Decibelle & Gingerroot Episode 1: "Pilot"

[ACT II]

SCENE 5

[The setting: Late at night in Ponyville, as AJ is leading two new ponies into the barn at Sweet Apple Acres.]

APPLEJACK: Y’all can sleep up here in the loft. C’mon now, don’t be shy!!

[She proceeds to climb up a rope ladder into the loft. A bit confused on how to climb in their new equine bodies, Deci & Ginger hesitate before carefully attempting to climb up into the loft.]

DECIBELLE: Thank you again, for all your help…W-we promise, we won’t be any—

APPLEJACK: Aw, now don’t you fret about it, sugarcube; it’s mah’ pleasure. Now go on an’ try to get some shut-eye, y’hear? Y’all gotta big day ahead of ya tomorrow…

DECIBELLE: Good night, Applejack.

APPLEJACK: Sweet dreams, Decibelle.

[She smiles at Decibelle before heading back down the rope ladder, the light from the lantern fading as she descends, her footsteps fading out of earshot before the barn door is heard closing with a loud thud.]

GINGERROOT: [Sarcastically] Well, THIS was an interesting day, wasn’t it?

[Deci doesn’t respond, merely sitting with her back turned away from him.]

GINGERROOT: …Umm, babe? Err…D-Deci? Decibelle…?

DECIBELLE: [Snickering]

[Deci lay on her side curled up in a fetal position, giggling excitedly and compulsively stroking her tail with a hoof, a look of paranoid insanity on her face.]

GINGERROOT: Oh, boy…You were holding in that nervous breakdown for quite a while, weren’t you?

DECIBELLE: [Giggling and singing to the tune of the G3 MLP theme] M-my little ponies, we’re my little p-ponies…[Giggles] We’re n-never gonna leave this place…[Giggles] My little ponies, my LITTLE ponies…[Giggles] What d-did I do to des-s-serve this fate?!

GINGERROOT: Oh, come on!! PLEASE don’t go insane on me, baby!! I need you!!

DECIBELLE: [Singing] My little ponies, MY LITTLE PONIES…!! [Shrieking] We’re all GLUED in the end!! [Laughs hysterically]

GINGERROOT: Oh, come on now, Deci!! Snap out of it!! Please…?

[He smacks a hoof to his face in exasperation.]

GINGERROOT: Seriously…? [Sighs] I REALLY don’t wanna do this, babe, but you’re kinda not giving me any choices right now…

[He picks up a still maniacally giggling Deci and sits her upright before swiftly slapping her across the face. Deci’s neurotic grin is quickly replaced with that of a blank stare as she blinks twice.]

GINGERROOT: You back to normal now?

[His face immediately scrunches up as he feels a sudden excruciating pain between his hind legs, courtesy of Deci’s back hoof.]

GINGERROOT: [Squeaking] I’ll take that as a “yes”…!!

[He falls over into a fetal position, front hooves and tail tightly clutched between his hind legs in agony. Deci yanks him up by the horn to look him straight in the eye.]

DECIBELLE: [Sternly] Don’t. You. Ever. Slap me. Like that. AGAIN. Understand?

GINGERROOT: [Whimpers] Mmm-hmm…!!

DECIBELLE: Good little ginger horsie. [Giggles]

[She lets go of his horn, making him fall on his face before patting his head and flopping down onto the soft hay bed and covering herself with half of the quilt. Gingerroot shakily uncurls from his position and crawls underneath the quilt right next to her.]

GINGERROOT: Babe, listen…I-I’m sorry, okay?

DECIBELLE: What, for slapping me?

GINGERROOT: Well, yeah, that too…B-But mostly for being kind of a jackass in general. I-It’s just that—

DECIBELLE: I get it…It’s not like every day you get inexplicably transformed into a pair of colorful talking cartoon horses…and then just plopped down into an ENTIRE WORLD full of colorful talking cartoon horses, y’know?

GINGERROOT: [Laughs] Yeah, I guess you’re right. You usually are…

DECIBELLE: It’s been hell for the both of us.

GINGERROOT: Seems like more for you…

DECIBELLE: [Sighs] But what do you think it’ll be like now, like THIS?

GINGERROOT: I have absolutely NO idea…[Yawning] Can I sleep on it?

DECIBELLE: [Giggling] All right then…But hey, guess what?

GINGERROOT: [Grunts softly] What…?

DECIBELLE: [Softly] I love you…

GINGERROOT: I love you, too.

[The two ponies gently nuzzle each other before drifting off to sleep as the scene gradually pans to show the outside of the barn, then the entire farm, then Ponyville before panning up to the night sky and finally fading out.]

[THE END]