MST: Mysteries Shouldn't Tickle

Five Minutes Later

“It’s ready!” Twilight sang.

“OK, now what?” Asked Rainbow Dash.

“Now, we play it.”

“Play?” Applejack asked, confused. “I thought we were watchin’ a movie.”

“Do make up your mind, dear.” Rarity added.

“It’s terminology for-forget it. Everyone settled?”

Everyone nodded. Twilight positioned the projector infront of a bare wall, and extended her hoof to the On button…

But...

“Hey, Applejack!” A small voice cried. Applejack got up suddenly. “Applebloom?”

Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo were standing at the door, covered with grass stains and tree sap.

“We were wonderin’ if we could use the projector you have upstairs to watch this movie we found on the ground!” Sweetie Bell explained.

“G-Girls...how did you know that it was a movie?” Twilight asked, stunned. They hadn't gone through the portal, had they?

“Aw, shucks, it was easy! It said so right on the cover!” Apple Bloom explained.

Sweetie Bell used her magic to levitate their box up to their noses. Twilight looked closer. Below the Flashy title, in smaller, more ordinary print, were the words, A Movie.

“Oh…” Twilight blushed. “That’s how.”

“And then we saw the film inside and realized that it could work on a projector or something!”

“Please, Twi? Could we?” Apple Bloom begged. “We could get our projectorin’ cutie marks!”

“Whoa, whoa, whoa.” Said Rainbow Dash. “You had a perfectly good projector upstairs?!”

“Um,” Twilight blushed. “I forgot.”

“You forgot.” Applejack repeated.

"But hey, it all works out just fine!" Twilight reassured. "We have the projector I just bought down here, and the girls can play around with the other one up there!"

“But why don’t you watch it with us down here, Sweetie?” Rarity asked.

“That’s OK, sis! We wanna figure this out ourselves!” Sweetie Bell explained cheerfully.

“CUTIE MARK CRUSADER PROJECTOR OPERATORS, YAY!” They scampered up the staircase.

Twilight shrugged. “Well, I don’t see why it would do any harm. Oh, I'm so excited!" She gasped. "Girls, this is going to be amazing! This literally a miracle of science, just you wait!"

"Sound's great! Let’s get this thing started!” Rainbow Dash whooped.

Twilight checked for any more signs of interruption, but none could be heard.

She took a deep breath and pressed On.