and looked around for his friend, and saw a stallion that looked like Pinkie Pie staring at the mirror in the living room. Pinkie's reflection was of a bright pink earth pony. He had a mane that was brighter than his coat that was curly and short. Pinkie Pie was a male now and his eyes were in disbelief at what he was seeing in the mirror. Dash stepped forward to see his own reflection. His once long locks of rainbow coloured hair were now short and spiked, but still flushed its radiant rainbow hues. He gasped; both of them had turned into stallions. They sat in silence the air was uneasy and quite frankly just uncomfortable. At last Pinkie Pie spoke up. "Why are we stallions?" "I don't know what happened, honestly. This doesn't make any sense." She looked up at her friend, ready to break out in tears. "What do you think we should do?" Pinkie, said as he came over to comfort his friend. "I'm not sure what we can do." Rainbow replied. It was a lot to take in. Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash were in distress. They felt as if they had no one to go to. But honestly what do you expect from two mares who for no known reason turn into stallions overnight? The doorbell rang, echoing throughout the silent house. Their hearts stopped and they were shaky as they realized who it would be coming to the door to check on them. It had to be their friends. Rainbow tiphoofed to the door and looked through the peep hole. Surprisingly it wasn't their friends. It was the local mailmare, Derpy Hooves. Forgetting the state that he was in, he opened the door up. "Hey Derpy!" He said in his deeper voice immediately realizing that she wouldn't know who he was. "Uhhm, is that you Rainbow Dash?" Derpy asked, confused by the male version of Rainbow Dash. "Oh, um... ha ha no I'm her..." He stumbled trying to think up a story. "He's her brother, Rainbow Blitz." Pinkie Pie proclaimed, joining Rainbow and Derpy at the door and giving 'Rainbow Blitz' time to breathe. "Uh, yeah, and this is my good friend... uhh Bubble Berry." Rainbow stammered anticipating the next question that would be asked. "Oh, well, it's very nice to meet you guys," Derpy Hooves replied cheerfully, "but where's Rainbow Dash?" "She's out of town, um... doing some extra training," Dash replied, covering up the fact that the real Rainbow Dash was standing right in front of her. "She asked me to watch her house for her." "Okay, well here's her mail," Derpy Hooves nodded, handing him the mail. "Thank you!" Pinkie Pie said, closing the door. 'How did he know my name?' Derpy thought. "That was a close one." Dash sighed. "Hey, nice quick thinking on the name there. You saved my flank!" Rainbow joked. "Yeah, but you almost gave us away when you talked about what 'you were doing'. Also, I like the name you gave me... 'Bubble Berry'. It's got a nice ring to it, I like it!" Pinkie cheered and fell to the floor laughing. Dash joined him on the ground and started laughing with him. "Okay, Bubble Berry, you think we should start going by these names now?" "I don't see why not Rainbow Blitz!"
Chapter 3Sudden silence fell upon Bubble Berry and Rainbow Blitz. Both knew that something abnormal going on, but they didn't know how to face it. They turned their situation into a game, but this was serious. They had to figure out how it all happened. The more they thought about the position they were in, the more confused and scared they got. With every passing minute they thought of all the possibilities of what might happen to them. 'We might be stuck like this.' 'How will we ever get out of this one?' 'How did this even happen to us?' They were at a loss of words and filled with emotions until Rainbow Blitz spoke up. "H-hey, um, Bubble Berry, what do you think we should do now?" Rainbow Blitz asked. "Well we could.... hey, you don't think that Twilight will come now do you?" Berry worried. "I doubt it I'm sure that party went on long into the night." Rainbow Blitz said leaning against the couch. Their hearts stopped once again as the doorbell went off, sending a chill down their spines. The bell rang again, ringing in their ears. All they could do was stare at the door without moving a muscle. It rang again and again never to be answered because behind that door was Twilight, Rarity, Fluttershy, and Applejack. Some of the most important ponies of their lives and they couldn't even see or talk to them. That was the truth and undeniable fact that they couldn't see them. At least not the way they were now, and maybe they wouldn't be able to see them ever again. "Pinkie Pie, we got to get out of here!" Rainbow Blitz whispered using Berry's real name. "There's a back door we can go through to get down." Bubble nodded and they made their way to the back of the house. They heard the door open in the living room. Silently, he opened up the back door. They went out the door quickly and closed it. They jumped off the cloud. Bubble Berry felt hooves grabbing him and right before they hit the ground Rainbow pulled them up and flew them into the trees. The four ponies entered the house and searched the house for their friends. They were nowhere to be found, so they left the house and went back down to Ponyville. They began to wonder where their friends were and what they were doing. "Where could they be?" Twilight pondered. "I'm sure they're fine. Probably just headed to Sugarcube Corner for a mornin' snack. Must have been real hungry 'cause they haven't eaten in quite a while," Applejack said with a reassuring smile. "I agree, Rainbow Dash doesn't stay at her house for very long. Pinkie Pie always gets a treat in the morning before she bakes cupcakes for Mr. and Mrs. Cake," Rarity added. "No, they would have left a note or came to us before they did anything. Something must have happened," Twilight continued pacing. "Twilight's right, we would have seen them around town," Fluttershy added with a worried look. "This isn't like Rainbow Dash. We always see her flying after she wakes up." "I see what you mean, sugarcube. Maybe we should look for them," Applejack suggested. "Then it's settled. We'll meet at Sugarcube Corner In 20 minutes and start looking for them there." Bubble Berry and Rainbow Blitz kept their heads down underneath the bushes and watched their friends. They couldn't tell what they were saying, but once the coast was clear, they crawled out of their hiding spots. "Hey Pinkie, I think we should go eat. I mean I know it's taking a big risk going into town, but I'm really hungry," Blitz pleaded as his stomach let out a loud grumble. "Don't you have food at your house?" Bubble questioned. "I don't have time to buy food from the local market. Plus, that's boring, having to wait in lines and ask people where things are." "Alright, fine, but we're going to Sugarcube Corner!" "Fine with me, but I have a couple things to pick up at the market." They started down the path leading to the middle of town. As they got closer to town, they started to hear the familiar commotion of Ponyville's market place. It was welcoming and familiar to them, but they themselves were unrecognizable to everypony that they knew. The noises grew louder and they could see tons of stands selling all sorts of items. "Okay, wait here. I just need to grab a few things, don't go anywhere. Alright?" Rainbow Blitz asked. "Okie dokie loki!" Bubble responded. "Listen, for the next couple of days, we have to go by our new identities as 'Rainbow Blitz and Bubble Berry'. I know that it'll be weird, but we just have to figure out how this happened to us. Hopefully we can get through this and change back, but for now this is what we got to do," Rainbow said seriously. "Alright! I'll stay right here, don't worry!" Blitz rolled his eyes and disappeared into the crowd. Rainbow made his way through each stand, until a familiar buzzing sound came from behind him. He turned around and saw Scootaloo on her scooter. Coming straight at him. Scootaloo crashed into him and her scooter went flying. Rainbow was airborne, and before he even realized it, he went after the scooter. He caught it right before it hit the ground but started to lose his balance and somersaulted, landing it perfectly. He flicked his bangs out of his face and smirked. 'Awesome.' "Whoa, that was awesome!" Scootaloo shrieked with glee. "That was so cool, you caught my scooter while you were spinning in the air and did a somersault and landed perfectly! How did you do that?!" Blitz decided to played it cool to mask his fear of her realizing who he really was, and hoped he'd seem normal and wouldn't raise any questions. "Well kid, you gotta be able to recover quickly and with ease. I learned that in the Wonderbolts Academy." He looked up at the sky confidently watching the clouds and noted how perfect the weather was. Then looked at Scootaloo who looked at him deeply. "What?" He said, uncomfortable. "You know, you look just like a pony I know. Do you happen to be related to a mare named Rainbow Dash?" Scootaloo examined him. He started to panic a little bit. "Uh yes I'm her brother, Rainbow Blitz!" He said, recalling the name Bubble Berry had given him. "I didn't know Rainbow Dash had a brother!" Scootaloo exclaimed in shock. "Yeah I live in... Cloudsdale." Rainbow Blitz stammered. He couldn't take this for much longer he knew he was about to break. "No way! That's awesome." She perked up, ecstatic. "Are you visiting your sister?" "My sister?..." Blitz mumbled "Oh uh no she's out of town and I came here to house sit for her. Me and my good friend Bubble Berry. Actually I realy have to get going now but nice to meet you Scootaloo!" Talking about himself felt strange. "Uh, how do you know my name?" Scootaloo raised her eyebrow. "Oh um well my sister has told me about you before. So anyways gotta dash! I mean blitz!" Rainbow Blitz ran back towards the middle of the market. 'Oh crap, I did it again this is the second time today! First with Derpy, but she din't say anything, and now Scootaloo is probably suspicious. Aw man, this really sucks.' He spotted his friend standing in the middle of the square. Once Bubble Berry saw his friend rushing over to him he immediately ran towards him to see what was going on. "What happened? You look like you just saw a ghost!" Bubble exclaimed while Blitz caught his breath. "Well, did you?! Did you?!" "No, Bubble, I didn't see a ghost! Can we get out of here, please?" They followed a route going through the back alleys of the stores and shops. Blitz's head was spinning and he started to have a nervous breakdown. "Fine, but tell me what happened!" Berry said, seeing his friend's distress and trying to calm his down. "Scootaloo ran into me with her scooter, and I accidentally said 'nice meeting you Scootaloo' as I was leaving. Then she asked me 'How do you know my name?' and I panicked and said my sister, referring to myself, has told me about her and said 'gotta dash!' and I actually corrected myself. Ugh I feel so stupid!" Blitz's head was pounding and no matter what Bubble Berry said to him he couldn't calm him down. Blitz wasn't thinking he didn't know what he was doing the walls started to close in around him. Seeing Scootaloo had made him realize just how real their situation was but he needed to fly so he flew into the air flying higher and higher. He heard his friend yelling after him but there was another voice, a feminine voice. He didn't know exactly who it was but it meant trouble for him. He hid inside of a cloud waiting to see if anyone came after him. Ten seconds later, Twilight came from only slightly below his cloud. "Rainbow Dash, was that you?! What's going on?! Where's Pinkie Pie, where are you?" There was a loud striking sound as a bolt of lightning struck Twilight, instantly knocking her unconscious. Rainbow Blitz's eyes went wide he raced after his friend. Rainbow knew that his other friends would come after Twilight but Twilight was his friend too so he flew faster and faster to catch up with her. He managed to grab the back of her leg and with all his strength he pulled up trying to slow them down. His wings began to burn and the ground was catching up to them. He slowed them down to about 10 miles per hour and pulled Twilight in close and prepared for the impact. When the ground came he shielded Twilight with his body making sure she'd be okay other than having been struck by lightning. His body was thrown against the cold ground. He could already tell that his left wing was sprained and to make things worse his vision began to go blurry. The last thing he saw was three figures in front of him and then another pony came up to him before his vision went black.
Chapter 4"Are they okay, Applejack?" Fluttershy asked looking directly at Applejack with watery eyes. "Y-yes they're just unconscious," AJ stuttered slightly taken aback by her friend's state. Shaking her head she turned over both of their bodies. "I guess it wasn't Rainbow after all" A pained groan escaped from Blitz's mouth. But before Applejack could react a pink blur whizzed past her and the other ponies. Without any hesitation Bubble was at his friend's side. He flinched, and his hair went flat at the sight. There were bruises covering his entire torso. Heat radiated off the open cuts adorning his glorious wings. Bubble burst into tears laying his head against Blitz's chest, crying helpless. A butterscotch colored hoof was placed on his back. He looked back tracing up the hoof to meet a pair of glistening cerulean eyes. He couldn't look away his own eyes opening more the deeper he looked into Fluttershy's eyes. Another groan escaped the lips of his friend but before he could look back down, Fluttershy pulled him into a warm hug. A tear rolling down her cheek. Rarity and Applejack stood idly by watching them embrace each other. "Please," she choked back tears, "please don't cry I hate it when people cry." After a couple of seconds she broke the hug. "Do you feel better?" Bubble nodded solemnly. "Good sometimes all people need is a hug. My friend Pinkie Pie taught me that." "Oh my dear Fluttershy are you alright?" Rarity proclaimed shooting her a worried look, as did Applejack. "Y-yes I'm fine," she replied, "it's just that we still have no idea where Dashie and Pinkie are and now T-twilight is hurt." She sobbed quietly to herself. Bubble lifted up her chin. "Hey don't cry, I hate it when people cry." Bubble Berry never liked it when anypony cried but seeing Fluttershy cry almost brought him to tears. 'She's always been so fragile hasn't she. She's so adorable.' "He's right sugercube Twilight will be just fine." Applejack confirmed with a complacent smile. "And what might your name be?" She asked turning to face Bubble. "Oh! I'm Bubble Berry and this is my friend Rainbow Blitz!" He announced before racing behind his friend and picking up his front two hooves and placing the left hoof to Rainbow's chest. "Yup that's me, the fastest pegasus to ever come out of Cloudsdale!" Bubble boasted doing his best impression of Rainbow. Blitz began to stir again, this time his eyes fluttering open to the sudden jerk he received, pulling him back into the world of the living. With his vision blurred all he could make out were a few blotches of color here and there, as well as the bright white overcast sky and shadowy green grass. What peeked his interest the most was the unknown force lifting him up. He looked up as the pink blob began to take it's shape. After some slight spinning Bubble's head appeared in all of it's bright pink splendor. "Hi there!" Bubble smiled. "Ahhhhhh!!!" Blitz yelled falling back to the ground and grimacing as his skin burned against the rough ground. "Oh Blitzey your so funny." Bubble Berry giggled. "Gah!" Another twinge of pain was sent through his body. "Ouch!..... BUBBLE BERRY!!!" "Oh dear." Rarity mumbled under her breath. "What?" Bubble responded calmly with a huge grin still plastered on his face. "Ugh! Never mind." Rainbow said with his eyes closed and a frown firmly set on his face. "Whatever," Blitz said brushing himself off and getting up to his hooves with help from Bubble, "Well anyways I'm Rainbow Blitz what is your name?" He raised his rose tinted eyes up to Applejack. Even if he knew her name he made sure he wouldn't get caught saying anypony elses name without them telling him it first. Applejack had a slight blush over her freckled cheeks, "W-well um I-I'm Applejack it's a pleasure to make your acquaintance Mr. Rainbow Blitz." 'Huh I wonder if AJ's face has always been that red. It does look cute though with those freckles of hers... Whoa whoa whoa! Hold up brain. Nope! No I did not just think that. I mean Applejack is cute but wait what! No! AJ is just my friend. Right?' He too began to blush shaking his head slightly. "Oh and this is Fluttershy and-" "Rarity!" She stepped forward tilting her head up with her eyes closed. "Ponyville's greatest seamstress and Canterlot's very own rising star." "Uhm righhhht this must be your friend then." Rainbow pointed at Twilight, who still laid peacefully on the ground. Rarity, Applejack, and Fluttershy all noded their heads. "Right then well we better get going it was nice meeting you guys, come on Bubble." He ushered Bubble back towards Ponyville. "Now wait just a second my good sir!" Rarity shouted out putting her hoof in front of Blitz, stopping him from leaving. "You have just saved the life of our dear friend Twilight. Now do you really expect us to just let you walk off as if nothing happened?" Rarity cocked her eyebrow at the same time eyeing the stallions athletic physique. "Well er-" Blitz was now blushing. "Of coarse not now then I personally shall treat you to dinner, after all a handsome stallion like yourself needs to stay fit don't you agree?" "Uh I don't kno-" "You're absolutely posa-tutely right! I mean come on when are we not hungry! Especially for cupcakes but who isn't you know!?" Bubble said ecstatic. "Uhm if you'd like to I saved a barrel of cider from last season and I could whip up some apple pies." Applejack said scratching the back of her head. "Aww yeah! Cider and apple pies I'm totally there!" Blitz replied a bit more enthusiastically then he thought to. "That's not really what I had in mind but, none the less it's settled we'll meet at Sweet Apple Acres tonight!" "Ahem excuse me but aren't you forgetting something?" Twilight complained annoyance lacing her words. "Oh um right." Rarity smiled guiltily.
