MST: Mysteries Shouldn't Tickle

Evening, The Same Day

“So what are y’all so excited about, Twi?” Applejack asked. “Ah Just see a strange lookin’ box, with a picture of us on it.”

“Hey, how come I’m not in the picture?” Rainbow Dash complained.

“I don’t know.” Twilight told her, wondering herself. “It’s called a tape.”

She quickly explained what a tape was and how she'd come across it.

“So it’s like it’s happenin’ except it’s not happenin’?” Applejack pondered.

“ It’s like a play, only with no stage because it would be really awkward to fit a stage in your living room because the whole point of not

having a stage is so that you won’t have to have a stage!” Pinkie Pie gasped.

“Umm, yes, Pinkie.” Twilight agreed, amazed. It was the exact explanation human Pinkie had given when showing her own tapes to Twilight.

Go figure.

“Anyway, I was going to do some tests on this, but Spike and I figured that it might be fun if we had a movie night with you girls!”

“What’s a movie?” Rarity wanted to know.

“It’s the same thing as a tape, Rarity.” Spike explained airily.

“I see.”

“So yall’re goin’ ta watch this movie for our evenin' get together?" Applejack asked.

“Well, yes!” Twilight nodded. “I mean, if that’s OK with you guys.”

“Sure thing!” Rainbow Dash nodded.

“Why not?” Applejack consented.

“Of course.” Rarity nodded. "Oh, I do hope that we are portrayed correctly." She examined her picture closely.

"Aw, why'd that be a problem?" Rainbow Dash rolled her eyes.

"Says the pony who couldn't even make it to the box art!" (Rainbow Dash huffed loudly and tossed her head)

"And why am I clinging to Applejack, it just is a rather demeaning posture...well, I don't know, we shall see."

“I'll do it if you want, Twilight.” Fluttershy said tentatively. “Oh-unless it’s scary. Is it scary?”

“Hmmm…” Twilight realized she had absolutely no clue.

She flipped the box over, looking for clues.

The box art read,

The Elements Of Harmony, Twilight Sparkle (Holly Lintstring) Fluttershy (Francis Whispwind) Rarity (Claribelle Ringer) Applejack (Apple Singer) and Pinkie Pie (Madella Lilies)

All star in this brand new adventure! After a brutal breakup, the gang must put  their differences aside and solve one last friendship problem! But who is pulling the strings!?

Find out in Harmony’s Heroes!

YA-13

There were a list of a few more strange names on the bottom, and a short disclaimer.

“Well, it doesn’t seem to scary.” Twilight mused.

Fluttershy smiled. “Oh thank goodness. I'll do it then, Twilight.”

“So we get to do it?! YIPPEE! I’ll get popcorn! And cakes! And piecakes! And cupcakes! Yummyyumyum!” Pinkie Pie cartwheeled away. “You go

get it set up, girls!”

“OK, so what do we do now, Twi?” Applejack asked. “What do we do with that thingamajig?”

“Hmmm…” Twilight thought. "Rainbow, doesn't the town hall have an old projector that they sometimes let us borrow?"

“Well, we did have an old projector.” Rainbow Dash offered, before she remembered. “Before someone broke it anyway.” She gave Spike a hard look.

Spike blushed. “Sorry?”

“I thought you had it replaced.” Twilight said.

“I dunno, Twi…” Rainbow said. “I wanna see this thing and all, but the new projector is like brand new, and Mayor Mare would be really mad. The old one was different because it was on its last legs, but-”

“No, no, you misunderstand me, Rainbow. Where did you get the new projector?”

“Down the street from the dance studio-whoa!”

Five minutes later, Twilight sped back in with a brand new projector.

“Uh, Twilight?” Spike asked. “Isn’t this a little extreme for one little movie thing?”

“Oh, not at all, Spike!” Twilight beamed. “Think of all we can learn from this!”

Spike rubbed his forehead. Whenever Twilight got like this, things sometimes got rather...out of hand.

“Well, what are we waitin’ for! Let’s go!” Applejack shouted as Twilight carefully unwound the tape from the, well, tape, and began stringing it around the projector.

“Oooh, I’m so excited!” Pinkie squealed.

Maybe I'm just imagining it, Spike decided. What could go wrong?