Whaehonah got back in the car and drove back to Povania. On the way there, an orange pony ran out in front of her. She slammed on the break, swerved and rolled right into a patch of blue flowers. Whaehonah was lucky that the car was back on its wheels, otherwise she would be in the hospital again. The orange pony walked over and told her what she was in.

“Hey, you do realize you're walking around in a patch of poison joke right?” Said the orange pony

“What is poison joke?” She asked

“You’re gonna find out soon enough when something weird happens to you.” Said the pony

The orange pony then flew off. Whaehonah noticed that his eyes were cat-like, his wings looked like bat wings and his cutie mark was a skull and crossbones. Whaehonah didn’t care enough about it to really worry about it, she just got back in her car and finished her trip to Povania. When she arrived in Povania, she saw the same creature that was eating a bear the night before, she couldn’t believe that it was still alive after running over it with the car. Whaehonah decided to drive over it a few more times in hopes of killing it this time. She got the car on top of it, then put the pedal to the metal. After spinning her wheels on it for twenty minutes, she made a u turn and did the same thing a few more times. This time the creature looked dead, but she would have to see. Whaehonah eventually drove to Senthrio’s house to check on her before looking around town for a place to live. She arrived at her sister’s house and went inside.

“Senthrio, are you here?” She asked loudly

“I’m here sis.” Senthrio said from upstairs

“Senthrio, that creature. Is it possible to kill it?” Whaehonah asked as she walked up the stairs

“I don’t think so. Somepony brought it out of that book and I’m pretty sure, the only way to get rid of it, is to put it back in the book.” Senthrio explained

“How do we put it back in the book?” She asked

“I would ask the pony who brought it out.” Senthrio said, giving Whaehonah a look that also answered her next question

“It’s the pony who brought the destruction of this town isn’t it.” Said Whaehonah

“Yes, I don’t know his name, but I do know that he’s hard to find and if you wanna talk to him, you’d better be on his good side.” Said Senthrio

“Are you on his good side?” She asked

“I’ve never met him. He doesn’t really associate with other ponies.” Senthrio explained

Whaehonah sighed and went back to her car to read the book that Senthrio gave her and try to get some rest. After reading a few chapters of the book, Whaehonah did not have high hopes of getting any sleep, instead she just sat in the car and thought about how she could talk to the pony who brought the creature out of the book. Eventually she decided to see who wrote the book. The book didn’t have a title on the cover due to it being worn off, but the name of the author was written on it. She managed to make out what the name was, “by Inky Hearts.” The same name from the files she picked up.

Whaehonah eventually fell asleep, but her night was very rough and when she woke up the next morning, she looked in the mirror of the car and everything looked fine, but she couldn’t help but feel like something was wrong. When she opened her mouth to yawn, she began to drool uncontrollably.
She couldn’t figure out why she was drooling like this, but she had a feeling that it was something to do with that plant she was standing in yesterday. Whaehonah started to remember what the orange pony called it, poison joke, the name was interesting and a new one on her. She decided to do some research on the plant and after some thinking went to the library in Ponyville. Upon arriving where the library was, Whaehonah saw that it was gone. She rolled her window down and asked a pony that was walking by what happened to it.

“Excuse me sir, what happened to the library that was right here?” She asked

“Oh, didn’t you hear, it was destroyed by Tirek a few years ago.?” Said the pony

“Darn. Well do you know of another library here in town?” She asked

“No but there’s one in Princess Twilight’s castle and one in Canterlot.” The pony said starting to notice Whaehonah’s drooling and sharp teeth

Whaehonah saw this and explained her situation

“About the drooling, I’m looking for information about a weed called poison joke.” She explained

“Oh, alright, well if I were you, I’d talk to a Zebra named Zecora. She knows how to create a herbal bath to get rid of the effects.” The pony suggested

“Thanks, where does she live?” She asked

“In the ever free forest.” The pony said, pointing in the direction of Zecora’s house

Whaehonah nodded and drove back to the forest in search of anything that could resemble a house. It took all morning, but Whaehonah found a tree that looked a lot like a hut. She drove up to it, got out of the car and went to the door. The decor she saw around the house suggested that the pony who lived here was a native Equestrian, at least that was the first thing that came to her mind. Whaehonah knocked on the door and waited. It took a minute, but eventually the door was opened and a zebra greeted her.

“What do we have here, and how may I help you dear?” The zebra said, rhyming as she spoke

“Yes, I’m looking for Zecora.” Said Whaehonah

“That’s me, so how may I assist the?” Said Zecora

“I’m looking for a cure for something called poison joke.” She said, drooling as she spoke

“Ah yes, I have just the thing you’re looking for, it’s enough for you, but I still need to make some more. Just put it in a bath, and this will get rid of that plant’s wrath.” Zecora said, giving Whaehonah a bottle of what looked like little green bath beads

Whaehonah left the hut and drove to a spa that she saw in Ponyville to see if they would let her use the remedy in a tub. Upon arriving at the spa, Whaehonah noticed that eyes were turning to look in her direction, a couple of stallions approached the car and were clearly trying to see through the glass, one of them knocked on the front window and spoke.

“I don’t know what it is, but it looks like it’s one of those contraptions that yellow unicorn was in, I can’t see who’s in this one though.” Said the stallion

Whaehonah shut the car off and opened the door. The stallion walked over and saw Whaehonah stepping out. He questioned her, but she only walked past him and ran inside. She went to the front desk, swallowed her saliva and asked if she could get a hot tub treatment with the herbal bath beads. The desk pony nodded

“Yes, that’ll be ten bits.” Said the desk pony

Whaehonah wasted no time and put a bag of bits on the counter. The pony then led her to the hot tub and poured the herbs into the tub. Whaehonah got in and laid back, she spent thirty minutes soaking in the tub to be sure that the effects of the poison joke were over. It wasn’t long after that, she heard a familiar voice speak.

“Enjoying a day at the spa I see.” Said the voice

Whaehonah looked up and saw Rarity.

“Professor Rarity! It’s a long story, but I ended up getting destroyed by a plant called poison joke, so I came here to get rid of the effects.” Said Whaehonah

“Oh how I hate poison joke, it’s really no fun at all.” Said Rarity

“Well, I’d better get going. I’ve been here long enough.” She said as she got out of the tub

Whaehonah quickly dried herself off and went back to the car. As soon as she got to the car and opened the door, another familiar voice spoke.

“How is it going Whaehonah?” Said the voice

She looked over and saw Lightning Rain standing at the front of the car.

“Oh, it’s going good.” She said as she shut the door

“Well that’s good, I just wanted to let you know that we got Lightning Dust for more than possession of an illegal substance and attempted murder.” Said Lightning Rain

“Oh yeah, what are the other charges?” She asked

“She’s also getting locked up for filly endangerment. It turns out that she also endangered a filly named Scootaloo a few years ago.” Said Lightning Rain

“Scootaloo? Well at least she’s going away for it.” She replied

“How well do you know that filly?.” He asked

“I’ve met her before the investigation in an old town that’s off the grid, she was with two other fillies and I gave them a ride home, since the buildings in the town were unsafe and they could’ve gotten hurt or killed.” She explained

“Well I can say that you did a good thing. You knew it wasn’t safe there and you brought them back safely.” Said the detective

“I don’t truly know what brought me to do the things that I’ve done, but I will say that I’m not proud of it, looking back on my actions prior, I do remember that I couldn’t have lived with the deaths of three fillies.” She said

“Speaking of which, Princess Celestia has asked me to give you this.” Lightning Rain said, giving Whaehonah a rolled up letter

Whaehonah unrolled the paper and read it. It was a pardon, signed by the princess herself.

Author's Note

I don’t claim, nor will I take credit for the character named Inky Hearts.