Rarity's Generosity

Applejack, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, and Twilight begin to engage the beast with the goal of keeping it away from the rest of Ponyville. The moment is tense as the Ursa Major wastes no time in destroying nearby buildings. A few brave unicorns remain to help repel the beast. As Rarity and Applejack make their way toward the Ursa Major, Pinkie Pie turns around and hops in the opposite direction of the Ursa Major.

Twilight notices and turns around while the others run ahead.

“Pinkie? Where are you going?” Twilight asks hurriedly.

“To fight the bear, silly!” Pinkie says while hopping towards Sugar Cube Corner. Twilight must get to the Ursa Major with the others so she just acknowledges that Pinkie might have a plan.

Twilight quickly turns around and gallops to Rarity.

”Do you know how to make a laser with your magic, Rarity?” Twilight asks, wanting to make sure Rarity is able to help.

”I don’t. You think you can teach it to me?” Rarity replies, eager to learn.

Twilight smiles and demonstrates how to conjure up a laser pulse. After a few tries, Rarity can now create her own.

They both fire at the Ursa Major, along with the other unicorns, to shift its attention to them instead of the building it is demolishing. They are as effective as they could be to an Ursa Major, which practically only serves as an annoyance to the beast. The Ursa Major roars loudly, enough so that the ground shakes under everypony's hooves. It swipes at the colorful arrangement of lights that point at its fur coat.

While Twilight was teaching Rarity, Applejack was accomplishing efforts of her own. Applejack is risking it by being close to the beast, kicking as hard as possible. She must dodge numerous swipes from the beast.

As all the remaining unicorns in the area attempt to fight off the Ursa Major, Twilight attempts to teleport the Ursa Major somewhere outside Ponyville. Each attempt is met with empty results and only wears Twilight out more. An idea comes to Twilight to levitate the beast away. She could move an Ursa Minor and a full water silo. Though this is not a Minor at all, so she would need the help of the other remaining unicorns.

"Every unicorn!" she shouts, "Stop firing your lasers and try levitating it! Put everything you got into it!"

Applejack backs away from the beast. The unicorns hear her and stop firing and immediately do a levitation spell. They are all standing strong, struggling to lift the beast from the ground. Twilight's horn is bustling with her colorful aura. Other's horns are sparking as well, Rarity is giving it her all. The weight of the Ursa Major forces the hooves of the unicorns to sink into the dirt, leaving an imprint as its weight is felt through the magic. Sweat drips down the sides of their faces as their strength is draining. After a moment the Ursa Major notices and turns to swipe at the unicorns once more. They quickly halt their levitating spell and produce a shield to block the incoming swipe from the Ursa Major. The transparent shield lets out a deep thud as it was hit by that beast's paw. The idea had failed since they could only get the Ursa Major to barely notice they were trying at all. Finally, as the pace of the battle intensifies, Rainbow Dash arrives with Fluttershy.

"Come on Fluttershy you have to at least try!" Rainbow Dash demands lightly towards Fluttershy. It has taken those two so long to arrive because Fluttershy has been hesitant to come. Although instead of freezing up and all-out refusing, Fluttershy has come somewhat voluntarily. The confidence must be from when she convinced a large dragon to leave the Ponyville area a little over a year ago.

"Oh goodness..." - Fluttershy stares at the rampaging beast - "How will it even listen to me? How will I get to it?"

"Blah blah blah. Those are details for later," responds Rainbow Dash, "Do you think you can find out what is wrong?"

"I'll try..." Fluttershy responds nervously.

Rainbow Dash flies up and goes to distract the beast as much as she can. She is like an annoying bug compared to the Ursa Major.

Fluttershy slowly and cautiously approaches the Ursa Major. Twilight sees that Fluttershy is finally here and maneuvers around the beast to be next to her. Just in case the Ursa Major tries anything hostile. Since Twilight went to Fluttershy, Rarity joins the group of unicorns so she is more protected.

"Uhh... Ursa Major sir... Why are you attacking Ponyville?" Fluttershy says in her soft voice. However, she amplifies it to make her voice more audible for the Ursa Major to hear properly.

The Ursa Major pauses in its hostilities for just a quick moment and glances at Fluttershy. As quickly as it looked, it looked away and resumed dismantling an adjacent building.

Fluttershy turns to Twilight. "He won't listen Twilight. I don't think he cares about us that much. I will try again though."

Fluttershy takes in the moment around her. Some ponies hurt in the distance, Ponyville being destroyed, it all gets to her a little bit. She becomes upset enough to be pushed out of her normal passivity.

"Ursa. Major. Sir!" Fluttershy shouts in a commanding voice. A rare thing to witness from Fluttershy.

"Can you please stop and listen to us?" The unicorns stop firing as Fluttershy begins speaking. The Ursa Major pauses again and looks at her. Fluttershy begins to flap her wings and ascends to get closer to the Ursa Major's face, but not too close. Fluttershy is still very nervous, even despite her recent boost of confidence.

"You must stop assaulting Ponyville and hurting us all! Tell us what your problem is and we will try our best to help!"

Fluttershy continues to fly a ways above the ground. The Ursa Major remains silent and looks as if it does not hear Fluttershy. When it actually did hear every bit. Though, in an instant, it snaps back into an aggressive state and swings its paw toward Fluttershy.

Bump

Rainbow Dash, who is flying idly while Fluttershy was speaking to the Ursa Major, sees the incoming paw. With the quickest reaction time, Rainbow Dash swoops in and catches Fluttershy before the paw could meet her in its striking path. Rainbow Dash sets Fluttershy down and lands next to Twilight. The Ursa Major begins to move more inward into town.

"Twilight, we need to get it out of Ponyville now!" Rainbow Dash says with extreme agitation.

Twilight quickly strategizes to see if there is anything else they can do to remove the Ursa Major from Ponyville. I could... No... That won't work. Maybe I could teleport it out! This Ursa Major is smaller than others, but a group of unicorns could not even get it off the ground. Teleporting it by myself will also be nearly impossible. I doubt the other unicorns know the teleportation spell. It is not as easy to learn as the laser spell. So I could not possibly teach them how to teleport a living thing flawlessly in the time we have... Ugh, why does this have to be so difficult... she ended her thoughts with an audible grunt of dissatisfaction.

Twilight unexpectedly asks Rainbow Dash for any ideas on how to proceed. "I can't think of anything that would work. Do you have any ideas, Rainbow Dash?"

Upon remembering that Pinkie has been gone a while, Twilight adds, "Where is Pinkie anyways?"

No immediate response is given from Rainbow Dash. However, a strange noise can be heard in the background. A loud and low frequency plagues the air. The occasional squeak of machinery and gears that need to be oiled echoes throughout Ponyville.

Oh no, not another strange noise, Twilight says to herself. What is it this time?

She turns her head to face Rainbow Dash who is flying low to the ground in between Twilight and Fluttershy. Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy are turned around looking at something behind Twilight. Their facial expressions are full of shock with their mouths open in awe. Their eyes are locked onto something. At another glance to the right, the group of unicorns has paused to gaze upon the mysterious spectacle. Could they be looking at what is producing the strange new noise?

"What in Equestria is that?" Rarity says pointing her hoof in the direction where the others are looking. This ultimately influences Twilight to finally turn around.

Twilight is now witnessing what the others have been staring at for the last few seconds. The bizarre squeaking and grinding noises are no longer a mystery, as Twilight gazes at the source of it. The only question that remains would be how it even got there and how it is happening. The roof of Sugar Cube Corner is being split into two, both pieces slowly rotating to each different side. The low tone is now identified as gears of machinery, moving the roof out of the way for something new that was now emerging from the open space. A light blue object is now protruding from the opening roof. There are two ponies next to the large object, but they are unidentifiable at this distance. The object they are standing next to looks as blue as Pinkie's party canon...

Somepony inexplicably pulls a megaphone out of her hair and shouts into it. "Hey, guys! I told you I would help! Get ready for my Mega Party Cannon!TM, patent pending."

As comedically timed as ever, Pinkie Pie is back in the fight against the Ursa Major. In all this time, Pinkie Pie has been preparing to fight the Ursa Major, just as she had promised when she was hopping away in the opposite direction.

The Mega Party CannonTM snapped into action as more mechanical noises resonate throughout the abandoned streets of Ponyville. click-click-click-click goes the M.P.C., as it mechanically rotates towards the Ursa Major. As the M.P.C. points at the beast, Pinkie Pie stops rotating one wheel and goes to another. Now its latitude is being altered to allow better chances at a precise hit. Although Pinkie Pie is not alone, there's no way she could do mathematical physics, albeit, within such a small time frame. Somepony else is not visible to the girls on the road, nor was Pinkie until she spoke. They could only see Sugar Cube Corner separating itself and the large cannon. The super fun colossal blue mortar eventually points towards the Ursa Major.

"Heads up!" Pinkie shouts into the megaphone once again, then puts it back in her mane.

Fluttershy becomes nervous after the warning was yelled out. Rainbow Dash looks around curiously.

"Uhhh, heads up for what?" Rainbow Dash says, not seeing anything.

Twilight pieces it together and shouts, "The cannon! Pinkie is about to fire it! Everypony run around the Major to get behind it!" She points in the direction with her hoof. Most everypony gallops south, down the road, in order to get out of the way of any blast. Rainbow Dash stays to distract the beast as best she can until the last second. Some unicorns have called it quits, fearing a more aggressive monster.

BOOM. As the Mega Party CanonTM is fired the ground shakes, windows rattle, and doors vibrate ajar. A large spherical projectile speeds towards the Ursa Major. The sound the colorful ball leaves behind gets louder and louder as it nears its target. Thud! The ball explodes upon impact, leaving behind loose colorful confetti that is now raining down. The beast regains its balance after being jolted out of place by the confetti ball and turns to face the nearby ponies. It lets out a huge rawr filled with irritation at them all and begins to walk to them.

"Run south! Now is our chance to get it out of Ponyville!" Twilight announces loudly. Her voice filled with seriousness, but also some satisfaction as they now have the opportunity to lead it away.

The rest of the civilian unicorns put their tail between their legs and run off once the bear begins to charge them. It is just the six of them and the Ursa Major now. Pinkie Pie has joined the girls while running south, towards Ghastly Gorge. It was their only option to get the beast out of town. Running west would be going deeper into the heart of Ponyville. Going East would be unwise as it leads to the Everfree Forest. North was not an option since they would have to first run under the raging Ursa Major and then run through town some more. South was the last available choice.

Twilight, Applejack, Rarity, and Pinkie Pie trot faster than they ever have before while Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy fly overhead. The Ursa Major grunts and roars as it attempts to get to the ponies ahead. The beast is much faster than them, but Twilight has a trick she can use. Twilight uses her magic to keep the Ursa Major from catching up to them by using a slow-down spell to decrease its speed. The Ursa Major is still quite fast but is no longer able to reach them if the girls keep up their current pace.

As they travel to Ghastly Gorge, Fluttershy thinks about the Ursa Major. What could have upset him enough to terrorize Ponyville? Fluttershy contemplates while she flies alongside Rainbow Dash. Wondering why the Ursa Major could be acting this way. It is unlike an Ursa creature to attack unless it has been provoked in some way. Maybe somepony did this intentionally? Did something unnatural happen? Oh, I do hope I can find out what went wrong so I can help the poor thing.

The tense silence is broken when Rarity’s curiosity gets to her. "How did you do that whole mega cannon stunt?" Rarity asks Pinkie Pie as they gallop south.

"I had Doctor Whooves help me out. I had the idea, and he had the brains to do it! He gave me the exact amount of wheel turns I needed to do," Pinkie Pie says smiling about the whole thing.

After a while, they finally make it to Ghastly Gorge, where the forest and ravine nearly touch. The vegetation is at its thickest since the spring has been rejuvenating the forest since winter was wrapped up. The sound of running water echoes around the large empty ravine, even when the water is a few hundred hoof steps below the cliffside. However, the water is a little lower than it usually is. Another unusual thing to contradict how the day otherwise started.

Twilight calls out to stop running and huddle close together as the Ursa Major approaches. As the bear gets closer, Twilight teleports herself and the others to the other side of the ravine. As they immediately get to the other side, Twilight uses an invisibility spell on them all to hide from the Ursa Major's sight. They stand there and observe the Ursa Major, believing that this will cause it to lose interest and calm down. Ponyville is far away, so Twilight hopes the Ursa Major will simply go back to its cave and end this hectic day.

Rarity whispers to the group, ”I do hope this works. I am ready for this to be over with.”

”Me too, I don’t want anything else to get hurt,” Fluttershy softly adds.

The Ursa Major looks around for the ponies that disappeared. It walks around, sniffs the air, and knocks down a few large trees with ease. It seems it is only getting more agitated instead of calming down. Eventually, the Ursa Major stops searching for them and turns its head to the north. It lets out another ground-shaking roar while it gets on its hind legs. It pounds the ground with its front legs as it returns to all fours. Unfortunately, the Ursa Major does not continue down the ravine's edge. Instead, it turns around and begins to walk in the opposite direction from which it came: back to Ponyville.