Wish Gone Awry. Enter Equestria! Enter New Life!

"Alright, this is pretty much Rare in top form. Fair warning, there is some violence, but it's all very cartoony," Julius told the two ponies as he started the game.

"Hah, Fluttershy, doing something with violence? Are you sure there isn't a better game for her?" Rainbow Dash joked as the game started up.

"There is, ummm, I think there is. I think I remember seeing a Harvest Moon game for the Nintendo 64, but I'm not quite sure. It would fit Fluttershy and Applejack better; it's a game all about farming." Julius replied.

"Now, why would I like a game like that? I live on a farm; if I wanted to farm, I'd just go outside. I play games to not farm," Applejack huffed as a bear, and a bird came on the screen.

"A farming game does sound nice, but this looks good too," Fluttershy softly smiled as Applejack started the game.

"Alright, so you can skip the tutorial and do it at your own pace if you want," Julius told the two as Applejack talked to Bottles.

"I'm fine with the tutorial; it's good to know how to do things," Applejack said as she accepted the tutorial.

"I like the music and art of the game. It's so bright and cheery," Fluttershy happily smiled as she hummed along with the music.

"Oh yeah, we're definitely getting you two to play up to the third world," Julius chuckled as a few of the ponies looked at him. "What?"

"Why up to the third world? What's waiting for us there?" Applejack asked as she completed the tutorials.

"Well, world two has the most terrifying enemy I've ever seen. I've fought vampires, a five-headed dragon goddess, were-creatures, ghosts, so many undead, and other things; yeah, the enemy in world two outdoes them all," Julius said with a shudder. "As for level three, well, there's a very big surprise there," he mischievously chuckled.

"I don't like the sound of any of that," Applejack said as she walked up a path. "Last one," she sighed as she again talked to Bottles.

"Are, are they fighting vegetables? Vegetables with googly eyes?" Rainbow Dash asked as Applejack aggressively made salad.

"Yup. I love this design philosophy, find a random thing, slap googly eyes on it, and bam, and NPC. Upside, they don't walk around saying 'orange man bad,'" Julius chuckled before Applejack glared at him.

"You got a problem with orange folk?" Applejack shot at Julius.

"Nope, though some people in my world do. You'd have to talk to them about it. Still, fair warning, get ready for doublethink and mental gymnastics that'd give Celestia a headache," Julius told Applejack as she finished destroying the vegetables.

"I think you underestimate my political experience," Celestia told Julius.

"Yeah, I probably do. But you underestimate how dedicated humans are about being right and dying on a stupid hill. And make no mistake, we will, in pure defiance of all logic, die on that hill while being right, despite being wrong," Julius joked as Applejack made her way into Grunty's Lair.

"I'm sure you're exaggerating," Celestia smiled as Applejack picked up a dancing jiggy.

"I wish I was. Oh, they're about to enter the first world. Fair warning Zecora, you might find something offensive in this world," Julius warned as Applejack finished the puzzle and entered Mumbo's Mountain.

"In my day, I've seen a lot. So much so, that much have I forgot. Worry not about myself being offended. This is a game; I can take it as intended," Zecora calmly said.

"Those purple things look mean. They almost look like an angry Spike if he ate a lot and hit puberty," Applejack said as she hit the one chasing her. "Though, I think Spike is made of sturdier stuff than them," she smiled as she took them out and explored the level.

"Oh, a friendly bull," Fluttershy happily said as she saw a bull walking around. "Let's go up and say hi."

"Well, alright, but I get the feeling that he isn't friendly," Applejack hesitantly said as she approached the bull. "Wah! I Told you!" She yelped as the bull charged her away.

"Yeah, that's Big Butt," Julius chuckled. "Fair warning, he's immortal; just ignore him," he suggested as Applejack spotted an ape.

"Good idea. Now, I'm not a betting pony, but that there looks like a boss or something," Applejack said as she walked up to the ape, only to get oranges thrown at her. "I knew it!" She yelped as she ran around.

"Applejack, he's throwing oranges; maybe you need to get him to throw the oranges onto those pads," Fluttershy suggested as she spotted the orange pads.

"Well, it's worth a shot," Applejack shrugged as she stood on a pad, dodging out of the way at the last moment the orange hit the pad and seemed to press it down. "Hey, that seemed to do something! Onto the others!" She happily said as she tricked the ape into hitting the remaining pads, earning a jiggy for their trouble.

"Oh, over there, on the stump, there's a monkey. He seems to be trying to get our attention," Fluttershy told Applejack.

"Remember what you said about the bull," Applejack sighed. "I'll approach it, but I'll be ready to act if it tries anything," she sighed as she walked up to the monkey while avoiding oranges. "Oh, well, it is friendly and wants an orange."

"Well, that mean ape is hoarding all the oranges. We should get one from him for the monkey. Make that mean ape share," Fluttershy huffed as Applejack rushed the tree the ape was standing on.

"Hah, you'd like Robin Hood then," Julius chuckled as Applejack stole an orange from the ape. "He stole from the rich and gave to the poor. A mythical figure, but one inspired by the reign of Bad King John," he finished as Applejack gave the monkey the orange.

"You really had a king named Bad King John?" Celestia, Luna, and Twilight all asked.

"Well, John Lackland was only known as Bad King John after his death. Basically, he did literally everything wrong and screwed up so horribly that all the nobility rose in revolt and made him sign the Magna Carta, significantly limiting the crown's power. The peasants couldn't really do anything, but they did make a mythical folk hero who stole from the king and gave the stolen goods to the poor. At least, I think that's how it went; I might be mixing up some things," Julius shrugged as Applejack and Fluttershy played through the level.

"Oh, come now. There's been a lot of weak rulers in our world; I doubt there could be any event that would cause all the nobility to rise against a monarch," Celestia flatly told Julius.

"Bad King John lost almost all English lands in France, which was about two-thirds of the country, and turned the royal palace into a brothel where he would whore out the wives and daughters of the nobles to get money. Also, he nearly converted the whole country to a different religion that nobody in the country followed," Julius responded.

"So, how was this king only known as Bad King John, and not Bad King John the Terrible, or something like that?" Luna asked.

"Because the English like to understate things," Julius told Luna as Applejack walked up to a giant skull-shaped building. "Oh, Zecora, this is the part where you might get offended."

"I'm guessing those skull things do something in here," Applejack said as she walked up to the skull.

"Be careful; it looks scary," Fluttershy shuddered as Applejack walked inside.

"This music sounds a bit familiar and yet a little off," Zecora said as Applejack talked to Mumbo Jumbo. "And this shaman, his magical knowledge, would make me scoff," she said as Mumbo started to cast a spell. "An ant, he turns you into an ant? What are you a threat to, a plant?" Zecora scoffed as Applejack ran around.

"No, not a threat to anything. But you move quickly, and you can run up steep walls," Julius replied as Applejack made her way to the big tower-like thing close to Mumbo's hut.

"I think we can make it up that now. If we can run up steep walls, then we should be able to run up that steep ledge," Fluttershy suggested as Applejack walked inside the tower.

"I was thinking the same thing. Though, we'll have to avoid the ants," Applejack said as she made her way through the tower.

"Well, they're termites," Fluttershy quietly corrected.

"Fluttershy, I honestly don't care. They're big, mean, and they look like ants," Applejack sighed as she made her way up the tower.

"I realized, but still, we should do our best not to make those mistakes. They could lead to some very big problems," Fluttershy quietly said.

"Yeah, if they were real. Fluttershy, they aren't real beings; they don't care what we think of them," Applejack sighed as she grabbed the last jiggy from the top of the tower. "You know, I bet we could get that jiggy in the cliff with this form," she smiled as she ran to the edge of the tower. "I'mma jumping!" She happily said as she jumped off towards the cliff. "Hey, it works!"

"How'd you know that you wouldn't take any damage?" Fluttershy asked as Applejack took the honeycomb.

"I didn't. It just seemed like a fun thing. Though, this gives me an idea. Remember how we saw a jiggy pop out of the top of the mountain we entered?" Applejack asked.

"Yes," Fluttershy responded. "You think that we can get it in this form?"

"Exactly! I'm guessing that we could even walk up that steep hill we first saw when we entered the witch's lair," Applejack told Fluttershy. "If we can't, well, ummm, maybe Kazooie can get us up there," she said with a shrug.

"Sounds good to me," Fluttershy warmly smiled as Applejack left the level. Turning around, Applejack swiftly ran up the mountainside, grabbing the jiggy.

"Congratulations, you managed to one-hundred percent the first level, though I have to warn you, level two has a nasty surprise," Julius said with a chuckle.

"Oh please," Applejack scoffed. "Whatever is waiting there for us, we can deal with it," she confidently said as she made her way through the tower.

"Oh, the level looks like a beach or an island," Fluttershy happily said as she clapped her hooves.

"Oh, it looks like there might be pirates there," Rainbow Dash happily said as she lightly flew. "Think that you'll join them?" She teasingly asked.

"I doubt it. If anything, we'll likely end up fighting them," Applejack told Rainbow Dash as she made her way to the level.

"A pirate ship, canons, and a treasure chest? This level is cool!" Rainbow Dash squealed.

"Rainbow, I haven't even entered the level yet," Applejack sighed as she hopped into the treasure chest. "Honestly girl, you gotta get ahold of yourself."

"Oh, this music is nice. It's upbeat and happy," Fluttershy hummed. "Oh, I think I hear one of those Jinjos."

"Yeah, it's under us. Odd, why is it so close?" Applejack wondered as Julius blankly smiled. "No matter, time to save it," she said as she jumped in the water. Swimming towards the Jinjo, the music quickly turned menacing. "What's happening?" Applejack asked as she got the Jinjo, only to get rammed by a shark. "Shark!" She yelped as she quickly swam to the shore. "So, that's why it was so close, it, wait, is that shark turning invisible?"

"Yup, that's Snacker, an immortal teleporting ghost shark," Julius laughed as he told Applejack.

"Oh, Sea Terrors are in the game," Celestia absentmindedly said.

"Indeed, though, it didn't fly or shoot any lasers. It must only be a baby," Luna added.

"I'm sorry, I think I had something insane in my ear. You want to run that by me again?" Julius asked as he cleared out his ears.

"It'd be easier if I just showed you," Luna said as she levitated Julius onto her back. "We'll be right back," she said as she teleported them both away.

"I'm sorry, but what's a Sea Terror? I've never heard of them," Twilight asked.

"Don't worry about them; they only live in the Sea of Shrieking Ghosts. Don't worry; there's no chance you'll encounter them unless you go out of your way. In which case, well, just don't, OK," Celestia told Twilight as Luna and Julius teleported back.

"Flying sharks that fire laser beams from their mouth," Julius blankly said as he looked at a wall. "Why? Just why? I mean, really, why? Don't answer, please don't. They fly, they go invisible, and they shoot lasers. Do you know what sharks need? None of that. They were already perfect," he blankly said as he stared at a wall that he found increasingly more interesting.

"Not really; there are far more threatening things in the ocean," Luna told Julius.

"Yes," Luna confirmed, "the worst being, and excuse my pronunciation, it's been many ages, Domhanda a chuimsíonn nathair. Bána an phláinéid. Eater na réaltaí. Seirbigh na mbeo. Or, just The Great Serpent, if you prefer."

"I, I don't wanna know," Julius blankly said. "Just play the damned game, please," he blankly sighed as the ponies laughed as continued to play through the level.