Lightning and Firefist (Script)
A Bird in a Hoof
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(Lightning and Stealth are walking to Sugarcube Corner)
Stealth Firefist: Party! Party! Party! Party!
Lightning Strike: (Chuckles) Okay Stealth, I get it. You're excited for the party.
Stealth Firefist: Yeah, I can imagine it all that fruit and sweet stuff ready to eaten.
Lightning Strike: Yeah, I can't wait to have it and spend time with our friends. Not to mention, Princess Celestia will be there.
Stealth Firefist: She's gonna be there? We have no time to lose Lightning! We to have to get there very fast! (Grabs Lightning and races to Sugarcube Corner)
*Sugarcube Corner*
Stealth Firefist: (Stops) We're here.
Lightning Strike: Yeesh, Stealth. I know you like parties, but when the princess comes, you take it very seriously.
Stealth Firefist: That's because, even though I tend to do wacky stuff, like you said, I take my job guarding the princess very seriously. VERY!
Lightning Strike: Okay, let's just go in. (Goes to door of the shop) Hi guys. I'm-
Guard 1: (Gasps) Your the princess's most faithful warriors, Lightning Strike and Stealth Firefist! We are honored to see you.
Lightning Strike: Yeah, we'd like to-
Stealth Firefist: Go into the shop and get our party on!
Guard 2: You may enter brave warriors. (Lightning and Stealth go into shop)
Lightning Strike: That was weird. They acted like we were like royalty to them.
Stealth Firefist: Who cares? As long as I get my party on!
Fluttershy: Phew. Made it. (gasp sees guard)
Guard 1: Halt!
Guard 2: Who goes there?
Fluttershy: (gulp) No one. Never mind. I'll go home.
Twilight Sparkle: It's all right, sirs. She's on the list.
Lightning Strike: And she's our friend.
Stealth Firefist: Faithful and trustworthy to the end. (Fluttershy goes into shop)
Fluttershy: Thanks, Twilight, Lightning, and Stealth.
Twilight Sparkle: I'm so glad you could make it, Fluttershy. It wouldn't be the same without you.
Stealth Firefist: Yeah, and a party's not a party when your best friends aren't with you.
Lightning Strike: Couldn't have said it better myself Stealth.
Mr. Cake: How's everypony doing? Good? Good.
Mrs. Cake: Anything else we can get for you, dearies...? Ooh, I-I mean, esteemed guests.
Princess Celestia: Everything is fine, Mr. and Mrs. Cake.
Stealth Firefist: (Goes over to Princess Celestia) Yeah, unless you overcook a dessert and everyone turns against you. Thus, having a chance to be worn out of business.
Mr. Cake: (Gasps) I never even thought of that! Quick honey make sure the desserts aren't overcooked!
Mrs. Cake: Right honey! (Speeds to kitchen and comes back) All good.
Stealth Firefist: (Sheepishly) It was only just a joke.
Fluttershy: Sorry I'm late. I had to finish taking care of a patient first.
Twilight Sparkle: (Nervously and eye twitching) Oh, you and your tender loving care of little animals. I just know Princess Celestia is gonna love that about you. I mean, I hope she will... I mean, of course she will!
Fluttershy: Wow, Twilight. I thought I was the only one who got nervous at social gatherings.
Lightning Strike: Um, are you okay Twilight?
Twilight Sparkle: I'm okay. It's just that I want the princess to approve of my friends.
Fluttershy: But she's met us all before.
Lightning Strike: I'm sure she'll approve of us as your friends Twilight. Besides, we've been learning life and friendship lessons.
Twilight Sparkle: And read about you in my letters. But this is the first time she's spent any real time with you besides Lightning. I want everypony to make a good impression.
Lightning Strike: Oh come on Twilight. There's nothing to worry about.
Fluttershy: Yeah. Besides, it's just a casual get-together, right?
Rarity: (Protecting her dress) Don't touch me! Watch the dress! Careful, you're gonna spill that on me! Oh, oh, that looks delicious. What is it? Oh, does it stain?! Keep it away from me! (Dodging in corners)
Fluttershy: Or... perhaps not that casual.
Applejack: Uh... which is the salad and which is the appetizer again? And which am I supposed to eat first? Oh, never mind. I'm not hungry.
Lightning Strike: It's okay AJ. You don't have to be fancy.
Applejack: (Sighs in relief) Good. (Eats food)
Fluttershy: It's okay, Twilight. So our friends' manners aren't perfect. I doubt the princess will even notice.
Pinkie Pie: (giggles) Whoo-hoo! Cupcakes, candies and pies, oh my! (Stuffs face with a pie) Oooh! Chocolate fountainy goodness! (Puts face in chocolate fountain, chocolate hardens, breaks it to pieces and eats it) You gonna eat that?! (Eats cupcake) (Mrs. Cake gasps and brings new cupcake) Hey!
Mr. Cake: A thousand pardons, Your Majesty.
Princess Celestia: That's quite all right, thank you. (sips)
Mrs. Cake: Empty teacup at 4 o'clock!
Mr. Cake: Uh, I see it, honey bun! (Pours tea in teacup)
Princess Celestia: Oh, um... thank you.
Mr. Cake: Not at all, Your Highness.
Princess Celestia: (sips)(Tea poured) Thank you again.
Mrs. Cake: Oh, but of course, Your Majesty.
Princess Celestia: (sips) (Tea is poured again) (sips) (Tea is poured again) (pretend sip and tea overflows cup) Gotcha!
Stealth Firefist: (Laughs) Good one princess.
Twilight Sparkle: Oh... (Sinks under table)
Stealth Firefist: (Offering cupcake) Cupcake?
Twilight Sparkle: Aah! Stealth what are you doing under here?
Stealth Firefist: I actually have something very important to ask you. Can you juggle for me?
Twilight Sparkle: (Unamused face) Really?
Stealth Firefist: Yes really. (Twilight looks at us with an unamused face) What? Was it something I said?
Princess Celestia: And what about you, dear? Fluttershy, is it?
Fluttershy: Me? Oh yes, Your Highness.
Princess Celestia: I understand from Twilight Sparkle's letters that you enjoy tending to the needs of woodland creatures.
Fluttershy: Yes, I love to take care of animals.
Princess Celestia: As do I. As Princess, I care deeply about all creatures, great and small. (Philomena coughs) Nothing means more to me than the well-being of all my subjects.(Philomena coughs and hacks) Ah, Philomena, my pet. You're awake. Do say hello to our gracious hosts.(Philomena coughs and hacks)
Fluttershy: Oh... my.
Lightning Strike: Uh...
Princess Celestia: She is quite a sight, isn't she?
Fluttershy: I... I... I've never seen anything like it.
Lightning Strike: Me neither.
Princess Celestia: How have you been doing Lightning?
Lightning Strike: Oh, um, good I guess.
Princess Celestia: (Guard comes over and whispers royal duty) Really? Well, if I must... I'm sorry, everypony. I'm afraid I have to cut the party short. The mayor has requested an audience with me. Royal duty calls. Thank you for a wonderful time. It's been a joy getting to know you all better. (Walks out)
(Mr. and Mrs. Cake start cleaning party up, and Pinkie Pie cartwheels out the door bumping into other ponies)
Rarity: (Trots to door) Stay right where you are. All I want is a clear path to the exit. NOBODY MOVE and my dress won't get hurt! Stay back! Back, I say! (Exits)
(Applejack walks out with dishes on her nose)
Twilight Sparkle: Well, Lightning, I don't know for sure how things went with the princess, but at least no big disasters happened.
Lightning Strike: Lighten up Twilight, Princess Celestia thinks everyone here is great. Besides, no one is that bizarre.
Stealth Firefist: (Riding on a monkey sized cupcake) Look at me everyone! I'm a cupcake cowmonkey! Woo hoo!
Lightning Strike: Well, maybe all of us. I'm just gonna see how Fluttershy's doing. Come on Stealth. (Walks to Fluttershy's cottage)
Stealth Firefist: (Making the cupcake hop while he's on top rodeoing on it) Woo! Ride 'em cowmonkey! Which is me.
*Fluttershy's Cottage*
(Lightning and Stealth come in)
Lightning and Stealth: Hi Fluttershy!
Fluttershy: (Yelps) Oh it's just you guys.
Lightning Strike: Oops. Didn't mean to barge in like that. We were just wondering why you left the party without cleaning.
Stealth Firefist: We were? I was busy being a cupcake rodeo monkey. Ooh, that one has to be must for a future event. (Looks at lumpy bed) Hey, who's in the bed?
Fluttershy: I... um...
Stealth Firefist: (Pulls blankets off bed revealing Philomena who is coughing) (Gasps) Fluttershy! Out of all the ponies! How could you?!
Fluttershy: I can explain. I-
Stealth Firefist: How could you not tell us you had a bird for a pet? That is so cool! What kind is it? (Philomena coughs)
Lightning Strike: Um, Stealth, that's actually Princess Celestia's pet bird.
Stealth Firefist: Oh, now I get it. You're pet sitting for Celestia while she's on royal business! That is so sweet of you Fluttershy. No wonder you're the element of kindness. Makes me wanna cry, but I can't. The fire dries it up really fast.
Lightning Strike: Actually, Fluttershy did you get permission from Princess Celestia to pet sit her Philomena?
Fluttershy: (Sighs) No.
Lightning Strike: Sorry Fluttershy, but we have to return it to Celestia. She might be worried sick about her bird.
Fluttershy: Oh, can't I please keep her until she's better please? (Innocent eyes and cute, sad face)
Lightning Strike: I don't stand a chance don't I?
Fluttershy: I'll use emotional background music if this fails.
Lightning Strike: Okay, you can keep her.
Fluttershy: Yes!
Lightning Strike: But only until she's better. And do it fast. I haven't seen Princess Celestia's bad side, and I sure don't wanna see when she freaks.
Stealth Firefist: Yeah, when I saw her bad side, it scare the lava out of me. And it did, plus I was only at the castle for 30 minutes.
Fluttershy: Don't worry. It'll be for a while or until she's better. (Places thermometer on Philomena's beak, temperature rises, Fluttershy puts on ice pack on her head, temperature goes down below normal, goes on five times and thermometer breaks) This is far worse than I thought. What you need is some medicine. Stat! (Philomena coughs and hacks) (Fluttershy places pill on a plate)
Stealth Firefist: A pill. Not sure how that's gonna work.
Lightning Strike: She's in good hooves Stealth. Fluttershy knows what to do.
(Philomena sniffs pill and sticks tongue out in disgust)
Fluttershy: Doctor Fluttershy expected that. (Pours food on the pill, Philomean licks food and starting devouring it) Always works. (Sees pill is still on the plate) Uh... Almost always. Ooh! I've got an idea. Lightning and Stealth, can you please watch over Philomena?
Lightning Strike: Sure.
Fluttershy: Oh, thank you. (Flies in the kitchen to make soup)
Stealth Firefist: Ooh! What we need is a doctor's coat. It'll give us special healing powers!
Lightning Strike: Uh, Stealth. That's not how it works.
Stealth Firefist: Ooh, you right. Wait here. (Runs into closet, and comes out with a red plus on his new painted white armor) There, now I have special healing powers. Right Lightning?
Lightning Strike: I just won't say a word.
Fluttershy: (Comes out of the kitchen with warm homemade soup and places it in front of Philomena) There's nothing like homemade soup to cure what ails you. (Philomena pulls back) Come on now. You're not gonna get better if you don't cooperate. (Sips soup) Mmm... See? It's delicious.
Stealth Firefist: I'll even help prove it. (Gulps down entire soup) Mmm! Delicious, just like how Fluttershy makes it. (Lightning has an unimpressed face) What? Did I oversell it?
Lightning Strike: Very oversold.
Fluttershy: Don't worry I've got another thing. (Goes out and comes back with a hummingbird) Look, Philomena. I brought a fellow feathered friend by to cheer you up. Hummingway here was sick once too, but he let me help him and got better in no time. Didn't you, boy? (Hummingway hums agreeing) Say hello to your new friend Philomena. (Hummingway hums happily) Aw, look. I think he likes you. (Fluttershy and Hummingway hums song) Your turn now, Philomena. Go ahead. You can do it. (Hums song again, Philomena spits out food earlier on Fluttershy's face) Oh! Um... good try?
Lightning Strike: I'm just gonna pretend that didn't happen.
Stealth Firefist: Eh, I've seen worse. But don't worry. (Gives Fluttershy wet towel that she uses to clean her face) I know the perfect thing for this. Lightning get me sharp, cutty, object stuff.
Lightning Strike: No, you're not doing that.
Stealth Firefist: Then I'll use the next best thing. (Pulls out banana) Who wants a banana? You do! That's who! (Philomena coughs) Oh come on. It's good for you. Try it! (Philomena coughs up food in Stealth's face) Like I said, been and seen worse. Can I have the towel back? (Fluttershy gives towel to Stealth and uses it to wipe his face clean) Okay I give up. Anymore ideas?
*Care A*
Fluttershy: I know. How about Aromatherapy? (Philomena sneezes)
Stealth Firefist: Nope.
*Care B*
Fluttershy: Warm bath? (Philomean sucks up water looking swollen)
Stealth Firefist: Nope.
Lightning Strike: Uh, How's that even possible?
*Care C*
Fluttershy: Ointment? (Philomean grows pimples on her)
Stealth Firefist: Nope.
*Care D*
Fluttershy: Scalpel. Surgical tape. Feathers. ( Stealth and Lightning give the items)
Stealth Firefist: Okay, even I don't get this. But who cares? As I long I do stuff.
(Fluttershy tapes her with feathers and Philomena coughs)
Fluttershy: Oh, Philomena. I thought it would be easy to nurse you back to health. I've tried everything I know. And look at you. You're worse than ever.
Stealth Firefist: Well, there's only one explanation. She's must be some sort of zombie!
Lightning Strike: (Unamused face) Really?
Stealth Firefist: Or she's some sort of phoenix bird. (Looks from Fluttershy and Lightning) Well, it's all we've got so far. (Knock on the door) Knocks! I'll get it. (Walks over to open door, but door burst open revealing Twilight, squishing Stealth and comes out) Still have a bad experience with doors. (Walking over to Fluttershy and Lightning)
Twilight Sparkle: Hi, Fluttershy! I just wanted to drop by and say thank you so very much for making such a good impression on the princess today... (gasp) What is Celestia's pet doing here?!
Stealth Firefist: We can explain. She might be zombie bird. You might wanna get out here before you have a thirst for brains.
Twilight Sparkle: (Unamused look) You know, there are ponies and monkeys who are good at lying.
Stealth Firefist: Thanks!
Twilight Sparkle: (Unamused look) You're not one of them.
Fluttershy: I couldn't leave the poor thing there. She needed my help.
Twilight Sparkle: Oh no. NonononononoNO! This is bad.
Lightning Strike: How bad Twilight? On a scale of 10 to Aaah!
Twilight Sparkle: Aaah! Bad.
Lightning Strike: Oh.
Fluttershy: How could I just walk away and not do anything?
Twilight Sparkle: But... but... she doesn't belong to you!
Fluttershy: I had to do something.
Twilight Sparkle: Without telling anypony?! Without asking permission?!
Lightning Strike: Okay, when you put it like that you make it sound bad. Anyway, that's not point. Let's just return her to Princess Celestia before it's too late.
Stealth Firefist: Before it's too late for dinsert?! That's dinner and desert all in one. He's right Fluttershy. I don't wanna miss dinsert again. I'm having a daisy and daffodil sandwich pie. Mmm. Delicious.
Fluttershy: (sighs) You're right. Okay, let's... (Philomena coughs) ...go.
Twilight Sparkle: (Places Philomena in a basket and basket on Fluttershy with her magic) Lightning is right. If we hurry, we can put her back before anypony even realizes she's missing. (gasps and sees guards right behind door)
Stealth Firefist: Huh. I actually saw that coming.
Lightning Strike: Me too.
Guard 1: We were told we could find Twilight Sparkle, Lightning Strike, and Stealth Firefist here.
Stealth Firefist: Yeah, we're here. And we're listening. (Muttering to Lightning) Pay attention for me, I'm not really gonna listen.
Guard 2: We regret to inform you, miss and misters, that the royal pet has gone missing.
Twilight Sparkle: Really? You don't say! (Laughs nervously) (Philomena coughs in the basket and Twilight does the same thing, Philomena does it again and process repeats, Twilight has Fluttershy join in with the coughing while Lightning and the guards stares awkwardly at them, Stealth joins in pretend coughing with Twilight and Fluttershy and they both stop and stare awkwardly at Stealth and he stops)
Stealth Firefist: Huh? Oh, I thought we were having a coughing contest. You two are good.
Twilight Sparkle: Um, exactly! We were having a coughing contest. And it must be the dry night air.
Fluttershy: But it's daytime.
Twilight Sparkle: Well... day air's even drier. You guards better be on your way if you're gonna find the princess's missing pet. Philomena, was it? Thank you ever so much for keeping me in the loop. BYE! (Shuts door and guards leave) Phew... (Fluttershy is about to leave) What are you doing?!
Fluttershy: Going to return Philomena, remember?
Twilight Sparkle: We can't now!
Fluttershy: Why not?
Lightning Strike: Yeah, the worse that can happen is banishment and exile. Oh.
Twilight Sparkle: Besides Lightning's point, you have no idea what the princess is gonna do if she finds you're the one who took her pet, do you?!
Fluttershy: Do you?
Stealth Firefist: Well from Twilight's mind, I'm guessing she's saying banishment, or dungeon. Or a, combination of both? (Stares weirdly at her)
Twilight Sparkle: Took the words out of my mouth.
Stealth Firefist: Wait a second, even I don't get this. But like I said, I'm illogical and was born that way.
Fluttershy: You really think the princess would do that?
Lightning Strike: Yeah, the chances of the happening are actually kinda low.
Twilight Sparkle: Okay. Granted that probably won't happen, but do you wanna take those chances?
Fluttershy: All that really matters to me is that poor little Philomena here gets well. (Philomean coughs)
Twilight Sparkle: That's very noble of you. I'll write to you when you're banished. Unless I'm banished too somewhere there's no post office. Then you'll have to write to me. Deal?
Fluttershy: Please, Twilight. You just have to help me get Philomena healthy and then we can return her to the Princess. And
everything will be fine.
Twilight Sparkle: Did you give her any kind of medicine?
Lightning and Stealth: Fluttershy tried that.
Twilight Sparkle: (groans) Then Fluttershy has to MAKE her take it. You can't be such a pushover, Fluttershy! You need to show this patient who's the boss. Make her straighten up and fly right!
Fluttershy: She can't fly.
Twilight Sparkle: No excuses!
Lightning Strike: Okay, calm down Twilight. We just take her back to the princess, apologize for it, then we hope for the best.
Twilight Sparkle: You're right Lightning. Let's just take her back.
Stealth Firefist: Wait! She forgot to have her soup. But ate it all. So I made that new bowl of soup of the table ten seconds ago.
Fluttershy: I'm not sure if she'll eat it though.
Twilight Sparkle: Oh, she'll it alright.
Lightning Strike: Twilight, I wouldn't- (Philomean screams and runs away)
Twilight Sparkle: Hey! Where are you going?
Fluttershy: No! Philomena! Come back!
Stealth Firefist: I was going to invite you for dinsert! (Gets unamused looks from everyone) That's actually a thing. Look it up in the books.
(Group starts chasing Philomean around a tree, Lightning stops to catch her in her hooves but Philomean jumps over him, group chases her to the park and asks creature if they've seen her, Lightning throws off newspaper and mustache revealing Philomena and she starts to run again, and group chases her again, see guards and run quietly past them, Philomena goes into house, Stealth is about to go into one, but Philomena comes out of other)
Stealth Firefist: Hey! That's my thing! (Philomena pecks him on the head) Oh, it is on! (Chases after Philomena)
Rainbow Dash: (Suddenly comes up to group) What are you four doing? Are you having a race? Oh, can I play? One, two, three, GO! (Races off)
(Group continues running until they come up to Applejack, Pinkie Pie is chewing on something, and Rarity)
Fluttershy: Excuse me!
Pinkie Pie: Hi!
Twilight Sparkle: Beg your pardon!
Rarity: Put me down!
Applejack: What in tarnation?!
Lightning Strike: Sorry!
Stealth Firefist: We need you for dinsert!
Fluttershy: Sorry, but we've gotta find-
Guards: The princess's pet bird!
(Philomena is on a fountain with barely any feathers and is coughing)
Fluttershy: Philomena, come down from there! You'll hurt yourself! (Philomena loses all her feathers and makes a death rattle and falls off fountain) I'll catch you! (Philomena bursts into flames) (Fluttershy cries)
Stealth Firefist: Wow. I did not see that coming. So who wants dinsert? (Gets irritated looks from everyone) What too soon?
Lightning Strike: How do we tell the princess?
Stealth Firefist: Don't worry guys, I've got your back.
Princess Celestia: (Arriving) What is going on here? (Everyone bows)
Stealth Firefist: They did it! I had nothing to with this!
Twilight Sparkle: Your Majesty, there's been a terrible accident.
Fluttershy: It's all my fault.
Twilight Sparkle: No, Princess. Fluttershy didn't know any better. It was my fault.
Fluttershy: I'm the one who did it.
Twilight Sparkle: But you were only trying to help.
Fluttershy: Some help I was.
Twilight Sparkle: Will ya let me do this? She'll go easier on me.
Fluttershy: But it's my fault!
Twilight Sparkle: No, it's my fault!
Lightning Strike: No, it should be my fault girls. I deserve the punishment.
Stealth Firefist: Princess, I take full reponsibility for all this. They were the ones who cause all this.
Fluttershy: Thanks for trying to protect me, guys, but... Princess Celestia, I'm the one who took your pet bird. I really was only trying to help the poor little thing. Then I was gonna bring it right back to you, honest. So, if you wanna banish me and then throw me in a dungeon in the place that you banish me to, then that's what I deserve.
Stealth Firefist: To sum it up, it was their fault. Not mine. Them, yes. Me, no. Them, 100. Me, 0. Them, uh-huh. Me, uh-uh.
Princess Celestia: Oh, stop fooling around, Philomena. You're scaring everybody.
Lightning and Stealth: Say what now? (Ashes rise spin in the air and forms Philomena into a phoenix bird) Whoa! That is so awesome!
(Ponies gasp in awe)
Fluttershy: I don't understand! What is that thing? What happened to Philomena?
Stealth Firefist: Yes! I was right. She was a phoenix bird!
Princess Celestia: Quite right Stealth. This is Philomena. She's quite a sight, as I said. But nothing unusual for a phoenix. Isn't that right, Philomena? (Philomena squawks)
Fluttershy: A... A phoenix?
Princess Celestia: A phoenix is a majestic and magical bird. While it appears healthy and happy most of the time, every so often it must renew itself by shedding all of its feathers and bursting into flame. (silently) Rather melodramatic, if you ask me. (loud) It then rises from the ashes, fresh as a daisy. All just a normal part of the life cycle of a phoenix. I'm afraid mischievous little Philomena here took the occasion to have a little fun with you, Fluttershy. Say you're sorry, young lady.
Fluttershy: So... aren't you gonna banish me? Or throw me in a dungeon? Or banish me and then throw me in a dungeon in the place that you banish me to?
Lightning Strike: Pretty sure that's not gonna happen.
Princess Celestia: Lightning is right, my little pony. Where on Earth would you get such an idea?
Lightning and Stealth: (Stare awkwardly at Twilight) Awkward.
Fluttershy: I guess I have some imagination.
Twilight Sparkle: Fluttershy really did do everything she could to try to take care of Philomena for you.
Princess Celestia: And I do appreciate that your heart was in the right place, child. But all you had to do was ask me and I could have told you Philomena was a phoenix and saved you all this trouble.
Fluttershy: I know. I shouldn't have jumped to conclusions. Next time I'll ask before taking matters into my own hooves.
Twilight Sparkle: Should I write you a letter about that lesson, Princess?
Princess Celestia: No, that's quite all right. I think I can remember.
Fluttershy: It's beautiful. Thank you, Philomena. No hard feelings.
Rainbow Dash: Hmm... (indistinct whispers) Hey, you know what you should do? You should go over there and tickle them! (Philomena tickles guards noses with feathers and group starts laughing)
Stealth Firefist: Well, that was a fun day. So who wants dinsert?
Princess Celestia: That sounds great Stealth.
Twilight Sparkle: Huh?
Lightning Strike: What do you know. Stealth was right. Dinsert actually is something.
(Ponies and Stealth laugh again)
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