Chapters My Little Total Drama(Rewrite)
In Equestria Twilight and Tirek fought for the fate of Equestria, Twilight and Tirek’s Magic seemed to be very powerful, in fact it was so powerful that a beam of magic seemed to have open up an inter dimensional portal in the ground that would grow as the days would go on, the portal was unseen as later a Crystal castle was grown behind it, so no one was aware of this portal.
In the world of Canada Ontario is the Total Drama cast, they have all gone through so much and have faced many challenges to win 1,000,000 dollars in cash but today is the Reunion Party and everyone was invited, everyone except one.
Scarlett was in her laboratory she created, the cops never caught up to her so she has been hiding her time, and it appears she wasn’t invited to the party.
“Hmm I see I wasn’t invited to the cast reunion, well that will be okay in the long run.” Scarlett smirked “Soon they will pay for leaving me out, mwahahahahahahahaha.”
Back at the Reunion party all the contestants looked to be having a great time at Playa De Losers until they heard a noise and an earthquake begun to happen.
Scarlett’s mech appeared and it was huge. The cast gasped in shock at what was happening.
“Attention vermin, this cast party we are having is about to end, please enjoy a little bit of lasers.” Scarlett commanded.
The cast were all running around scared and Scarlett was enjoying making them suffer but then more rumbling was heard.
“What the heck? I’m not doing this.” Scarlett raised an eyebrow.
Soon part of the floor broke revealing a portal in the water Scarlett and her mech fell apart as she was sucked in, the rest of the contestants felt the power if the portal threatening to suck them in but soon the portal was able to get 13 campers, then it closed leaving a bunch of sad and dejected friends who would hope for their return.
The cast members they lost today were Owen, Gwen, Courtney, Cody, Noah, Cameron, Zoey, Scott, Mike, Shawn, Sky, Jasmine, and Dave.
Owen was a lovable party guy who was very optimistic he had blond hair, black eyes and was very chubby, he had white skin, wore a white shirt with a blue leaf, had green shorts and green shoes.
Gwen was the Goth Girl who warmed up to many of her friends, but was a bit cold and bitter to some people, she had black hair with teal streaks she painted onto her hair, she had black eyes, she had pale skin, wore a black shirt and black shorts, she had black leggings and black shoes as well, she also wore blue lipstick.
Courtney was a former C.I.T who was ultra competitive and was formerly Gwen’s friend and Scott’s girlfriend until she betrayed the two for the money, ever since then she wanted to make it up to them. She had brunette hair, had brown skin, brown eyes, a grey sweater, green pants, she also wore sandals.
Cody was a Tech Geek who was kind but a bit perverted, he had a former crush on Gwen but got over it. He had brunette hair, white skin, a tooth gap, light blue eyes, he wore a yellow sweater with red and green horizontal stripes, with a yellow undershirt, he had blue pants and brown shoes.
Noah was a sarcastic know it all and one of Owen’s best friends with a red sweater vest, had black hair, brown skin, with a blue undershirt, he wore dark green shorts and black shoes.
Cameron was a former bubble boy who used to live in a bubble before meeting his friends Gwen, Zoey, and Mike who gave him more confidence, he wore glasses, had brown skin, had black eyes, was bald, wore a red sweater vest, was short, had orange shoes.
Zoey is a kind girl who was currently friends with Cameron, Gwen, and is dating Mike, she had brown eyes, red hair, wore pigtails, had white skin, wore a red shirt, had red lips, wore brown pants, and also wore sandals.
Scott is a redneck and a bit of a jerk, he has orange hair, blue eyes, white skin, a white tank top, blue pants, and black shoes.
Mike used to have Multiple Personality Disorder before recovering, he had black hair, brown skin, brown eyes, a blue shirt, blue pants, and blue shoes.
Shawn is a guy who believes in zombies and is afraid of them, he dates Jasmine and is best friends with Dave, he had a green hat, brown hair, white skin, a white and orange sweater with a white tank top underneath, black eyes, blue pants, and brown shoes.
Sky was an Olympian who likes winning but is still friendly she used to date Dave before she broke his heart and she is trying to get back together with him, she had black hair, black eyes, white skin, a yellow shirt with purple lines going vertically, black pants, and purple shoes.
Jasmine was an Australian explorer who had a brown hat, she had black hair, black eyes, brown skin, a brown jacket with a white tank top, brown shorts, and brown shoes.
Dave was a sarcastic germaphobe who has black hair, brown skin, black eyes, brown skin, wore a blue sweater with a yellow undershirt, had blue pants with black shoes.
All of them were soon sucked into the portal leading to a magical land called Equestria.
Soon the 13 contestants fell out of the other side of the portal and began coughing and groaning.
“Well that was unexpected.” Sky said.
“You think.” Dave bitterly remarked.
“Where the heck are we anyway?” Scott asked.
“Well we fell through some sort of portal and now we’re here in some weird place with weird pastel horses.” Mike said observing the area.
“Incredible we must be in another dimension, I’ve studied theories of multiple universes but I wasn’t sure if they were real.” Cameron analyzed.
“Yeah I think the weird horses tipped us off.” Noah snarked.
Owen began walking to the front of the castle.
“Woah, so pretty.” Owen’s eyes gleamed as he looked at the outside of the castle before knocking on the door.
Soon the door opened revealing a small purple dragon with green scales known as Spike.
“Hello, how can I help you...your a human?!” Spike said in shock.
“AHHHH Dragon!” Owen screamed before running away.
The rest of the cast heard the screaming and looked at the front of the castle to see Spike the dragon.
“GAH!” Scott screamed in terror at the sight of Spike alerting him.
“No, it’s okay I’m not going to hurt you, don’t worry.” Spike raises his arms in defense.
“It talks?” Gwen said weirded out.
“And why should we believe you?” Scott said in fear.
“Spike what is going on?” A voice was heard before the creature came outside revealing a purple alicorn with a purple mane, and a sparkle cutie mark named Twilight Sparkle.
Twilight was seen shocked at the 12 humans before her.
“Uh, hi I am Princess Twilight Sparkle, this is my assistant Spike, I assure you he’s harmless, but enough about us what are your names?” Twilight said trying to be polite.
“Nice to meet you your majesty, I am Cameron, this is Mike, Zoey, Scott, Gwen, Courtney, Noah, Cody, Shawn, Sky, Jasmine, and Dave.” Cameron said pointing to each aforementioned person he introduced “We came from planet Earth, in the country Canada Ontario in another dimension.”
“Hmm I’ve seen humans like you before but it’s likely from another dimension because from what my friend Sunset Shimmer told me there is no Canada Ontario in her human world.” Twilight explained.
“Aww so we’re stuck here.” Cody said in disappointment.
“Well maybe not, our friend Discord does know some inter dimensional spells we can go visit him.” Twilight said.
“That’s great but before we see him, we need to find our friend Owen, he’s a bit chubby and loud, he ran away into that village over there.” Zoey said.
“Oh that’s Ponyville.” Twilight said “Come on let’s go find your friend.”
When Twilight and the cast mates head to Ponyville however their reactions were less then stellar.
“Oh no, more mutated monsters.” One townspony spoke in fear.
“We’re all gonna die.” Another townspony screamed before the townsponies began running away before Twilight teleported in front of them.
“Everypony stop, I know what these creatures are, they may seem odd but I know that they are humans, and they are harmless.” Twilight explained.
After a while the townsponies calmed down and Mayor Mare then showed up.
“Oh sorry Princess we weren’t aware they were harmless.” Mayor Mare apologized.
“It’s okay Mayor, have you seen a chubby human around here?” Twilight asked.
“Yeah he came here running and screaming before he headed to Sugarcube Corner.” Mayor Mare explained “Applejack and the rest of your friends riled him up and are now interrogating him as we speak.” Mayor Mare explained.
“Wait what?” Noah said scared.
We then cut to Sugarcube Corner where an orange earth pony with a brown hat, blonde mane and a cutie mark with three apples(Applejack), a yellow pegasus with a pink mane and a cutie mark with three pink butterflies(Fluttershy), a pink earth pony with a cotton candy colored mane and a cutie mark with three balloons(Pinkie Pie), a white unicorn with a purple mane and a cutie mark with three blue diamonds(Rarity), and a cyan pegasus with a rainbow mane and a cutie mark with a thundercloud with rainbow lightning(Rainbow Dash) were interrogating Owen who was continuously screaming.
“Alright sugarcube calm down, we know you ain’t here to harm us your terrified screaming kinda gave that away.” Applejack said trying to calm him down “We just wanna know who you are and where you came from?”
Owen stopped screaming and began heavily breathing.
“Oh okay, my name is Owen, I’m a human from planet Earth in another dimension.” Owen explained calming down.
“Ooh another dimension, mysterious.” Pinkie Pie replied.
“Alright everyone let’s go calm down the rest of the townsponies and tell them that this Owen is safe to be around.” Applejack instructed.
“Actually we kinda already did that.” Spike said heading inside Sugarcube Corner.
“Wait there’s more of them.” Rainbow Dash asked.
“Oh those are Noah, Gwen, Cody, Courtney, Zoey, Mike, Cameron, Zoey, Scott, Shawn, Sky, Jasmine, and Dave.” Owen explained pointing to the rest of the cast mates.
“Hi.” Sky said awkwardly.
“Well it’s nice to meet all of you.” Fluttershy said timidly.
“We were going to take these humans to Discord so they could go back to their dimension.” Twilight explained.
Twilight, and the TD Cast were seen in Discord’s dimension at the outside of his house as Twilight knocked on the door.
“Can I help you?” Discord asked annoyed before he sees the 13 humans before him.
“Oh well aren’t these a delightful assortment of creatures.” Discord said in a delight.
“Uh I’m scared.” Zoey said in a scared tone.
“Welcome creatures, I am Discord. The Lord Of Chaos.” Discord introduces himself.
“Discord we want to know if we can open a portal to send these humans back home, they say they’re from Earth, Canada Ontario.” Twilight explains.
“Oh I’ve seen that dimension in the multiverse map, I’m afraid I can’t open that portal, as there are too many dimensions in the multiverse clockwise that would cause too much magic strain, and if we go counter-clockwise the multiverse would likely collapse.” Discord explains in remorse “I’m sorry but you’re stuck here.”
“So that’s it we’ll never see our friends or family again.” Owen begins tearing up.
“I’m gonna miss our friends from Total Drama. If only we could say goodbye.” Zoey cried as Mike patted Zoey’s back comfortingly.
“Now, now I never said you’d never get to see them again, I can always use my magic mirror, it can let you talk to anybody you desire, they’ll be able to see and hear you but they won’t be able to travel to this dimension.” Discord said handing Zoey the magic mirror “Here take it with you.”
“Ooh Ooh I wanna see Izzy.” Owen said happily.
“Well it’s been nice seeing you but I really have things I must be doing so Ta Ta.” Discord said before ushering the gang out of his house.
Twilight then teleported herself and the TD Cast inside of her castle.
“Well since you guys won’t be going anywhere anytime soon, you should probably stay with me and Spike at the castle.” Twilight said.
“Thank you for your hospitality princess.” Cameron said happily.
“Oh please just call me Twilight.” Twilight said modestly.
“Well we might as well get comfortable we’re going to be here a while.” Courtney said.
As the TD cast mates got comfortable Twilight still wanted to find a way to help them get home but for now she would be getting ready to adjust to her new guests.
Author's Note
So yeah I changed some stuff from the original, so I hope you liked it, and I’ll see you next time.
My Little Total Drama(Rewrite)
Author's Note
I removed Cutie Map because as a commenter pointed out to me, having humans at Our Town would break Starlight’s philosophy.
Castle Sweet Castle
We see the Mane 5 minus Twilight, and the Former Total Drama Contestants eating pancakes at Twilight’s castle in the kitchen table.
“Mm, these are delicious, Pinkie Pie!” Applejack praises.
“I’ll say, these pancakes are great.” Owen said before scarfing his pancakes down.
Pinkie Pie licked the whipped cream off her face and began speaking “Thanks! Twilight spent all night helping me pick the flavor! I kept thinking we'd found the right one, but she insisted I make even more to try. And more. And more and more and more and more! It was like she never wanted to—“
“Leave?” Fluttershy asked.
“Exactly! Eventually we ran out of time so we just went with every-berry-any-chip-surprise! The surprise is I lost a measuring spoon in the batter. Somepony's gonna get a very special pancake!” Pinkie Pie said.
Dave dropped his spoon in shock “On second thought I think I’m not that hungry.”
“Up all night, huh? Is that why she's so, uh... out of it?” Rainbow Dash asked.
We then see Twilight sleeping in her chair.
“Can we draw a mustache on her face?” Scott asked snickering causing Zoey to glare at him.
“Fine.” Scott rolled his eyes.
“Um, I don't mean to sound unappreciative, but has anypony else noticed that Twilight has been a little too helpful lately?” Fluttershy asked.
“Now that you mention it, she was lendin' a hoof at Sweet Apple Acres the other day and stuck around 'til near midnight. Dug up fifty tree-plantin' holes when all I needed was ten .” Applejack said.
“She spent an entire afternoon rearranging a single gem drawer at the boutique. An entire afternoon !” Rarity pointed out.
“You think that's weird? She raced me, like, a hundred times the other day. And lost every time! She just kept goin'! Best out of ten, best out of twenty, best out of a hundred! I mean, I know hanging out with me is awesome, but it was like she'd rather keep losing than—” Rainbow Dash said.
“Leave?” Fluttershy asked.
“Yeah. Who does that?” Rainbow Dash asks incredulously.
Twilight then uses the pancakes as a pillow making Scott snicker.
“Well it would explain why she’s hardly around.” Cody said.
“Maybe she’s still traumatized from that experience with Starlight you all told us about, and wants to spend more time with you to feel better.” Jasmine guesses.
“But wouldn’t the others be as traumatized as she was?” Shawn asked.
“Good point.” Jasmine said putting a finger up to her chin.
“Maybe she’s avoiding something.” Courtney guesses.
“As soon as she wakes up we gotta find out what.” Applejack said.
Pinkie Pie then coughs up a measuring spoon “I win!”
That woke up Twilight, “Huh I’m pancake, I mean awake.” Twilight said awkwardly.
“Uh, Twilight? Is there somethin' you wanna tell us?” Applejack asked.
“You know how much we appreciate all you do for us, and we simply adore having you around... but... we worry you might be... ahem... avoiding something else?” Rarity said.
“Oh, has it been that obvious? I've been... the thing is... I know it's silly, but I... I've been avoiding... this place.” Twilight confessed sadly.
“But why would you want to avoid this castle, it’s wonderful.” Owen gasped.
“Yeah, this place has everything! Big tall ceilings that make you feel tiny! Shiny new floors that are cold to the touch! Brrr! And it even has loooong empty hallways!” Pinkie Pie said “Okay I get it.”
“The castle is amazing. But it just... It doesn't feel like home.” Twilight explains solemnly.
Rarity begins chuckling “Oh, is that all? Why, you simply need to decorate, darling. Make this space your own!”
“It's just so daunting! Look how big it is! I-I don't even know where to start!” Twilight said.
“You can start by letting us five do it for you. We will make this the castle of your dreams while you go to the Ponyville spa for some much needed rest and relaxation. I'm saying this with love, but... have you looked in a mirror lately? I've never seen you look this... mmmm...” Rarity suggested showing Twilight’s reflection in a mirror.
“Frazzled?” Fluttershy suggested.
“Yes! That is absolutely the word I was going to use.” Rarity said.
“Heh heh sure.” Scott smirked.
“Ooh, I guess I do need a little help. And so does my castle. And I just know you'll do a great job, because nopony knows me better than you.
“We’ll help too, all thirteen of us.” Zoey said.
“Uh I didn’t agree to this.” Scott pointed out.
“Come on Scott, Twilight took us in after we fell through that portal, can you not be selfish for once and do this?” Mike lectures.
“I guess your right.” Scott admits.
“Then it’s settled.” Rarity said.
“Oh, no! Did I miss the pancakes?!” Spike asked frantically as he ran over to the table with a stuffed Rarity doll which caught the attention of Owen and Noah.
“Uh-“ Owen began before Noah shushed him.
“Don’t say a word.” Noah advised.
“I sleep like a baby under that cold, cavernous ceiling.” Spike said.
“Spike, I'm so glad you're here!” Rarity said happily.
“Really?” Spike said a bit surprised as he began eating the pancakes.
“Yes! You're taking Twilight to the spa!” Rarity replied.
“Great I’ve been meaning to get my claws done.” Spike said before he saw everyone else looking at him pleadingly.
“Oh you mean now.” Spike said before grabbing some pancakes as he and Twilight began leaving for the spa.
Once they left Applejack began speaking “Come on y’all We've got work to do!“
(Song)
Rainbow Dash: Let's all work together
Rarity: Once we add some sparkle
Mane 5: It'll feel divine
Applejack: Crates of apples
Applejack: Just makes you feel at home
Fluttershy: Furry friends and some popinjays
Mane 5: And we'll make, and we'll make, and we'll make
Pinkie Pie: There's nothing like balloons and confetti
Rainbow Dash: She'll need this and those
Mane 5: And we'll make, and we'll make, and we'll make
Rarity: Bright curtains of flowing silk and lace
Rainbow Dash: This picture of me winning a race
Pinkie Pie: Party cannons to give her a surprise
Fluttershy: Getting hugs from this nice, big, friendly bear
Rarity: Decorate with some gemstones bright and rare
Rainbow Dash: More of this and that
Pinkie Pie: Don't forget the party hats
Rainbow Dash: How could anypony awesome ask for more than that?
Applejack: Let's all work together
Fluttershy: To show that we have shown
Mane 5: How we make, how we make, how we make
(Song Ends)
As the song was going on the former TD contestants helped the Mane 5 decorate and what they got was...
A big mess.
“Do you sing like this all the time?” Owen asked.
“Sometimes, yes.” Pinkie Pie said.
“Oh great.” Gwen sighed.
“Well guys we did a great job together.” Applejack said unconvincingly as they looked at the mess they made.
“What do you mean, it looks like a dump, there are too many animals and awards and there are hidden party cannons.” Scott criticized which earned him an elbow to the ribs from Zoey.
“Ow.” Scott complained.
“Hey guys, how do my claws look— Sweet Celestia!” Spike said in shock as he went inside.
“Oh, Spike! Are you and Twilight done already?“ Rarity asked worried.
“Don't worry, I ordered her the super-deluxe mane blow-out! She'll be a while. Man, this place looks like a mess!” Spike said incredulously.
“Oh sure when he says it he doesn’t get a jab to the ribs.” Scott said.
“You were rude about it.” Mike pointed out.
“What are you guys talking about? I think it looks super fun!” Pinkie Pie said happily before a party cannon blasted the animals making them run amok.
“Oh! Oh, no! Please don't do that! If you all just take a deep breath and calm down—” Fluttershy said trying to calm the animals down.
Soon there were chipmunks in one of Rarity’s banners
“No! That bunting is embroidered by hoof! Don't you move one more paw!” Rarity commanded to the chipmunks before they scratched her banner.
“Everyone stop!” Rarity shouted making the animals and Pinkie Pie stop.
“Okay now it’s a mess.” Pinkie Pie said as another party cannon explodes with confetti.
“Ugh.” Noah rolls his eyes.
“What are we gonna do?” Rainbow Dash asks incredulously.
“I don’t know but Twilight's blow-out won't take that long. If she was avoiding the castle before, she'll never set hoof in here now!” Spike pointed out.
“Come on guys we have to do something, Twilight’s counting on us.” Courtney said.
“Spike, you've got to get back to that spa and stall her! Whatever you do, don't let her come home!” Rarity instructed.
“Like, forever? But we live here.” Spike said obliviously.
Noah facepalmed at this statement.
“Uh, yes, well, uh, maybe you could manage it 'til... sunset-ish?” Rarity said batting her eyelashes making Spike blush.
“Anything for you Rarity.” Spike said before walking out the door.
“Okay, we all agree the castle is too cluttered, right? So why doesn't everypony take one of their own decorations out and we'll see how it looks?” Applejack said.
The rest of the Mane 5 agreed on this as they began removing a decoration out of the mess.
“You think this will work?” Zoey asked Mike.
“I hope so.” Mike said.
After a while all of the Mane 5 except Rarity had taken one of their decorations down.
“Come on, Rarity. Everypony has taken somethin' out except you.” Applejack pointed out.
“Ooh, I know! I simply can't decide.” Rarity said stressed out.
“How about this?” Rainbow Dash asked pointing to the picture of the Mane 6.
“No, not that anything but that!” Rarity begged.
“How about these then?” Cameron asked pointing to the flowers.
“Oh, but those brighten up the whole room! They're my favorite accent!” Rarity said.
“Then let's lose the curtains! The room wouldn't need brightening if they weren't making it so dark!” Scott said pointing to the curtains.
“Not them! They're my favorite too!” Rarity whined.
“They can’t all be your favorite.” Dave said annoyed.
“Okay I'm taking down the portrait. We all know what we look like.“Rainbow Dash said as she took the portrait down.
“Well, the room still looks a little bit cluttered, doesn't it? Perhaps I'll take down a poster or two. Only to be helpful, of course!” Rarity said spitefully as she levitated the Wonderbolts posters down making Rainbow Dash glare at her.
“Okay, everypony calm down. I'm sure we can find a way to remove the clutter together.“ Applejack said trying to break the tension.
“You're absolutely right, dear.” Rarity said before levitating some quilts away.
“Hey those are my warmin’ quilts.” Applejack complained as Rainbow Dash kicked the quilts away.
“Together.” Rarity and Rainbow Dash said hoofbumping.
“Girls let’s calm down for a moment.” Cody said.
Soon birds began popping balloons.
“Fluttershy, tell your birds to stop pecking at my balloons!” Pinkie Pie commanded.
“I guess they must not like being scared out of their wits by exploding confetti cannons or something.” Fluttershy replied sarcastically.
“Girls please stop arguing.” Owen begged.
As the Mane 5 kept arguing and removing stuff as the former TD contestants were trying to calm everyone down.
After a while the castle was no longer cluttered and the decorations were all gone.
“There! Now nothing is cluttering the castle!” Rarity said happily.
“You're right. There is literally nothing cluttering this castle.” Rainbow Dash pointed out.
“What do we do now?” Zoey asked sadly.
“I hate to be the bearer of more bad news, but it's almost sunset. If we don't figure this out soon, it's going to look like we didn't lift a hoof to help her!” Rarity admits solemnly.
“Why is this so hard?! We're Twilight's best friends! This should be easy for us!” Rainbow Dash asked.
“She said it herself – if anypony should be able to make her feel comfortable in her new home, it's us. If we can't do it...” Applejack begins.
“Then Twilight will be stuck living in a castle that makes her feel... sad!” Fluttershy laments.
“What do we do? What do we do?! If Twilight comes home now, she'll be like ‘What did you guys do?’ And we'll have to be like ‘Nothing!’ And then she'll be like ‘I was counting on you! Some friends you are!’ And we'll be like...wahahahahahaha” Pinkie Pie panics before she begins mock crying.
“Guys stop, I think I have an idea, we all tried to make this feel like your homes but we should try making it feel like Twilight’s home instead.” Cody suggested.
“That’s a good idea Cody.” Gwen praised.
“Come on, y'all. We just need to think about Twilight. What was it she'd loved about livin' in the Golden Oak Library?” Applejack said.
“Oh, everything! The books, the smell of books, the joy she felt from organizing books...” Fluttershy said happily.
“Remember that time I crashed into all those books attempting my sonic rainboom after you guys just cleaned up? Those was good times.” Rainbow Dash sighs.
“For you maybe.” Applejack said angrily.
“Oh, and Applejack, remember when we were stuck having a sleepover there? That turned out to be so much fun!” Rarity smiles.
“Remember the time it got blown up to smithereens?! Wait, no, that was the worst.” Pinkie Pie said.
“Sounds like you had a lot of good times there.” Owen said happily.
“We had a lot of good memories there, though. That's what made the Golden Oak Library home.” Applejack said “Wait that’s it!”
We then see the Mane 5 and the former TD contestants at the destroyed Golden Oaks Library.
“Ooh that looks bad.” Zoey cringed.
“Maybe my plan won't work after all.” Applejack sighs.
“Of course it will, darling. I can see it! You, Fluttershy, Owen, Shawn, Jasmine, Mike, Zoey, Cameron, and Scott stay here, the rest of you, you come with me. We're going shopping! We'll meet back at the castle.” Rarity said.
Soon Applejack, Fluttershy, Owen, Shawn, Jasmine, Mike, Zoey, Cameron, and Scott began digging while the rest went shopping.
(Song)
Applejack: It's not the things that ya gather 'round.
Fluttershy: It's not how much you own.
Rarity: The things that hold the meaning in your life
All: So we make, so we make, so we make
(Song Ends)
Twilight and Spike then came inside the castle where the rest of the group was waiting for them.
“Hello? We’re home.” Twilight stated.
“Welcome home.” The rest of the group said.
“Oh, I, uh... love what you've done with the place. You did such a good job of... preserving the integrity of the original design.” Twilight said awkwardly.
“Aw, come on! It looks exactly the same! Do you know how hard it was to keep her from coming back here?! I never want to see another dust ruffle as long as I live!” Spike ranted.
“Wait? Keep me from coming back?” Twilight asked.
“It took a teensy bit longer than we thought.” Sky admitted sheepishly.
“What really makes home feel like home isn't what it looks like. It's the memories you make when you're there.” Applejack said holding her hat close to her heart.
“So we've made something that celebrates the memories we've made with you since you moved to Ponyville.” Rarity explained.
Soon Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash opened the door to the map table where there was chandelier with diamonds on it.
“The ornaments on the chandelier are reminders of all the fun we've had together.” Fluttershy explained “Rarity used her magic to make these.”
“That one shows your party at the Golden Oak Library welcoming you to Ponyville!” Pinkie Pie said pointing to a diamond.
“The time we shared doughnuts after the Grand Galloping Gala!” Fluttershy said pointing to another diamond.
“We were hoping that being able to look at your beautiful old memories would inspire you to make new ones.” Sky said.
“And the best part of it is, it's made from the roots of the Golden Oak Library, so you'll never forget where you came from.” Jasmine pointed out.
“It's exactly what the castle needed. And I am ready to make new memories here.” Twilight said with tears of joy before getting the whole group except Scott into a group hug.
“I don’t do emotional stuff.” Scott explained before Owen yanked him into the hug.
“Fine I’ll join your hug.” Scott rolled his eyes.
“Let’s start making new memories right now with a new memory cake! Seven layer what's-that-flavor mystery surprise! These might be chocolate chips or they might be super-spicy black beans!” Pinkie Pie said holding up a cake.
“How lovely.” Dave sarcastically remarked.
“Let's go to the dining room. It's a little sparse, but at least there's a table and chairs.” Twilight said before opening the door to the dining room.
“Whoa what happened in here?” Twilight said in awe at how the dining room looked so fancy.
“I couldn't help myself! It was just begging for the personal touch!” Rarity admitted.
“Truth be told... I couldn't either. Your kitchen might have some rustic farm decor, Twilight.” Applejack also confessed.
“And there may or may not be some Daring Do posters up in your library.” Rainbow Dash said sheepishly.
“And some stuffed animals in your bedroom.” Fluttershy added.
Soon another party cannon with confetti explodes making Twilight worried.
“What was that?” Twilight asked incredulously.
“One of Pinkie’s confetti cannons.” Noah snarked.
“What? It's not my fault I hid them so well!” Pinkie Pie said.
Everyone began laughing as the episode ended.
My Little Total Drama(Rewrite)
Twilight was pacing as the rest of the Mane 6, Spike, and the Former TD Contestants were all standing ready for some visitors to come.
“You look nervous. There's no reason to be nervous. Nothing to worry about. Everything's gonna be fine!” Twilight said frantically to Pinkie Pie with a forced smile.
“Twilight, tell those butterflies in your tummy to beat it! Making new friends is always fun.” Pinkie Pie said happily.
“Yeah I can’t believe we’re meeting yaks from Yakyakistan.” Owen beamed.
“Me neither I love meeting new people or creatures in this case.” Zoey agreed.
“Besides I’m sure they’re as nervous as you are.” Fluttershy comforted Twilight.
“You've been plannin' this shindig for weeks. You know everything about these fellers. It's gonna be dandy.” Applejack pointed out.
“You're right. Remember, Equestria and Yakyakistan haven't opened their borders for hundreds of moons. In fact, Yakyakistan is so far north of the Crystal Mountains, nopony's even been there! Imagine the look on Princess Celestia's face when she finds out we made friends with a yak prince! I'm calm! I'm calm.” Twilight exhaled.
Spike then blows the trumpet and a carpet is unfurled as Prince Rutherford and two other yaks went inside.
“Ponies, creatures, greetings ponies and creatures.” Prince Rutherford greeted.
Scott began silently laughing to himself earning him glared from everyone else.
Twilight then teleports in front of Prince Rutherford.
“Also we creatures would prefer being called humans.” Owen said giggling.
“Noted. And Me honored. Yaks hope for great friendship between ponies, humans, and yaks.“ Prince Rutherford said before echoing “Friends for a thousand moons! ”
“Well that was loud.” Sky whispered to Shawn.
“You must be hungry after a long journey.” Twilight began sweating.
Spike then brings a table of yak food out.
“If things not perfect yaks get mad. Yaks always get mad when things not perfect!“ Prince Rutherford explained.
“Well isn’t he a delight.” Noah rolled his eyes.
Twilight gulps as Prince Rutherford tries one of the dishes, he then spits out the food.
“This no taste like yak food! Fake pony food make yaks mad!” Prince Rutherford said angrily before he and his followers begin destroying the buffet and wrecking the castle.
“The castle!” Courtney exclaimed.
“The buffet.” Owen yelled.
“Is it okay to be nervous now?” Pinkie Pie asked nervously.
Soon the yaks were gone as everyone else was cleaning the castle up.
“Them yaks sure have a funny way of sayin' howdy.” Applejack said fixing the railing.
“They're different, that's all. Very... different.” Rarity said as she was gluing a vase back together.
“If you mean different you mean whiny brats who throw temper tantrums like babies, then yeah they’re totally different.” Noah snarked.
“I think they broke my record for most stuff broken in under a minute. I mean, they even broke the trophy.” Rainbow Dash said holding up a broken trophy.
“All we have to do is show them how great it can be to have friends before Princess Celestia arrives for the friendship party tonight.” Twilight said “Now, who read the seven-volume cross-indexed history of Yakyakistan I recommended?”
“I had a thing.” Rainbow Dash replies sheepishly.
“I read it.” Courtney called out.
“Me too.” Noah said.
“Me three, Did you know they live so far north of the Crystal Empire that it's cold all the time? Yaks have yak fur to keep them warm.” Pinkie Pie pointed out.
“Pinkie Pie, Noah, Courtney, can you show them around town? I know Pinkie Pie, you have to plan the friendship party too, but it would really help make them feel welcome.” Twilight said.
“Don't worry. They'll be in good hooves with us.” Pinkie Pie said.
“Don’t worry Twilight you can count on me.” Courtney said happily.
“Ha, I am not dealing with those pricks.” Noah said angrily.
“Come on Noah it would be really beneficial for us plus you might find something you like about them.” Twilight pleaded.
“Fine, I’ll help. But you owe me.” Noah groaned.
“Remember, we want to make sure Equestria feels like home. That means doing everything we can to make this place feel like Yakyakistan.” Twilight said.
“No problem!” Pinkie Pie beamed.
“Good. Let's get out there and make some new friends!” Twilight said happily.
Everyone even a reluctant Scott put their hands and hooves together and spread them out.
Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Noah, Courtney, Scott, Shawn, and Jasmine were all at the Apple Family Farm.
“We know y'all are noble warriors who avoid the so-called finer things, so me and my family would be honored if you rested here in the barn during your visit.” Applejack said putting her hat down.
“That’s why me, Shawn, Scott, Applejack, Pinkie Pie made you hay beds like you’re used to in Yakyakistan.” Jasmine pointed out.
“Hmm... This perfect.” Prince Rutherford replies.
“Phew that wasn’t so hard.” Shawn sighed happily.
“You can snooze here all afternoon, 'cause you're gonna need a lot of energy for my party tonight!” Pinkie Pie offered.
“Wait! This not yak hay!” Prince Rutherford said angrily.
“Well excuse me your highness, we didn’t have actual hay from Yakyakistan, but we tried our best you ungrateful-“ Scott began ranting before Courtney covered his mouth.
“Scott, be polite.” Courtney whispered making Scott glare at her.
“Not perfect! Yaks destroy!” Prince Rutherford yelled before he and the yaks destroyed the hay beds.
Applejack, Pinkie Pie, and the humans then backed away from the yaks and went outside.
“Wow they seem really likable.” Noah said with his eye twitching.
“Pinkie Pie, what do we do?!” Applejack asked frantically.
Pinkie Pie then looked like she had an idea.
There were curtains seen on the trees as Courtney began speaking “And now for you’re entertainment. Presenting animals, Yakyakistan style!”
Soon a bunch of animals came out wearing fake antlers. Fluttershy, Zoey, Sky, and Mike were all and the yaks were seen watching the performance.
“Animals cute.” Prince Rutherford said.
“Oh thank goodness.” Fluttershy sighed with relief.
“I know right.” Zoey agreed.
Soon one bird tripped and got back up with it’s fake antler falling off.
“Wait. These antlers lie! These not Yakyakistanian animals! Yaks smash!” Prince Rutherford yelled as Fluttershy got the animals out of the way before the yaks began smashing the picnic table.
Everyone was then seen on the tree branches.
“Okay, well... There's still other things we can do. I think.” Pinkie Pie said uncertain.
“Okay they are starting to really tick me off.” Noah pointed out.
“Calm down Noah, remember they’re royal visitors.” Courtney pointed out.
We then cut to inside Rarity’s Boutique where Pinkie Pie, Courtney, Noah, Rarity, Cameron, and Dave were as Rarity was showing off her fabrics.
“Yes! These are some of my favorite materials. Very rare, imported from the Crystal Empire to match your northern sensibilities. I hope you'll find them—” Rarity began before she saw the yaks chewing her fabric.
“...Delicious.” Rarity finishes uncertain.
“Seriously, that’s just gross.” Dave rolled his eyes.
The yaks then spit out the fabric as Prince Rutherford begins speaking “This no taste like yak fabric! Yaks destroy!”
The yaks begin destroying the boutique as Cameron begins running away in fear “Run for your lives.”
“Right behind you.” Dave said joining Cameron.
“Everything's gonna be fine. You'll just... make it up to them. Somehow.” Pinkie Pie said awkwardly shielding her face with a manican head.
“Make it up to THEM!” Noah yelled.
Pinkie Pie, Noah, Courtney, Owen, and Gwen are seen outside with the yaks.
“Listen up! Tell your faces to hold onto their frowns, 'cause they're about to get turned upside-down!” Owen said happily.
“Hold your frown, face!” Prince Rutherford commanded to himself.
“Hit it, Rainbow Dash!” Gwen spoke out before Rainbow Dash showed up kicking a cloud ergo releasing a lot of snow.
“Just like Yakyakistan snow, right? Because snow is snow, no matter where it comes from.” Courtney said frantically.
Prince Rutherford then slurped some of the snow “This not yak snow!”
Prince Rutherford and the rest of the yaks began jumping up and down on the snow making Courtney sigh “I give up.”
Owen patted Courtney on the back comfortingly.
Soon the whole group was seen back at the castle throne room, the Mane 6 were sitting on their thrones while the former TD Contestants were standing.
“Y'know... it's goin' okay.” Applejack said.
“Oh don’t beat around the bush AJ it’s a disaster, they’ve been acting like toddlers all day!” Noah ranted.
“Very scary toddlers I might add.” Dave said curled into a ball.
“Pinkie Pie, tonight's Yakyakistan theme party is more important than ever! You'll make them forget all about this afternoon, right? Because if it's not perfect, they're gonna smash everything! And I'm not sure how much more smashing this visit can take!” Twilight said frantically.
“But no pressure.” Owen added meekly.
“I definitely will! I think. Maybe...?” Pinkie Pie said nervously.
“You're the best gosh-darn party planner in Equestria.” Applejack said trying to motivate Pinkie Pie.
“You'll show 'em a good time!” Rainbow Dash replies confidently
“You can do it!” Fluttershy said happily.
“We have absolute confidence in your abilities, Pinkie Pie.” Rarity said elegantly.
“It's going to be my most happy-tacular party ever! I hope!” Pinkie Pie said with her eyes looking around the room.
“Why are your eyes darting around like that?” Mike asked.
“It's what I do when I'm not nervous!” Pinkie Pie said before laughing hysterically.
“Pinkie Pie, I don't know what we'd do without you—“ Twilight said gratefully before Pinkie Pie interrupted her.
“Me either, gotta go!” Pinkie Pie said before running off.
“I’ll go check up on her.” Cody said before leaving as well.
“Gummy, what am I gonna do? I had all this amazing stuff planned for the party, but they're gonna hate it! There's no way to make Equestria feel like Yakyakistan. They're just too sensitive! Even Fluttershy made them mad! Fluttershy! Oh... I need a new idea, and I need it now. How am I supposed to make this party feel like Yakyakistan without actually going there and bringing something back?!” Pinkie Pie hyperventilated, before Gummy began licking her face.
“Gummy, you're a genius.” Pinkie Pie said happily before she heard a knock on the door.
Pinkie Pie opened the door to find Cody.
“Hey Pinkie you seemed stressed earlier, is everything okay?” Cody asked concerned.
“Oh I’m okay Cody, just do me one thing, please tell my friends I’m leaving for now but I’ll be back in time for the party.” Pinkie Pie said before running off again.
“Got it.” Cody said.
Cody was about to leave but then he heard a noise “Huh what was that?”
“How's tonight's party coming? I'm doing what I can, but it's really up to you at this point! ...Pinkie? Where are you?!” Twilight asked.
Cody then went inside the room Twilight was in.
“Pinkie left, she said she’ll be back in time for the party though.” Cody explained.
“If Pinkie Pie says she'll be back in time for the party, she'll be back. We have to trust her. Right? No reason to freak out! ” Twilight said on the verge of a freak out.
“Twilight, I’m sure Pinkie Pie knows what she’s doing.” Cody said trying to calm the alicorn down.
“You're right. Let's just focus on keeping the yaks happy 'til she's back.” Twilight said calming down.
“Piece of cake.” Cody said happily.
“The cake!” Twilight gasped before she teleported downstairs with Cody.
Soon Mrs. Cake was seen giving a slice of cake to Prince Rutherford.
“One bite, and you'll be transported right back to Yakyakistan. I hope.” Mrs. Cake said.
Twilight and Cody then showed up in a flash as Prince Rutherford began eating a slice of cake.
“Hmm... Ponies too heavy on vanilla extract!” Prince Rutherford said angrily before destroying the cake.
“We've never needed a party so badly.” Twilight said with a gulp.
A few moments later the Mane 6 minus Twilight and the former TD Contestants were trying to throw a party but it ended up being a mess.
“These decorations are a disaster.” Mike sighed.
“I agree this is a bust.” Courtney said sadly.
Twilight then showed up frantically “No Pinkie Pie? What's this?!”
“Heh-heh. We panicked and tried to plan our own party.” Applejack explained sheepishly.
Rainbow Dash was seen tangled up in streamers “It's sort of panic-themed.”
“The yaks are going home! This is awful! I wanted to surprise Princess Celestia. Now the only surprise is that I may have just started a war.” Twilight sighed.
They declared war on us?!” Noah asked incredulously.
“Yes.” Twilight said solemnly.
“Ugh, figures, they’re nothing but spoiled brats anyway.” Noah said grunting.
“There’s gonna be a war?” Owen said panicking “I don’t wanna die.”
“Calm down buddy we have unicorns, four alicorns, and Discord. We should be fine.” Noah said comforting Owen “Though I’d rather not have a war at all.”
The group was then seen at Sugarcube Corner as Twilight began speaking “How could she be so late to the party? This isn't like her.”
“I’m sure she’s trying her best.” Zoey said.
“Yeah Pinkie Pie's tougher than she looks.” Mike pointed out.
“I know you're right, but... I wish she was here. I put too much pressure on her. I let everypony down. And Princess Celestia will be here any minute and see that I haven't made new friends. I've made new enemies. “ Twilight sighed as she placed her head on an ice cream statue that began opening up a trap door sending the group downwards.
The group were then seen in a dark room.
“Ugh. Is everypony alright?” Twilight asked concerned.
“I can't tell if my eyes are open or closed.” Fluttershy said.
“I think I can see a little bit.” Rainbow Dash began speaking before crashing into something. “Gah Nope!”
The lights then flickered on as they then saw decorations everywhere.
“Look at these! Pinkie Pie's made files for everypony in town!” Applejack said happily.
“With exactly what kind of parties we like.” Owen pointed out.
“Pinkie Pie has a secret party-planning cave?! How cool is this?!” Rainbow Dash said happily.
Fluttershy began reading a file “Twilight Sparkle likes vanilla ice cream, red balloons, dancing..."
“That’s right.” Twilight said.
"But she's afraid of quesadillas." Fluttershy read.
“No I’m not they’re just so cheesy.” Twilight shudders.
“It’s kinda creepy don’t you think.” Shawn said weirded out “I mean she keeps files of our personal information.”
“Maybe it’s a bit creepy but it’s also pretty sweet.” Zoey said.
Pinkie Pie is then seen sliding down the party cave but no one else sees her as she hides behind the balloons.
“Looky here. It's notes for the party she wants to throw for her folks' fiftieth anniversary. But they ain't nearly that old! Huh. She's already plannin' their one-hundredth too. And their five-hundredth?” Applejack said.
“I had no idea she worked so hard on her parties.” Twilight said.
“She may be more organized than you , Twilight.” Sky said smiling.
“Let's not get carried away.” Twilight said in a lighthearted tone.
“I just wish Pinkie Pie were here so we could tell her how much we all appreciate her hard work.” Rarity spoke out.
Soon the balloons began floating as Pinkie Pie was revealed crying with tears of joy “Thank you! Thank you! I love you too! All of you!”
“You're back!” Twilight said happily.
“I tried to go to Yakyakistan so I could bring something back for my party. But at the last second, I made a mistake. I worked harder on this party than any party ever. But I'm still just a big failure.” Pinkie Pie sighed.
“Pinkie Pie, you're not a failure.
“What matters is how hard you tried.” Zoey said.
“Who else would've gone all across Equestria to plan one party?” Rainbow Dash asked.
“You know... the trip was really hard. But everypony I met along the way was so helpful. I just wish the yaks could see how friendly and wonderful and great Equestria really is! I just got the best party idea ever!” Pinkie Pie said happily.
“It's too late. The yaks left on the last train.” Twilight said solemnly.
“Um, no, they didn't. Trust me! There are a whole lot of sheep out there!” Pinkie Pie smiled before climbing up the slide.
The Mane 6 and the Former TD Contestants were then seen at the train station as they heard Prince Rutherford complaining “Yaks stuck here?! Why trains not work?!“
“I never thought I'd say this, but... thank you, sheep! And now, if it's okay with you, it's party time!” Pinkie Pie beamed as she put on star sunglasses.
Soon a party was seen at Ponyville with everyone having fun.
“Wow Pinkie. This came together quick, even for you.“ Twilight said happily surprised.
“Yeah this is awesome.” Owen cheered.
“What can I say? I'm good at what I do.” Pinkie Pie said smiling.
“Prince Rutherford, every time we tried to make something in Equestria feel like Yakyakistan, we couldn't get it right. When I got back from my adventure, I realized something. We shouldn't try to make Equestria feel like your home. We should try to make you feel at home in Equestria . And that means showing you why we love it here, so you'll love it too.” Pinkie Pie explained walking up to Prince Rutherford who teared up at her speech.
“Pink pony work hard to make yaks feel at home. Now yaks happy. No declare war.” Prince Rutherford declares making Twilight relieved while Celestia looked a bit concerned at the mention of war.
“Ponies and yaks... friends?” Prince Rutherford asked.
“For a thousand moons?” Pinkie Pie said.For a thousand moons! ” Prince Rutherford yelled.
“Well I’m certainly not going to be friends with you anytime soon, I hope you understand.” Noah said annoyed before walking away.
“Yak understand, yak acted very immature and I realize that now. Yaks sorry.” Prince Rutherford said.
“Well I’m not sure I can forgive you for threatening war on us, but thanks for apologizing.” Noah said before walking away.
Twilight then flew after him “Noah how come you didn’t forgive Prince Rutherford?”
“Because Princess it’s hard for me to forgive someone who threatened war on us. Besides some creatures can’t be friends.” Noah said before walking off.
“Well even if some creatures can’t I can still try.” Twilight said before rejoining the party.
Author's Note
So I had Noah call out the yaks on their horrid behavior because like it or not they did deserve to be called out for almost declaring war on Equestria just because of one bad visit.
I hope Noah didn’t go too far and I hope you enjoyed this episode.
My Little Total Drama(Rewrite)
Apologies and Forgiveness
Note: This takes place during Cutie Re-Mark
Zoey was sending notes to everyone in their room to meet her at Sugarcube Corner, you see she was tired of everyone arguing all the time so he wanted to make it so they’d have a chance to bond more.
Soon all of them were at Sugarcube Corner as he hoped.
“Thank you all for coming, I wanted you all to come here so we could bond more. Don’t think about getting out of this either, Twilight’s in on this, and she’s not letting you in the castle until this is done.” Zoey explained.
“And how long will this be taking?” Scott asked annoyed.
“About one hour.” Zoey giggles.
Scott, Noah, and Dave groaned at this revelation but Owen began speaking “Hey guys, we could use this chance to get to know each other more and bond, Zoey’s right let’s give this a try.”
“Thanks Owen, so let’s start this bonding session by fixing some problems, Sky, Dave, I noticed you two have been having some issues. So I want you both to take turns talking them out.” Zoey said “Dave you start.”
“Well I’m mad that Sky didn’t tell me she had a boyfriend when she had the chance to, and she used me for the million bucks.” Dave explained angrily.
“I told you that ‘I liked you but’ but you didn’t wanna hear the ‘but’, yes I admit I should’ve told you about Keith but we’re both in the wrong.” Sky spoke out “Dave I’m sorry that I never told you about Keith but you should know that I never intended on using you.”
Dave began thinking it over and began speaking again “I guess I did interrupt you, I’m sorry about that and I did overreact in the finale so I’m sorry about that too.”
“I forgive you.” Sky said “So are we friends?”
“Friends.” Dave said happily.
“Okay, there we go, who else wants to share something?” Zoey asked.
“I do, Gwen, Scott, I’m sorry about the chart I made and the crude drawings I made, I never should’ve put the game over our friendship Gwen, or our relationship Scott, please forgive me for what I did.” Courtney apologized and begged.
“Well, not gonna lie Courtney, I was pretty hurt by the rat drawing but I think I’m ready to forgive you.” Scott said.
“Really?” Courtney asked hopeful.
“Yep, I did say I’d forgive you if you really wanted me too and that’s what you did, so I forgive you.” Scott said happily.
“Thanks, so are we a thing again?” Courtney asked.
“If you want to be, then yes.” Scott answered.
The two hugged as everyone but Noah ‘awwed’ at their moment.
“That was sweet. What about you Gwen?” Zoey asked.
“Well given you seem very sorry I guess I can accept your apology but it’ll take a while before we officially become friends again.” Gwen said.
“I understand.” Courtney replies.
Soon everyone else began bonding as well, even Scott and Noah opened up a bit, and Dave was able to apologize to Shawn and Jasmine about the finale incident.
As they continued talking a flash of light was seen at Twilight’s castle.
“What was that?” Zoey asked concerned.
“You think we should go back?” Owen asked.
“I think we should, it looks serious.” Noah said.
The group then left Sugarcube Corner and went back to the castle to see the Mane 5 already there.
“Hey girls, did you see that flash of light just now?” Mike asked.
“Like duh, we’re heading to see if everything’s okay.” Rainbow Dash replies.
Soon they all went to the throne room to see Twilight, Spike, and a light purple unicorn with purple hair and a teal streak there.
“Is everyone okay?” Cameron asked worried.
“One group of amazing friends, check.” Spike said.
“Yeah Spike, it looks like we’re home.” Twilight said happily.
“Huh? What are you talking about?” Noah asked.
“More importantly what is she doing here?” Applejack sneered pointing at the light purple pony.
“Who is that?” Shawn asked.
“That’s Starlight Glimmer darlings, the pony who stole cutie marks from an entire village.” Rarity explained while glaring at Starlight.
“Oh no, not Starlight Glimmer I’m too young to die.” Owen screamed hugging Noah.
“Uh I never killed anyone.” Starlight said weirded out.
“Oh phew.” Owen sighed relieved before panicking again “But she’s still here to take over Equestria AHHHH!”
“Wait guys, it’s fine I can explain, but Starlight why don’t you wait outside first.” Twilight said.
Starlight did so as she looks nervously at the glares before her.
Soon Twilight explained how Starlight sent herself, Twilight, and Spike back in time and stopped the Rainboom but Twilight was able to reform her before she erased their timeline forever.
“Wow Starlight was able to go back in time and almost changed the future, that’s impressive, horrifying but impressive.” Cameron said.
“I mean, I knew my rainboom was awesome, but I never thought all of Equestria depended on it!” Rainbow Dash said.
“Or on the six of us.” Fluttershy said.
“I think it's more than that. Friendship connects all of Equestria, and undoing one group of friends made it’s magic less powerful.“ Twilight explained.
“That’s pretty cheesy.” Noah snarked earning him a bump on the elbow from Gwen.
“I can't believe y'all were able to travel through time like that.” Applejack said exasperated.
“That Starlight is pretty magical.” Pinkie Pie pointed out.
“She obviously has more talent for magic than almost anypony I've seen. My magic couldn't stop her. I had to convince her to stop on her own. Once I realized that, everything fell into place.” Twilight said.
“But if she's as powerful as all that, we can't just send her on her way, can we?” Courtney asked.
“Actually, I kind of have something else in mind.” Twilight said.
Soon Spike ushered Starlight to come inside the throne room.
“I know there's no excuse for what I did, but I want you all to know that I'm ready for whatever punishment you think is fair.” Starlight said as she walked in.
“I've been thinking a lot about how badly Equestria fared without just one group of friends. Because even when one friendship dies, the results can be disastrous” Twilight told Starlight who sighed.
“I know first-hoof how true that can be.” Starlight said with her head down.
“And that's why I've asked you here. If you're willing to learn, I'm willing to teach you what I know. You'll have the power to make Equestria an even better place.” Twilight said.
“Cool, but I have a question, who are those creatures?” Starlight asked pointing at the humans.
“Those are Owen, Gwen, Courtney, Cody, Noah, Cameron, Zoey, Scott, Mike, Shawn, Sky, Jasmine, and Dave they are what is known as humans.” Twilight explained pointing at each person she introduced.
“Okay, nice to meet you guys I am Starlight Glimmer, I made some not so good choices but I now know what I did was wrong. Do you think we could be friends? If that’s okay with you.” Starlight asked.
“I’m willing to try if you’re a good guy now; how about you guys?” Owen said.
“Sure.” Zoey said “Everyone deserves a second chance.”
“Why not?” Mike shrugged.
“I might as well try.” Cameron replies.
“I’m down.” Sky said.
“I don’t know, I’m not sure if I can trust you yet.” Gwen replies.
“Me neither.” Courtney agreed.
“No, I don’t know if I can trust you after what I heard you did.” Noah said.
“I understand.” Starlight said solemnly.
“It’s okay Starlight, not everyone can be friends but it’s always good to try. That’s your first lesson.” Twilight comforted.
After a while it seemed like everyone but Gwen, Courtney, and Noah were willing to be friends with Starlight even after what she did, Twilight told Starlight she’d be living in the castle to learn from her, much to Noah’s dismay. All in all everything seemed fine.
Author's Note
It may seem like I ended the Dave/Sky arc and the Scott/Courtney arc here but I do have plans for them in the future now that they’ve made up.
I had Gwen, Courtney, and Noah be wary of Starlight because even if she’s reformed I can’t see them forgiving her that quickly.
My Little Total Drama(Rewrite)
The Mane 6(minus Twilight) and the former TD contestants were all at the throne room talking about their trip to the Crystal Empire.
“Well, I think we should leave ASAP. I don't want to miss the Crystalling!” Rainbow Dash said.
“But shouldn't we wait for the invitation?” Zoey asked.
“Frankly, I'm not exactly clear on all the customs and traditions of the Crystal Empire, especially when it comes to a Crystalling.” Applejack replies.
“What’s a Crystalling?” Starlight asked walking in.
“Well, that's just it, darling. Princess Cadance and Shining Armor's baby is due any day, and we're still not sure. The Crystal Empire was gone for a thousand years. A lot of their customs are a bit murky.” Rarity explained.
“We know it has something to do with Cadence’s and Shining Armor’s baby though.” Cameron pointed out.
“And a party.” Pinkie Pie said happily as she jumped in front of Starlight.
“And the Crystal Heart.” Fluttershy said.
“And a party.” Pinkie Pie repeated.
“And some kinda cool energy.” Rainbow Dash replies.
“And... a party.” Pinkie Pie repeated again.
“Hey is the Crystalling a party I don’t know if it is, no one ever mentioned it.” Noah snarked.
“Yes it has something to do with a party I thought I mentioned it already.” Pinkie Pie answered not knowing Noah was being sarcastic.
“Sarcasm is a foreign language to you isn’t it.” Noah said annoyed.
“I love parties.” Owen cheered “I can’t wait.”
“It's not hard to understand. Most things in the Crystal Empire aren't. Like how I'm a big hero there, for example!” Spike bragged as he shows up carrying a poster of him with the Crystal Heart.
“Wow you’re a hero, that’s awesome.” Owen said happily.
“Thanks Owen, plus I had to help Twilight research a lot of Crystallings.” Spike explained holding a jar with pictures on them “Whenever a baby is born in the Crystal Empire, the parents bring it before the Crystal Heart. They get the purest shard of crystal they can find, then pick a crystaller to present the baby to everypony who comes. Then they all share the light and joy they feel, feeding it into the crystal that joins with the Heart, and increases its power! And this is going to be a royal Crystalling, so pretty much the whole empire will show up. That hasn't happened in a millennia!”
“What do you mean it increases the Crystal Heart's power?” Sky asked.
“The energy it uses to protect the Crystal Empire, I guess.” Spike said.
“Protect it from what?” Starlight asked.
“I... didn't help Twilight with that part.” Spike explained.
Soon Starlight was seen walking around the castle hall, and then saw Spike, Cody and Noah talking.
“Seriously Noah, HumDrum has a lot of redeeming qualities, he isn’t that incompetent.” Cody argues.
“I highly disagree, he is that incompetent.” Noah said.
“Oh hey Starlight, something wrong?” Spike said concerned plus he was trying to break up the tension between Cody and Noah.
“I don't know, Spike. Twilight's figuring out what my first friendship lesson is, and I guess I'm not exactly thrilled with the options. Well... with one of them.” Starlight explained.
“Which one?” Cody asked.
“Reuniting me with my first friend.” Starlight answered.
“What’s so terrible about that, I thought you’d love to reunite with your precious Sunburst after making a cult because of him.” Noah snarked.
“Noah, be serious.” Cody lectured.
“I am.” Noah said “How come she’s so worried?”
Starlight sighs before answering “When we were foals, Sunburst knew everything there was to know about magic. He always knew just what to do. And he was always there to help me. I guess it's not surprising that Sunburst got his cutie mark in magic and... went off to Princess Celestia's school. But when he left...”
“You blamed cutie marks and stripped a whole village of theirs, and when Twilight and the others stopped you, you went back in time and almost destroyed Equestria.” Noah finished stoically.
“Shut up Noah.” Cody said annoyed.
“No Cody, Noah’s right, even if I never intended to destroy Equestria, but it’s still not exactly something I’m ready to tell Sunburst about.” Starlight explained “I mean, he's probably some big important wizard now, and... I can't even find my way around Twilight's castle.”
“Well, if Sunburst is that good at magic, maybe he'd appreciate your, uh... exploits.” Spike said trying to comfort Starlight.
“You’re kidding right?” Noah asked.
“You should talk to Twilight about it. I'm sure she'd want to hear what you have to say.” Spike suggested to Starlight ignoring Noah.
“I know. But I don't want her to think I'm not ready to learn or that I'm not grateful for everything she's doing.” Starlight explained.
“Spike come quick!” Twilight yelled happily from the balcony.
Soon Spike, Starlight, Cody, and Noah were at the balcony.
Twilight then was seen getting a snowflake invitation through the wind that opened by itself.
“It’s a Crystalling invitation.” Spike said happily.
“Shining Armor's a father! I'm an aunt!” Twilight said happily before speaking with Starlight “Well, this settles it! Since we're going to the Crystal Empire, your first friendship lesson is going to be... reuniting with Sunburst!”
Twilight and Spike then walked off leaving a nervous Starlight.
“Great.” Starlight said nervously.
Cody looked concerned for Starlight while Noah didn’t seem to care and left.
Soon the whole group was on the train.
Rainbow Dash stretched her hooves and turned over to Applejack.
“Um, Applejack, what is that?” Rainbow Dash asked curiously at the thing Applejack was covering up with a tarp.
“Oh just a little somethin’ for the youngin’ .” Applejack said before she removed the tarp revealing a crib “Made from genuine Sweet Apple Acres apple trees. We make 'em for all the Apples, and anypony related to Twilight is practically family.”
“Aw.” Zoey and Owen cooed.
“Yeah it’s okay but it’s no Cloudsdale Mobile, Bam!” Rainbow Dash revealed a mobile with rainbows and thunderclouds.
“Ooh.” Pinkie Pie and Rarity said in awe.
“Pretty.” Pinkie Pie said before touching it causing a thundercloud to fall off making Rainbow Dash glare at Pinkie who smiled nervously in return.
“Well, a mobile is real nice... as long as you have somethin' to lay in so you can look at it.” Applejack smirked as she pointed at her crib.
“And a fetching blanket to keep you warm.” Rarity said replacing Applejack’s blanket with one she made herself.
“I'm sure Shining Armor and Princess Cadance will love all our gifts. But I think they're more happy we'll be attending the baby's Crystalling.” Twilight said happily.
“Ooh! I can't wait to see all that light and love make the Crystal Heart even more sparkly and shiny!” Pinkie Pie bounced.
“Actually, Pinkie, the Crystal Heart is an ancient and powerful relic. Without its magic, the Crystal Empire would be lost to the Frozen North.” Twilight informed the group.
“Wow that sounds bad.” Mike cringed.
“Wow, this Crystalling sounds pretty important. I'd understand if you wanted to... you know... wait to do a different friendship lesson when we get back.” Starlight said with a nervous smile.
“Are you kidding? This trip is perfect! Not only do I get to see the baby and take part in the ceremony that helps maintain the magic of the Crystal Empire, but I'm starting my new pupil off with the most amazing friendship lesson ever! I can't wait!” Twilight said happily while putting a hoof around Starlight.
“Right... Me neither...” Starlight said nervously as she pulled away from Twilight, she soon looked at Spike who was gesturing her to talk to Twilight.
“Actually, Twilight, I am a little worried about meeting Sunburst.” Starlight confessed.
“Oh, trust me. I know what it's like to see old friends. But I'll be right there to help things along. I've broken the whole lesson down into a few easy steps to ensure this reunion goes off without a hitch!” Twilight said unfurling a long list making everyone look in awe while Starlight nervously chuckled.
The train then stopped while everyone else got off.
“Step one, head to Sunburst's house and get you two started on the right hoof. Step two, get to the castle with enough time to visit the ba—” Twilight began before bumping into Shining Armor.
“Shining Armor.” Twilight gasped happily.
“Twilight.” Shining Armor said tired before hugging Twilight.
“I didn’t know you were meeting us.” Twilight said.
“Of course I am! It's me, right here. Here I am. Why wouldn't I come meet my sister? Though we have met before, heh-heh...” Shining Armor rambled on.
“Are you all right?” Twilight asked concerned.
“Never better! Being a father is amazing! And wonderful, and amazing, and confusing, and amazing, but surprising too, you know? I mean, not that you'd know. You wouldn't know, I know... You know?” Shining Armor replied “Uh Twilight am I hallucinating or are those creatures real?”
“Oh you’re not hallucinating, these are the humans I was telling you about. Meet Owen, Gwen, Courtney, Cody, Noah, Cameron, Zoey, Scott, Mike, Shawn, Sky, Jasmine, and Dave.” Twilight introduced the humans.
“Nice to meet you Shining Armor.” Zoey waves happily.
“Sorry. I haven't really slept since Cadance had the baby. Come to think of it, she hasn't either. It sure would be great to get a break.” Shining Armor apologized.
“Oh, of course! I don't know what I was thinking! You two probably need all kinds of help.” Twilight replies with regret before turning to Starlight “I'm sorry, Starlight, but I guess combining your first lesson with this visit wasn't such a good idea.”
“Oh, uh, don't be ridiculous! You're an aunt now! That's way more important than some friendship lesson.” Starlight said trying to mask her relief.
“I just wish there was a way to do both.” Twilight sighed.
“Maybe there is! You've already done the work for Starlight's lesson with this list. All we have to do is follow it.” Spike suggested.
“Spike you’re a genius.” Twilight said happily,
“Yeah genius.” Starlight said whole secretly glaring at Spike.
A lightbulb went off in Cody’s head as he got an idea “I'll go too, I’d like to help Starlight.." Cody said.
"Me too, I wanna meet Starlight’s friend." Owen said jumping for joy.
“Then it's settled! Shining Armor and I will head straight to the castle, and you four can head straight to Sunburst's!” Twilight instructed the group.
“Aye-aye Princess.” Spike saluted as he, Owen, and Cody began leaving along with Starlight who nervously chuckled.
“Alright big brother let’s go see this amazing baby pony.” Twilight said before she saw Shining Armor was sleeping standing up.
Shining Armor then woke up yelling “Ahh, the baby.”
Spike, Starlight, Owen, and Cody began walking to Sunburst’s house.
“I know you're a little worried about this reunion, but I'm sure Twilight's got everything covered.” Spike said.
“Everything except how I'd rather do absolutely anything else.” Starlight replies annoyed.
“Well I bet she’s already taken that into account too, it’s all in the lesson, trust in the lesson.” Spike said pointing to the list.
“Right.” Starlight rolled her eyes before seeing a statue of Spike, she then got a scheming look on her face.
"Is that you Spike?" Starlight asked pointing at the Spike statue.
"Oh yeah-" Spike said before getting cut off by Owen.
"OMG that looks so awesome what did you do to deserve this wonderful honor?" Owen asked happily while touching the statue.
"Man-child." Cody muttered to Starlight who somewhat giggled.
"Spike the brave and glorious saved us all from King Sombra." A crystal pony explained.
“And then again at the Equestria Games.” A second crystal pony added.
“Really?” Starlight said curiously.
"Really, Big fan" another crystal pony said shaking Spike's claw.
"Aw it's no big deal." Spike waves off.
A bunch of crystal ponies showed up and praised "It most certainly is."
"That's it we're not going anywhere until I get the full story." Starlight stated while levitating a bag of popcorn to her.
Owen was listening to Spike's story in awe while Cody smirked at Starlight and tapped her on the back gaining her attention.
"You are so stalling, I understand you need time before you meet Sunburst so I won't say anything." Cody said.
"Thanks Cody.” Starlight said gratefully.
"Before we go in, seeing the baby might be a bit of a shock." Shining Armor warned.
"It's an alicorn isn't it?" Noah asked annoyed.
Shining Armor was shocked that Noah figured it out so easily and began speaking.
"How did you know?" Shining Armor asked.
"From what I read about Equestria’s biology, DNA of a unicorn and alicorn is likely to make an alicorn or a unicorn so I took a guess." Noah explained as if it were obvious.
As everyone went inside, they all saw the baby girl which was an alicorn.
“Called it.” Noah smirked.
“The baby is an alicorn?!” Twilight asked in shock.
“It looks that way.” Cadence said tired.
“The birth of an alicorn is something Equestria’s never seen.” Celestia informed everyone.
“Then again it is the first time an alicorn has ever given birth.” Luna pointed out.
“Wow! A unicorn, and a pegasus! So she could be a super-strong flyer and have crazy baby magic!” Pinkie Pie said excited.
“Well I know all about super strong flying.” Rainbow Dash said doing a loop in the air.
“And I can help keep tabs on her magic!” Twilight smiled.
Soon the baby alicorn sneezes making her blast the roof which opens a hole in it.
“It appears her magic is more powerful than that of a newborn unicorn!” Celestia said concerned.
“Uh guys, don’t wanna alarm you but it looks like crowds have started to gather.” Gwen stated looking through the window.
Pinkie Pie soon blows a balloon and ties it with a rope and holds onto it as it begins floating “This Crystalling is gonna be some party!“
The balloon pops making Pinkie Pie fall down.
“That’s not the point Pinkie.” Noah said rolling his eyes.
“Do you think we should call it off?” Cadence asked.
Rainbow Dash soon flew up to Cadence and began speaking “Um, we've all faced a lot worse than baby magic.”
“I can't imagine cancelling such a beautiful and important ceremony.” Courtney told everyone.
“In light of the little one's abilities, this Crystalling might be more important than ever.” Celestia said before turning to Cadence “Perhaps you should address your subjects and remind them of that.”
Cadence then kisses the baby’s head before leaving the room with the royal sisters. Twilight then began walking up to Shining Armor who was leaning on the crib asleep and began tapping his back.
"Shining Armor! Do you have everything you need for the ceremony?" Twilight asked softly.
Shining Armor stirred himself awake before panicking and roaming around the room "Oh, no! I still have to interview the honor guards, and choose the purity crystal!"
Twilight then patted him on the back before speaking "Alright, take it easy. Pinkie and Courtney can stay here with me and keep an eye on the baby."
The alicorn baby is seen on Pinkie Pie's smiling face while Courtney tried to remove the alicorn from her face.
"And we'll all help you with everything else." Zoey reassured Shining Armor who fell asleep on the floor again.
"That is, if you can stay awake long enough to tell us how." Noah smirked a bit earning him a few glares.
"...and that's how we found the Crystal Heart, defeated King Sombra, and saved the Empire." Spike said finishing his story on how he defeated King Sombra which Owen, Cody, and Starlight all enjoyed, Starlight even had a bag of popcorn.
The Crystal Ponies began cheering happily.
"We love you Spike." One Crystal Pony spoke.
"Yeah. Tell the one about the Equestria Games!" Another Crystal Pony requested.
"Well, as much as I love reliving my heroic deeds, Starlight and I have an important lesson to do, by order of the Princess of Friendship!" Spike said grabbing a scroll.
"Oh right we need to go do that." Owen said giggling "I almost forgot with all the excitement."
The foals were seen dejected by this but Starlight tried to get Spike to talk about his heroic deeds "Aw, come on, Spike! I want to hear about the Games too."
"I know you're nervous about seeing Sunburst, but it says right in step 3, to, uh, 'Deal with your fears by facing them, not by putting it off.'" Spike said.
"Ugh. Let's go get this over with." Starlight said throwing her bag of popcorn away.
Starlight was soon seen about to knock the door of Sunburst's house but Spike stopped her.
"Wait!" Spike commanded in fear.
Starlight then turned around confused "Huh? What?!" she asked.
"Knocking on the door isn't the next thing on the list!" Spike explained.
"Seriously?" Starlight and Cody both asked annoyed.
"I know Twilight can be a little nitpicky, but this is your first lesson as her pupil, and it's important that we do it right!" Spike said.
"Fine. What's the next thing on the list?" Starlight asked walking up to Spike.
"Before they see each other, be sure to highlight the importance of the meeting." Spike read seriously.
"I'm pretty sure we can skip that." Cody said nervously, hinting that they shouldn't do this.
"I agree." Starlight quickly said raising her hoof.
"I don't know... I mean if we skip it, the whole lesson could go south! And then you might end up taking a giant step backwards instead of forwards! Maybe you'll never be able to learn anything about friendship at all! It's almost like your whole future depends on this moment." Spike said pressing his and Starlight's faces close together.
"That's ridiculous you'll do great." Owen encouraged giving a thumbs up.
"Highlight the importance of the meeting – check! I can't believe you wanted to skip that!" Spike said with a smirk.
"Asshole." Cody muttered angrily.
Starlight then walked to the door nervously and knocked it.
After a while Sunburst opened the door and saw the creatures and was a little unnerved.
"Can I help you all?" Sunburst asked.
"Sunburst it's me Starlight we used to be friends." Starlight reminded shyly.
Sunburst thought a bit before remembering Starlight and was suddenly joyful.
"Starlight my goodness it's been a long time what have you been up to and who are they?" Sunburst asked curiously.
"Me? Oh! You know, some of this, some of that, different... stuff. Right now, I'm sort of Twilight Sparkle's new pupil and these are humans Owen and Cody they're friendly don't worry." Starlight said pointing at the two humans.
"The Princess of Friendship? That's a huge honor." Sunburst said shocked.
"Heh... yeah... that's actually kind of why I'm here. I mean, I know you're probably very busy." Starlight said nervously.
"What do you mean?" Sunburst asked confused at what Starlight meant.
"Well, I figured after magic school, you'd go on to do important wizard work, but..." Starlight began before Sunburst cut her off.
"Oh. No. Y-Yes! Uh, y-yes, that's me, yup. Important wizard! Really busy with lots of, uh, wi-wizarding... stuff. Right. Uh, well... good to see you." Sunburst quickly said before shutting the door.
"That went well." Owen said encouragingly to ease the tension.
"Huh. Maybe we should have skipped highlighting the importance of the meeting after all." Spike replied.
"No, really!" Cody sarcastically commented, angry at the dragon.
"Okay fine maybe I put too much pressure on Starlight, I'm sorry Starlight." Spike apologized "But you gotta at least try again, and at least explain what Twilight wants."
"Alright Spike, I'll try again." Starlight said before she began knocking the door again.
Sunburst answered the door again and Starlight gave a shy smile.
Soon we see a crowd and the princesses except Twilight on a podium, soon Cadence begins speaking " Dearest citizens, I am sure you are all just as thrilled and ready for this Crystalling as myself and Shining Armor."
The crowd is cheering as Shining Armor is seen looking in from behind the curtains, he then begins acting frantic "I'm not ready!"
"Take it easy! Just pick whoever looks the most like honor guard material." Rainbow Dash said holding out two helmets.
"Right… right." said the prince, levitating the two helmets. He really wasn't thinking much and just randomly picked the first two the helmets landed on…backwards and in their faces. The two chosen, tumbled backwards due to the helmets shielding their visions and the other guards whimpered as they backed away.
"I'm sorry. Fatherhood is way more stressful than I ever thought." Shining Armor sighed in remorse.
"I can only imagine." Fluttershy spoke comfortingly.
Rarity then levitated a velvet box before Shinning Armor, opening it to reveal five bright blue crystals. "Now, I know choosing the crystal of purity is a very important decision. So I have gone through the trouble of arranging them in order from incredibly pure to outrageously pure."
"Um, Rarity, don't they all sort of look the same?" Dave asked, looking at how disturbingly similar the jewels all looked.
"Oh, well, to the untrained eye, perhaps. What do you think, Shining Armor?" Rarity levitated the opened box towards the prince, who began to stammer incoherently, his eyes increasing in size once more and his body trembling in anxiety.
"I don't know!" Shining Armor cried out before lowering down and covering his face while the others only looked on in pity.
"I hope the others are having better luck with the baby." Cameron whispered to Mike.
"Well… at least she's having... fun!" Pinkie beamed as she tried sustaining the child who flew around the room, shooting magical beams everywhere.
Twilight managed to keep the magical beams from blasting anything by countering them which magical beams of her own.
"Oh boy babysitting is a lot of work." Courtney said hiding behind the baby's crib.
"Pinkie, hold her still!" Twilight exclaimed.
"I'm tryiiiiiiing!" Pinkie cried out, her back-hooves screeching across the floor as she held onto the flying baby.
“So... the Princess of Friendship wants you and I to be friends again?” Sunburst asked confused.
“Heh, I know. Weird, right?” Starlight asked awkwardly.
"Uh, I don't understand. Did something happen to you after I left for magic school?” Sunburst asked curiously.
“What? N-No No! I-I don't see what that has to do with anything. W-Why would you even ask that?” Starlight asked nervously pouring a lot of tea in her cup which was noticeable to everyone in the room.
“Did something happen to you after you left for magic school?” Starlight asked, trying to change the subject.
“What? No like you said I am an important wizard.” Sunburst answered.
Meanwhile Owen, Cody, and Spike began talking to each other in private.
"This is a disaster, they're acting very awkward around each other." Cody whispered to Owen and Spike.
"Well they did just reunite, give it a chance." Owen said trying to defend the situation.
“Well I just hope Twilight is doing better with the Crystalling.” Spike said in hope.
Back at the palace, Rarity was brushing Shining Armor's mane as he was breathing in and out.
The door opens and Cadance walked out with the royal sisters behind her. Cadence's mane was brushed and there were no frazzles anymore.
"Okay. I chose the honor guard, picked the purity crystal, got my suit ready, and we've already chosen our crystaller. So, all we need is…" Shining Armor said before rubbing his chin in thought.
"The baby?" Cadence said, stating the obvious.
Shining Armor's eyes widened and his lips pouted in shock.
"We're here!" Courtney called with her hair frazzled, making Shining Armor breath a sigh of relief. Twilight kept the baby contained within a magenta colored bubble, which she kept on flying around it, with Pinkie Pie holding on tightly onto her little torso.
"She's a really strong flyer." Pinkie Pie said.
Soon Cadence got the baby out of Twilight's bubble by putting her in Cadence's own bubble separating her from Pinkie Pie.
The alicorn baby was downtrodden by being separated from Pinkie Pie and began crying loudly.
A sonic wave came from the baby's powerful cry making everyone cover their ears, the Crystal Heart stopped spinning.
The Crystal Heart soon cracked before... it shattered.
Everyone in the room was shocked but the baby soon nuzzled in Cadence's arms.
Applejack approached the broken pieces. "I'm guessin' that's gonna make it harder to do the Crystalling."
"It's worse than that." Twilight said, worried "Without the Heart, the Crystal Empire's about to be buried under a mountain of ice and snow!"
Everyone soon looked worried as the baby started cooing.
To Be Continued
Author's Note
Man this took days to write, hope you enjoyed because this was hard to do.