Story challenge by MissKoiFishPony

Based on the Disney movie Tangled. Pinkie Pie was a princess, the only daughter of Queen Celestia and King Sombra. She had magical glowing hair that could cure the sick and heal the wounded. In honor of her birth, the king and queen released a floating lantern into the sky, and a thousand on her birthday each year.

One night the evil Mother Adagio stole the princess from the palace and raised her as her own daughter. Pinkie had always dreamed of leaving the tall tower that Adagio had never let her leave. Every night on her birthday Pinkie could see the glowing lights in the sky that she could never explain. Then started the inexplicable urge to see them up close.

When the wanted thief Mozzarella Jack comes to the tower, they make a deal. Now Pinkie is on a journey with Jack and her pet alligator, Gummy, to see the lanterns, and for Jack to get his fame and glory. Little do they know that their adventure will take a slight detour.