This behavior has got to stop
It was a perfect day outside.
The sun was bright and warm, the pegasi had cleared the sky, and the grass looked greener than ever. Even better, Pinkie Pie was feeling inspired. Unfortunately, all of her so called "friends" had tricked her. What was supposed to be a giant cupcake with seven layers of different flavors to celebrate finding her new hobby, turned out to be none other than an intervention.
The Ol' 'Giant Cupcake Celebration' rouse! I should've known! That's Intervention trap 101! Pinkie thought miserably.
"Look, Pinkie, I can see you're upset about all this, but please believe us. We love you more than anything! It's just...this new addiction of yours is upsetting everypony. It may seem like you have it under control now, but you're only leading yourself down a dark path! Can't you see how you're hurting yourself?" Twilight began.
"Can't you see how much you're hurting us?" Rainbow flopped on the couch, sounding more annoyed than anything.
"You guys are being silly and it's just not fair!
This stupid intervention is more than I can bear!" Pinkie said.
"SEE?" Twilight lifted her hoof.
"This is what I'm talking about! This rapping has got to stop, Pinkie. You can't say anything anymore without...Well, rapping it!"
"Look, it's Twilight Sparkle, Mrs. 'I-know-what-to-do'!
I could stop anytime I wanted, I just have no desire to!"
"Oh, Enough!" Rarity whined.
"I simply can't stand it anymore! It's like we're living in one of those children's books! Please, Pinkie, think of your friends!"
"As much as Ah hate to agree with Rarity if Ah can help it, she's right Sugarcube. Ah know ya'll really enjoy rhymin' all the time, and Ah know ya think yer gunna break an album and drop in tha business, but-"
"DROP an album! Then BREAK into the business!
You were so close, but a miss is still a miss!
Applejack, I think you need to talk to Celestia!
Maybe she can find some help for that Dyslexia!"
"'Scuse me? This is what Ah get fer tryin to help a friend? Hmph!" Applejack pouted.
"Pinkie, you're starting to really hurt all of your friends' feelings! Why do you have to insult everypony when you rap?"
"Don't bother, Twilight, talking to her like that isn't going to get through to her," Rainbow Dash said, no longer laying down.
"What do you mean?" Twilight pulled a book off her shelf with her magic.
"Interventions 101 says you need to sit the addict down with all her loved ones and explain where you're all coming from with as much love as possible-"
"Yeah, but that's for ponies with small problems, like drugs or gambling." Dash replied.
"This is serious."
"Oh?" Twilight raised an eyebrow, offended by Dash's dismissal of her books.
"And what do you suggest, then? Hmmm?"
"Easy! We need to fight fire with fire!"
Rainbow Dash suddenly turned to Pinkie Pie and pointed her hoof at her.
"Pinkie! I challenge you to...A RAP BATTLE!"
The library erupted with gasps and then groans.
"More rapping?!" Rarity cried.
"If I win, you have to stop rapping...FOR GOOD!" Dash said with a smirk.
"Hmm, a battle of rhyme you wish to begin?
But, wait, what do I get if I win?" Pinkie rubbed her chin, in thought.
"If you win, then we have to actually bake you a giant seven layer cupcake, just like the one we said was here!"
"I'm in!" Pinke cheered.
"Okay, you better put your big girl pants on, Pie, because you have no idea what you've just done! Meet me back here in an hour, I'll get the queen of rhyme herself to come judge...Zecora! Of course."
"You better start putting some rhymes into your rants!
And brush up on some knowledge, ponies don't wear pants!"
"Just be here in an hour!
AND! ...uh, don't forget to shower!" Rainbow retorted, putting on her game face.
"We're doomed." Rarity muttered.
"...Yeahhhh, I think we are." Twilight agreed.
When the hour was up, both Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash were staring each other down outside of Twilight's library. Zecora was sitting where she could see both of them, happy to help. Applejack, Fluttershy, and Rarity were all sitting next to Zecora, but Twilight was nowhere to be found.
"Alright, you two, let's get ready to begin!
I'll be listening carefully to see who'll win!
It'll be a fair fight, I hope you agree,
now, Pinkie, begin on my count to three!
1...
2..
3!
Pinkie opened her mouth and pulled in as much air as she could to prepare, but after she had something felt off.
"NOPE!" Twilight's voice rung out.
"Mmmmph! MMMPH!" Pinkie tried to shout.
However, Twilight had used the same spell Trixie had used on her last time she was in town. She had removed Pinkie's mouth and was holding it with her magic.
"What's the big idea, Twilight?" Rainbow demanded.
"I've had enough! No rap battle, no more rapping! I tried to do things by the book, I tried to be nice, but noooo! You just had to do this the hard way, didn't you? Well, how's this for hard? If you ever want to eat your favorite sugary treats again, much like this regular sized but still tasty cupcake I have right here, you'll pinkie promise to STOP RAPPING!"
Pinkie's eyes widened when she saw the cupcake Twilight was holding. But...but...her rap career! She was going to be the next big thing! She was going to be the Notorious P.I.N.K.!
"MMMPPH! MMMPHHHHH!!" She said, tears forming in her eyes.
"Fine then, I'll just get rid of this mouth then, you clearly don't need it!"
Pinkie leapt to Twilight's hooves and looked her in the eyes with her large blue ones. She broke.
"MMMOMAY." She hung her head in defeat. She couldn't rap without her mouth, anyway.
"Thank you, Pinkie. Remember, I did this out of love." Twilight used her magic to fix Pinkie's mouth.
To which she responded by devouring the cupcake.
"See, guys? Aren't you glad we did things my way?" Twilight asked as she walked past the group and into her library.
"Well, I'm just glad this 'rapping' thing is finally over with!" Rarity sighed.
Rainbow, however, was not so pleased. She hovered over to her friends as Zecora shrugged and began her trip back home.
"You know, I'm kind of getting sick of Twilight thinking she's always right all the time! We always have to do things her way!" Dash complained.
"Ya know, that's true, Rainbow. Everytime one of us thinks up some idea it ain't good enough fer her if it didn't come outta one of those there books." Applejack agreed.
"Actually, now that you mention it, she IS rather pretentious about things. I know she usually ends up being right most of the time, but that doesn't mean one of us would've been wrong had we tried one of our ideas!" Rarity chimed in.
"Oh, um, I don't know. I guess, she does really like being right." Fluttershy mumbled.
"She doesn't JUST like being right, she likes to be right ALL the time," Rainbow pondered.
"Actually...are you guys thinking what I'm thinking?"
The group smiled and nodded, catching on to her drift.
"Absolutely, time to get more cupcakes!" Pinkie said happily, hugging her friends with frosting stuck on her muzzle.
"No, Pinkie!" Dash said, rolling her eyes.
"Intervention time!"
