"Flowers!" Dahlia called out, holding a pack of flowers. "Homegrown flowers!" she announced to the ponies of Maretime Bay with her right eye twitching. "Anypony? Flowers!" she said to the ponies around her flower stand, but they got a little freaky from her and ran off. "Anypony? Homegrown flowers! Flowers! Anypony?" she asked, but everypony just kept walking.

Next to her flower stand was the smoothie stand Sunny works at, while Hitch and Knuckles were borrowing smoothies, and Tails started to help Sunny deliver some smoothies. They all watched Dahlia desperately trying to get anypony to buy her flowers.

"Poor Dahlia. Now that earth ponies have magic, no pony is buying her flowers anymore," Sunny said in sympathy for Dahlia as they watched her waving the flowers in her hooves.

"One of a kind!" Dahlia announced while Posey walked by, and Dahlia turned to her. "Can’t be found anywhere else," she said to Posey but said Earth pony stomped her hoof and made a flower sprout from the ground.

"Ooohhh!" Sunny, Hitch, Tails, and Knuckles cringed at Posey, proving her point.

"Oh..." Dahlia said sadly as Posey picked the flower she had made, placed it on her mane, and then walked away. "Perfect for a special occasion," Dahlia kept saying with a sad smile, knowing that nopony would buy her flowers anymore.

"It’s too hard to watch!" Hitch called out, since he could not stand seeing Dahlia sad and that nopony was buying her flowers.

"I can’t take it anymore!" Knuckles added, and he walked towards Dahlia, with Hitch following him since both would buy her some flowers.

"I hate to see this..." Tails said with a sad tone and his ears down. "It's sad to watch that somepony's supposed special talent is not so special anymore..." he added, feeling bad for Dahlia.

"Yeah, I get what you mean," Sunny confessed. "There must be some way to help her," she added.

Tails then put a hand on his chin and smiled with an idea. "I think I might know what to do..." he smirked.

In the afternoon, Dahlia watered her flowers at home, which helped distract her from her lack of sales lately.

"Hey, Dahlia!" Sunny’s voice spoke, and Dahlia turned and saw Sunny and Tails flying to her from the sky. Sunny was still practicing her flying and tried to land on the ground, a little shaky.

Dahlia got startled and lost her balance. She tossed her watering can into the air and fell into her flower patch while Sunny and Tails landed on the ground. Dahlia coughed some of the petals she had gotten from the fall, getting some on her mane as well, but then she recomposed herself and smiled at her visitors. "Hey, Sunny. Hey, Tails," she greeted them.

"Hi!" Tails said as he waved a hand at her.

"Sorry, Dahlia." Sunny apologized for scaring her as she took off her alicorn form. "I’m still getting the hang of this Alicorn thing," she chuckled.

"It’s okay. No harm done…" Dahlia tried to say, but she got cut off when her water can fell on her head upside down, getting water on her mane. She sighed, grabbed the water can from her head, then shook it to get water out of her mane and looked at Sunny and Tails. "Can I help you two with something?" she asked them.

"It’s time you start growing your flowers with magic!" Sunny answered to Dahlia with a smile.

"Magic? Oh, no. I haven’t got any of that," Dahlia said to her, thinking she hadn’t gotten any magic.

"Of course you do," Sunny said. "Every Pony has some kind of magic," she assured her.

"You might not know yet, but it is there somewhere, waiting to rise and surprise the world!" Tails added with a smile as he flew a little around.

"That's the spirit!" Sunny said, then got next to Dahlia. "Now..."

A little bit later, Sunny showed Dahlia how to use her earth pony magic. First, she showed her the moves on how to use it.

Dahlia followed her movements and stomped her hoof down, which caused a small spark of her magic. The two mares and Tails watched closely as Sunny brought out her magnifying glass and saw that a tiny flower sprouted. Dahlia looked sad, but Sunny and Tails supported her since it was a good start.

A moment later, Dahlia moved her legs again and did a twirl before stomping all four hooves on the ground. That sprouted an actual-sized flower, but the petals fell off the stem the second it sprouted.

Sunny smiled and raised her hoof for Dahlia to give a high hoof, but Dahlia wasn’t happy since the flower petals fell off, and Tails just gave a nervous smile.

Later, Dahlia stomped her hoof down and sprouted a small field of flowers.

Dahlia smiled, and Sunny raised her hooves to give Dahlia a high hoove. Dahlia was about to give her the high hoove, but the flowers whittled and died.

Dahlia gave a discouraging look to Sunny and Tails while they both smiled sheepishly.

A little bit later, the three decided to take a break while Dahlia was discouraged about her progress. "It's no use, guys. Face it. My flower business is over," she said sadly.

"Don't think like that, Dahlia," Sunny said, not wanting her to give up.

"Yeah. You're making good progress so far, no matter the results!" Tails assured her.

"All you have to do is believe in yourself. Feel the magic inside, and think of something that makes you happy," Sunny said with a smile.

"Hmmm..." Dahlia said, starting to think of something that made her happy. "I do love a big... beautiful... flower!" she smiled, then moved her hooves, which started to glow green, and stomped her hoof down.

And then, a big stem starts to grow as Dahlia backs away and comes to Sunny and Tails. They all watched in amazement a flower as big as a tower with giant red petals.

"Wow!" Sunny said in amazement.

"Now that is Flower Power!" Tails said with a smile.

"See, Dahlia? We knew you could do it! Try again!" Sunny cheered to Dahlia with a smile as well.

As they walked around Maretime Bay, Dahlia got so overjoyed by her earth pony magic that she kept making big flowers wherever she walked.

At first, Tails did not consider this very important, but as more flowers grew, more pollen appeared, and when he finally noticed, he knew he had to stop Dahlia.

"Um... girls?" Tails called Sunny and Dahlia, but none of them were listening.

"Whoo-hoo!" Dahlia cheered. "I've got magic!" she smiled.

"Girls!" Tails called again. We have to take the flowers out before they sick everyone with their pollen!" he warned, but the mares kept ignoring him. "Aw man, this is bad... This is really, really bad!" he said with worry as he flew away back to the Brighthouse.

After a while, the wind began to whistle around Maretime Bay, and the giant flowers began to tilt.

When the ponies noticed that, they ran away for cover while Sunny and Dahlia stared in fear. Then, a big red flower next to them tilted and broke off, falling towards them. Sunny and Dahlia screamed as the flower fell with a thud, which caused the pollen to come out of the flower. Since the flower was so big, it held a lot of pollen, and it spread out to Maretime Bay.

"Ah... Ah…" Sunny and Dahlia felt like sneezing, and then... "Achoo!" Sunny and Dahlia let out a sneeze, then they turned and saw the amount of pollen that was spilled in Maretime Bay. "Uh-oh..." Sunny said, having a bad feeling about this.

"What have I done?!" Dahlia asked in shock at her actions of overdoing her magic with the big flowers.

Sunny:
You're feelin' kinda crummy
And things are gettin' tough
But it's not time to give up yet

Sunny and Dahlia walked through the covered pollen street of Maretime Bay as the ponies around them sneezed and looked at Dahlia.

Dahlia:
Haven't I done enough?
I thought I had the magic
But I look like a phony
Have you ever felt like, yeah
Felt like everypony

Dahlia felt ashamed of herself for getting Maretime Bay covered in pollen as she trotted away from Sunny. Zipp was flying by, seeing Maretime Bay covered in pollen, and then sneezed, which caused her to fly backward and caused her to pass a Fifi poster sign.

Then Dahlia saw two ponies at her sides as they sneezed and looked at her. Dahlia ran off as Sunny ran to catch up to her. Dahlia stopped next to Hitch and Knuckles as they began to sneeze, along with three bunnycorns and a racconicorns next to them. Dahlia ran off in guilt as Sunny tried to stop her.

Sunny and Dahlia:
Is lookin'?
ACHOO! They're lookin' at you

Dahlia:
They're whispering, they're pointing their hooves

Izzy was nearby, wearing her goggles to try to keep the pollen off her eyes. She failed because she was tearing up her goggles. Then, she sneezed and fell into a barrel as Dahlia continued to run off.

Sunny:
You tried your best, so don't worry
You'll solve this problem, yeah, you'll see

Dahlia ran past Mane Melody with Sunny by her tail. Inside Mane Melody, Pipp was putting a face mask on a unicorn mare, but the pollen was getting to her, and she sneezed at the face mask's content. Pipp cringed and looked around in the hope that nopony noticed, and once the coast was clear, she stirred the face mask as fast as she could and then applied it to the unicorn mare, hoping nopony would notice.

Sunny and Dahlia:
Because... ACHOO! There's sparkle in you

Sunny:
And it will shine your way right through

Dahlia returned to her house and looked back to the ponies still sneezing from the pollen as Sunny gave her a sympathetic look.

Dahlia:
I'd rather hide so they can't see
Because... ACHOO! They're lookin' at me

Dahlia opened the door and closed it, feeling guilty about all this, while Sunny gave a pity expression, feeling bad for Dahlia and also guilty since she was part of all this.

Back at the Brighthouse, Tails, and Sonic wore protective suits since Tails could only warn him about the imminent neighfever before it could happen.

"Thanks for the warning, little bro," Sonic greeted again. "My only complaint is that this is too tight, but I'm not sneezing, at least," he added with a smile.

"I just wished I could see this coming so Dahlia wouldn't have planted all those flowers," Tails said, feeling guilty. "This is my fault," he added, saddened.

"This is also my fault..." Sunny added that they were sitting on the couch in the living room with Izzy, watching TV and the News on the neighfever spreading quickly across the town. "We've made everything worse!" Sunny added with frustration.

"Aaaachoo!" Izzy sneezed again, but then she fell backward and landed on her back. "I dunno, I kinda like sneezing. It's like a sneaky nose surprise. Achoo! See? So sneaky," she said to the rest.

"Well, usually I will say, 'let's just roll with it', but I know we can't live sneezing the rest of our lives," Sonic commented. "And in my case and Tails', we cannot be trapped in these suits forever either. We need to use the bathroom, you know..." he pointed out with a bored expression.

"And we cannot leave Dahlia now!" Tails added. "Not when she needs us more than ever!" he told Sunny.

Sunny gave off a determined expression. "You’re right, Tails. We've gotta fix this!" she declared as she and the fox ran out the door to fix their mistake.

"Well, while they do that, I'm going to hit the shower," Sonic said as he ran upstairs to use the bathroom.

Later, again, Dahlia was watering her flowers, also having a stuffy nose from the pollen all over Maretime Bay. She turned and saw Sunny and Tails coming by again, with Tails still using the protection suit. "Ugh! Not you two again!" she groaned, still upset and guilty from what she had done to the town. "Haven't you two done enough? Achoo!" she asked them and started sneezing on the flowers.

"We’re so—" Sunny started but stopped when Dahlia sneezed on her flowers again.

"Achoo," Dahlia sneezed.

"—sorry, Dah—" Tails kept going, but he got cut off by the sneezing, again on the flowers.

"Achoo!"

"We were just—" Sunny said and got cut off again.

"Achoo!"

"—trying to—" Tails said and again got cut off.

"Achoo!"

"—help!" Sunny and Tails both finished.

"Achoo!" Dahlia sneezed on her flowers again, but then they started to shine and glow with the colors of the rainbow.

Dahlia, Sunny, and Tails saw this with awe, and Sunny found the perfect idea for all their problems. "I think there's a way to make everypony forget all about this neighfever nightmare!" Sunny said to Dahlia with a smile.

Tails realized what she meant and smiled. "It would also help to return your flower business in no time!" he added.

"Keep sneezing, Dahlia!" both Sunny and Tails said.

Dahlia smirked, seeing what those two were planning. "Now that I can do it! Achoo!" she said to them, then continued sneezing on her flowers.

After cleaning up the whole town from the pollen and with everypony feeling better now, Sunny and Tails told Dahlia what she had to do to keep her business going.

Meanwhile, Pipp was livestreaming through her phone, filming Izzy wearing a necklace of flowers glowing one color at a time. "And there you have it. The perfect accessory for the ultimate cool pony style," she said to the viewers of her livestream.

"Cool pony?" Izzy asked in confusion, then gasped with sparkling eyes. "Is that me?" she asked cheerfully.

Pipp looked a little nervous to Izzy since it seemed she forgot about the plan to tell everypony about Dahlia's new necklaces but decided to let it slide and go along with it. "Um, yeah," she said to Izzy before facing her livestream again. "Now don't forget, Pippsqueaks. You can get your cool pony necklace at Maretime Bay's one-stop style shop – Dahlia's flower cart! Squeak ya later! Mwah!" She blew a kiss and ended the livestream.

At Maretime Bay, everypony was wearing Dahlia’s flower necklaces, finding them great, stylish, and amazing as well, while ponies were lining up on Dahlia’s flower stand, who was very happy that her flowers and new flower necklaces were a hit again.

Sunny, Hitch, Tails, and Knuckles looked at Dahlia, who was also wearing necklaces, with smiles. They were happy that Dahlia had gotten her flower business back. Also, Tails wasn't wearing his protection suit anymore.

"Now, this is something great to watch!" Knuckles said with a smile, happy that Dahlia was having clients again.

"And another problem was solved successfully!" Tails added with a big smile.

"Gotta love a happy ending!" Sunny added, also smiling.

Suddenly, Sonic arrived with a big smile, wearing a necklace as well. "Guys, guys, guys, guys, guys!" he said, as he stopped in front of them. "Pipp will perform a new song to honor this new style! Come on, you don't wanna miss this!" he said, happier than usual, and then ran off to Mane Melody.

"You know, I never seen him so excited for a Pop Star singing before," Knuckles commented.

"It's Pipp, the one singing, so I expected it," Tails said with a smirk.

"Wait..." Hitch spoke as he and Sunny looked at Tails and Knuckles, a bit confused. "Why are you talking about Sonic like that?" he questioned.

"Isn't it obvious? He likes..." Knuckles almost shouted, but a glare from Tails was enough to make him realize he was talking too loud, so he whispered at Sunny and Hitch. "Sonic likes Pipp," he whispered with a smirk.

That made Sunny and Hitch gasp with sparkling eyes since they had known for a while now that Pipp also liked Sonic.

"By your reactions, I'm guessing it's a reciprocal thing that everyone but them notices, right?" Tails asked the ponies.

"Yup!" Sunny answered, still with sparkling eyes.

"Should we tell them?" Hitch suggested.

"Nah, let's enjoy seeing those two love birds being so ignorant about their reciprocal love for now," Knuckles said. And let them enjoy it before we leave Equestria, maybe forever, he thought. "Let's make him some company, so if he makes something stupid, we can mock him the whole month!" he added with a smile.

They all walked laughing towards Mane Melody, not noticing that the flowers from their necklaces started to lose their colors and drip off the petals, probably causing Dahlia's business to get into trouble again.

But that's a story we'll tell another day, or probably never.

THE END...?

Author's Note

Thanks to JD1 for editing this chapter!