It's been a week since the Mane 5 and Team Sonic recovered the Pegasus Crystal from Discord.

Now that magic was restored for the third time, things could finally return to normal, at least for a while.

But when I said 'going back to normal,' I didn't mean for Sunny to run down an alley surrounded by ponies dressed up as fruits. No, seriously, that's literally what's happening right now because Sunny is sweating a lot, and she's cornered in a dark alley by ponies dressed up as fruits.

"Sunny, stop right there!" one of the ponies said, and Sunny turned around and looked at the ponies with fear.

"There's no escape!" an earth pony stallion dressed up as a banana said with a frown.

"No getting away now!" An earth pony mare, who's dressed up as an orange, stated with a frown.

Suddenly, another stallion appeared, also wearing a strawberry costume. "Not without putting us into your…" he started with a frown before he and the other two ponies gave her cheerful smiles. "All new smoothies!" he finished, as the three ponies smiled with sparkling eyes and held out a smoothie.

After that, Sunny turned around, and the background changed to show fruits behind her. "Sorry! Our brand-new smoothies only contain all-new fruits! Grown in the community garden!" she said with a smile, while the background switched to the community garden, with so many fruits that the earth pony has grown with their magic. "Like kiwi-paya, pear-nana, and razzleberries!" she listed, showing each type of fruit with a smile and sparkling eyes.

Then, the scene changed to the three ponies, still in their costumes, sipping smoothies with smiles.

Finally, the scene switched to Sunny at the smoothie stand. Sunny was holding up a tray of smoothies while sweating exhaustedly. "Try 'em all today!" she called out with a smile.

"You'd be bananas not to!" The stallion, dressed as a banana, cheered beside her, holding his smoothie cup.

"And cut!" Tails' voice called out as he tapped his phone, revealing that he was livestreaming the whole thing to show Sunny's new smoothies to the ponies quickly. "Perfect! We got it this time for sure!" Tails said with a smile.

"And the giant fruit?" Sunny asked hopefully.

"All added with the filters!" Tails replied with a cheery smile as he appended his phone to show the filters of the giant fruit costumes the three ponies wore.

Upon hearing that, Sunny squealed in excitement. "Amazing! Thank you so much for your help, Tails!" she thanked him. She hugged him, and Tails chuckled and smiled back at Sunny. Then, she gasped in excitement. "I can't wait for ponies to try these new flavors! They're gonna love 'em!" she cheered with a smile.

"Maybe not immediately... but I'm pretty sure they'll be more open with time..." Tails tried to assure with a nervous smile.

Just then, Posey came to the stand and held out a pear-nana with a bored expression and a small smile. "New flavors?" she asked with a snort. "I think not. Tropical treat for me, as always," she said to Sunny with a smirk, who appeared inside the stand with a sheepish smile.

"Are you sure we can't interest you in––?" Sunny tried to ask, grabbing the pear-nana and trying to convince Posey.

"Tropical treat, please, Sunny," Posey repeated firmly with a frown.

"And banana smoothie here. Thanks," Thunder said with a small smile as he approached the stand.

Tails also entered the stand and looked at the clients with a bored expression. "Told ya," he remarked.

Sunny sighed in disappointment. "The same old smoothie flavor is coming right up," she said with sadness, walking to her blender to make the smoothies.

"Aw, come on, Sunny. Don’t be sad..." Tails told her with worry as he placed a hand on her shoulder. "They just heard about new flavors, yet they still want the same thing. Just let them get tired of those flavors to give a chance to the new ones finally, okay?" he assured her with a little smile. "Sometimes, trying something new is just hard, and it can also be scary for some people... and ponies..." he pointed out.

Suddenly, Sunny gasped after he said that and smiled. "You're right, Tails. So, we need to make trying the new flavors easy," she stated with a determined look.

"... Sunny..." Tails said with a raised eyebrow. "You are not trying to force ponies into buying your smoothies now, are you?" he asked, crossing his arms. "Because last time you tried to force something, the entire town ended up covered by giant flowers," he pointed out with a bored expression.

Sunny chuckled nervously at that reminder. "I'm just gonna make ponies' choices easier! They're free to choose their usuals, but what I have in mind might inspire them to try something else! Promise!" she assured with a smile.

"... Are you absolutely sure?" Tails asked with concern. "I don't want you to feel disappointed, you know? Not after what happened to you when everypony just listened because you are an Alicorn... Nor when ponies made fun of you on your trip... Nor when you made a lot of effort to bake those cookies for our friends..." he confessed, scratching his arm nervously. "I know I probably didn't help that much in all these, but... I do understand how badly you must felt when the world either laughed at you or followed you just because of what you are and not by who you are... I understand that a lot..." he added with worry.

"... You do?" Sunny asked with concern.

"I wasn't popular the way I wish I could have been back home..." Tails started to explain. "People made fun of me because of my extra tail. They all thought I was a weirdo... They hated me because I was different. After meeting Sonic, my confidence did grow a bit, but I managed to do some things on my own with no help from anyone. I never stopped hearing people making fun of me. It wasn't about my tails anymore, though, but... It still hurt me. Nobody liked me just for who I am, or for what I believe..." he confessed, as he started to tear up a bit sad now. "I-It doesn't bother me that much anymore, b-but... It hurts to think that some people don't appreciate me for being... me..." he finished with sadness.

Sunny gasped after Tails said all of this. Her ears fell in sadness, and her heart broke into pieces. Immediately, she pulled him into a comforting hug, which startled him a bit.

"Tails... You are not a weirdo..." Sunny said with a little smile. "You are one of the most brilliant, wonderful,, and heroic creatures I've ever met. What you do, why you do it, and for who you do it speaks miles more about you than you or anyone could ever imagine..." she stated with a confident tone. "Ever since you arrived in Equestria, you've been to me like the little brother I always wanted! No wonder why Sonic trusts you so much. You are a wonderful friend and brother, Tails..." she finished.

Tails felt more tears fall since all those words touched him. He hugged her tightly, allowing himself to smile a bit.

"T-Thanks, Sunny..." Tails said, breaking the hug and drying his tears. "I... I really needed that," he assured. "I wanted to tell you this because I don't want you to feel disappointed again if this doesn't end up like you expect it," he confessed.

"Don't worry, Tails," Sunny said with a smile. "With what I have in mind, I'm sure this is gonna work!" she assured confidently.

Later on, Sunny and Tails gathered the rest of the Mane 5, Sparky, Sonic, Knuckles, and even Misty, who came along to take a break from Opaline's silly plans to steal Sparky's dragon fire.

And yes, Eggman allowed her to leave and have fun, even though he knew she'd be hanging out with his mortal enemies.

"Listen up! It's time to try something new!" Sunny announced to her friends with a smile.

"But before we move to that, Where's Discord?" Tails asked with a raised eyebrow.

"He said something about not coming because he's having some time to meditate about why he stoled the Pegasus Crystal and why he caused us so much trouble for 10 issues that could have been perfectly 5," Sonic replied with a bored expression.

"In other words, He's giving himself therapy for making us look after him for around 3 months," Knuckles stated with his arms crossed.

"So he's not showing up, then?" Sunny asked.

"Nope," Sonic replied.

"Nuh-uh," Knuckles added, as he negated with his head.

"Guess I'll explain him another day," Sunny said with a bored expression. "Anyway, there are over three million new flavor combos for my smoothie stand!" she announced cheerfully, her eyes sparkling. She also placed her hooves on her cheeks with a smile.

"Blah!" Izzy called out, which startled everyone else. "Three million?! How do you remember anything after two million, nine hundred and ninety-nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine?" she asked in confusion.

"I swear, Izzy, that you and this Knucklehead are the only beings in the entire multiverse that can count to that number without sweating..." Sonic said with a bored expression, also pointing at Knuckles at his side.

"... I'll usually complain, but you're right. I do can," Knuckles stated with a mocking smirk.

Sunny giggled at that before looking back at Izzy. "It's easy to count that many with the help of…" she started, giving Izzy a smirk and pointing at her smoothie stand.

Just then, Bot-y McBakertons came wheeling by as he stopped and showed that he had been upgraded. Now he had a screen that showed different fruits, some tubes with a filter, a blue bowtie, and a hole at the end of the tube and holder for a cub to be.

Then, Tails tapped his finger on the screen, pressing the razzleberry icon, which caused McBakertons to beep and play an eight-bit music that reminded a lot of that kind of games. Then, it dropped a cup, poured some smoothie of the razzleberry content, closed it up, and placed the straw on it.

"Wow!" Sunny and the others said in amazement, looking at the smoothie with smiles and sparkling eyes.

"Bot-y McBakertons!" Izzy cheered for her chief bot and saw the upgrades Sunny and Tails gave him. "I love the bowtie. It's very robot-chic," she said with a smile.

"We gave a few updates to old McBakertons here," Tails said with a smile. "Hope it doesn't bother you, Izz!" he added, now with a sheepish smile.

"Bother me? I love it!" Izzy stated with a cheery smile.

"I AM... BEEP-BOP-BOOP! ...PROGRAMMED TO SERVE... BEEP! ...SMOOTHIES," McBakertons said in his robot voice.

Sunny and Tails smiled at this outcome, turning back to the others. "Go ahead! Choose your smoothie. Let's find that perfect combo!" Sunny said to the others, who were looking on with sparkling eyes, while Sunny picked up a razzleberry.

And so, Izzy came first as she looked at McBakertons' screen with a small smile. "Hmmm, let's see now. So I always get dreamy creamy. But today, I think I'll have... ooh, ummm…" she thought for a second, while Sunny and Tails came next to her with smiles, as Izzy swiped on the screen to pick her options. "Ah! Oh, yes! I found it! Dreamy creamy!" she cheered.

Sunny and Tails were surprised that Izzy chose her usual choice, especially Sunny. "Oh, but Izzy, why not try––" Sunny tried to say but was cut off.

"Super citrus for me!" Hitch called out with a smile while Sparky licked his lips and babbled happily, nodding in agreement with Hitch's choice.

"Hitch!" Sunny calls out, sweating nervously, while Hitch realizes what he just said, sweating a bit as well.

"And I'll have my usual: Peanut butter and banana!" Zipp stated with a smile, while Misty came next to her as she waved her hoof to Sunny with a smile.

"Merry berry, please!" Misty cheered.

"Um, guys? You're missing the point––" Tails tried to reason with them but was cut off by Pipp, who flew next to Sunny.

"And put me down for one––" Pipp started.

"Let me guess. Strawberry ripple?" Sunny asked with a bored expression.

"Sunny, you know me so well," Pipp said, as she landed with a smile at Sunny.

"Sorry, Sunny, but we know what we like," Hitch said to Sunny with a sheepish smile, while Misty and Zipp nodded in agreement. "It's risky to try anything else," he added.

Sunny looked down in sadness while Tails at her side placed a hand on her shoulder to comfort her.

"You guys missed the whole point," Knuckles said with a bored expression as he approached McBakertons and tapped at the icons of the pear-nana and the kiwi-paya.

Once the smoothie was done, the echidna grabbed the cup and walked away while Sonic zoomed by, pressed the razzleberry icon, and grabbed his smoothie after it was done, not saying a single word as he tossed two bits to Sunny with his right thumb. In comparison, the earth pony grabbed the two bits, and then looked confuses at Sonic and Knuckles.

"This tastes good!" Knuckles said with a smile. "Also, we did pay attention in class," he added mockingly.

"Besides, helping is what we do!" Sonic added with a wink and smirk towards Sunny while he toasted his cup with Knuckles'.

Sunny and Tails smiled at this outcome, but then, Zipp zoomed past them and went to McBakertons with a smile. "PB and B!" Zipp cheered as she tapped on the screen.

"Ripple!" Pipp cheered as she appeared beside her sister with a smile and sparkling eyes.

"Dreamy creamy!" Izzy cheered next with sparkling eyes as well.

And then everyone, except Sunny and Team Sonic, started to tap their suggestions over McBakertons', which caused Bot-y McBakertons to twitch and his head to spin as he started to smoke.

"Whoa! Everypony, slow down! Bot-y can't handle so many orders at once!" Sunny called out, sweating nervously.

"You guys should stop right now!" Tails called out in panic. "If you keep going, he's going to––" he tried to warn.

Unfortunately, McBakertons was already losing control. "FLAVOR ERROR! FLAVOR ERROR! FLAVOR ERROR!" he called out, while his head kept spinning and sparks and screws were flying out of him.

The rest of the Mane 5, Sparky, and Misty, stopped tapping his screen as they realized their mistake, sweating with nervous expressions while McBakertons brought out one of his tubes and aimed it at them.

"Aah! Look out! Smoothie incoming!" Zipp called out in panic.

After that, they all ducked for cover as McBakertons started to spin around and shoot out different smoothie flavors all over the town while the ponies around them ran for cover as well.

"SMOOTHIE MALFUNCTION! SMOOTHIE MALFUNCTION! SMOOTHIE MALFUNCTION!" McBakertons called out as the Mane 5, Sparky, Misty, and Team Sonic watched him go with wide eyes as the robot wheeled into town.

Soon enough, however, Sunny gave a determined look and decided to chase him, with her friends following up, although Sonic and Knuckles finished their smoothies before tossing them into a trash can.

Misty stopped suddenly before following the rest, as she felt the ladybug Eggman gave her, moving from its hidden spot on her collar and approaching her ear.

"Misty, darling, be careful with that thing. If washing out a bad smell is bad, don't get me started on washing off fruit from the body!" Eggman instructed her through the ladybug.

With a nod and a determined look, Misty rushed up to catch up with the others.

In another street of Maretime Bay, Bot-y McBakertons continued to shoot smoothie flavors all over the town while it also hit some ponies.

"SMOOTHIE MALFUNCTION! SMOOTHIE MALFUNCTION! SMOOTHIE MALFUNCTION!" McBakertons called out, moving to an alleyway and wheeling down while the others followed them, dodging some smoothies that came their way.

Hitch followed next with Sparky on his back, but he slid across the floor on a smoothie path on the ground, which caused Hitch to scream while Sparky giggled in excitement as they slid away from the group.

Knuckles noticed that, so he stopped moving before opening up a portal by pulling out a warp ring from his quills and throwing it to a wall. Then, the portal opened right in front of Hitch, and Knuckles placed his hand in front of the stallion so he could stop sliding, but in the process, he seemed to hit his head with Knuckles' arms way too hard, because he fell knocked out into the floor, which made Knuckles cringe since he hit him too hard by mistake.

The rest, however, saw the mess McBakertons caused, with a pony covered in smoothies, while Dahlia tried to shake one-off, and a bunnycorn was covered in a green smoothie and shaking in fear. Then, McBakertons came rushing while chasing two mares, an earth pony and Flare, as they tried to escape the robot.

"It's loaded with three million fruit combos!" Sunny called out nervously, while the rest looked at her with worry before Sunny gasped in realization. "Oh, no, the whole town is gonna be covered in sa moothie!" she called out in panic.

"I thought you were just exasperating about the three million fruit combo!" Tails said in panic. "Why did you have to put that many in McBakertons?!" he asked her in shock.

"I thought it was a good idea at the time, okay?!" Sunny replied in panic. "I just wanted to let the ponies try something new and give it a chance!" she cried out worriedly.

"Yeah, but not like this!" Tails pointed out with anxiety.

"You two, stop fighting!" Sonic said as he got in between Sunny and Tails. "We got more important stuff to worry about!" he pointed out with a frown.

"Like the fact that Queen Haven's gonna get her hair messed up?" Knuckles asked with a panicked expression as he held Hitch on an arm and Sparky on a shoulder while the sheriff was feeling dizzy because of his early hit with Knuckles' arm.

"I'm sorry, who's gonna what now?!" Pipp asked in a panic.

And right then, from Mane Melody, the door opened as Thunder and Queen Haven walked out of the salon, with Haven having a new mane style.

"Your style's a masterpiece, Majesty. Not a single hair out of place!" Thunder complimented her with a smile.

"And after five hours in Mane Melody, I'd like to keep it that way," Haven said, not noticing that McBakertons was coming on her way while spinning and shooting smoothie out.

The group gasped in shock after they realized that.

"Mom! Nooooo!" Zipp called out in panic.

"Her hair will be ruined!" Pipp cried out dramatically.

With that in mind, Zipp gave a determined look and boosted towards McBakertons as she sped up while Thunder and Haven were distracted. Then, McBakertons shot out a smoothie, but before it could hit any of them, Zipp came in front of them, and caught it in her mouth, eating the smoothie in the air.

The rest saw this with smiles, except for Misty, who looked at her in surprise.

"Huh... That’s it!" Tails called out with a smile. "Hope you're thirsty, guys, 'cause we got fresh smoothies coming up!" he stated to the others confidently.

Meanwhile, the McBakertons kept shooting smoothies, spinning out of control. Once they noticed this, Thunder and Haven startedled. Thunder stood in front of Haven to protect her and her mane, but then Sunny and Tails came in and caught each smoothie in their mouths.

Next, Hitch, Knuckles, and Izzy did the same as they caught two more, while Thunder and Haven smiled at their timing.

Finally, Sonic and Pipp caught a smoothie in their mouth, landing on the floor while Pipp tasted the flavor. "Mmmm! Hey! Straw-nana?" she guessed from the taste, gasping with sparkling eyes and a smile. "Not bad!" she said.

Sonic licked his fingers, finishing up with his thumb. "You know? You are right! This mix tastes great!" he stated with a smirk.

However, McBakertons kept spinning and moving across the town while ponies were screaming and running out of the way.

"Quick! It's the only way to stop the town getting 'smoothie'd'!" Hitch called out with a determinate look while he and the rest rushed after McBakertons.

The Pippsqueaks were looking at their phones with smiles until McBakertons came over them, startling the Pippsqueaks and making their eyes grow wide in surprise.

"SMOOTHIE MALFUNCTION! SMOOTHIE––!" McBakertons called out as he spun and shot a ton of smoothies out towards the Pippsqueaks while they huddled together and closed their eyes, prepared to get hit by smoothies.

However, both Sonic and Pipp appeared in front of them and caught each one a smoothie in her mouth.

At Posey's place, she was placing her white sheets on a hanger line with a smile.

"—IE MALFUNCTION!" McBakertons' voice spoke, which made Posey turn and see him spinning and shooting smoothies toward her sheets, which made Posey scream as she tried to cover her white sheets.

But just then, Sunny and Tails came in and caught each smoothie in their mouths while Posey watched them in surprise before McBakertons moved away as Sunny and Tails smiled at Posey.

"Take this as a favor for all those times our mess affected you, too, Posey!" Tails said with a smirk and a wink. Posey smiled and nodded at him, accepting his apology.

Somewhere in Maretime Bay, Rufus was about to show off his magic trick to the crowd of ponies, but then, McBakertons came right behind them.

"SMOOTHIE MALFUNCTION!" McBakertons called out as the crowd screamed and moved out of the way.

Then, Izzy appeared from Rufus' magic hat, surprising the stallion, while Izzy caught smoothies in her mouth, and then Misty jumped up in front of them and caught smoothies in her mouth as well on both sides.

"You're welcome!" Izzy said to Rufus with a wink.

"Haha! That's my girl!" Eggman cheered on Misty's ear through the ladybug, which made Misty smile proudly on herself.

In an alley, Sparky, a raccoonicorn, and bunnycorn were running away from McBakertons.

However, they unfortunately hit a dead end, huddling in fear as McBakertons was coming close and two smoothies were about to hit them, but then, Hitch and Knuckles got in front of them as they caught each a smoothie in their mouths.

"SMOOTHIE MALFUNCTION!" McBakertons called out as he kept shooting smoothies and started spinning. Hitch and Knuckles acted quickly, reaching each smoothie in their mouths at a fast pace until McBakertons stopped spinning and wound down, falling to the floor and finally shutting down.

The rest of the Mane 5, Sonic, and Tails made it with Hitch and Knuckles. They saw the entire thing and were amazed by the sheriff and deputy of Maretime Bay.

"Whoa! Guys! That was seriously heroic!" Sunny said with a slight blush and a huge smile.

"Nice reflexes, Knucklehead!" Sonic complimented with a smirk. "Didn't know you had that on you!" he confessed while Tails at his side nodded in agreement.

However, Hitch and Knuckles looked at their friends, their mouths filled with all the smoothies they had caught, their faces a little messy, and their cheeks puffed up, before they gulped them down in one go and gave their friends a tired smile.

"Just... doing our share of duty," Hitch said tiredly, as he groaned at the amount of smoothies he caught and swallowed.

"Is... part of the job... Jesus... I'm gonna get sick at this rate..." Knuckles said with a painful expression.

Just then, Sparky climbed on Hitch's back and hugged him, while the two critters hugged Knuckles by his legs, thanking them for saving them, while the sheriff and deputy smiled at them.

"Sorry about Bot-y McBakertons, Izzy..." Tails apologized, scratching his neck in shame.

"Ah, don’t worry, it was our fault for overloading him. Besides, I could fix Bot-y right ahead! He should be good as new in no time!" Izzy assured with her usual cheery smile.

Suddenly, Sparky started to lick some smoothie from Hitch’s cheeks, and he seemed to love it because his eyes sparkled, and he moved his arms towards Hitch's face, trying to reach for more of that smoothie.

"Hey, if Sparky likes it…" Hitch started picking some off his cheeks and licking it before gasping with sparkling eyes and a smile. "All the smoothies have run into each other! This might be the most delicious one yet!" he stated confidently.

Knuckles raised an eyebrow, and so, he picked some from his eat and tasted it, as his eyes sparkled as well while a light illuminated over him. "Is this how the glorious banquets of the gods taste?!" he asked dramatically.

"Oh, come on, it can't be that––" Sonic said, as he grabbed some from the floor and licked it before his eyes sparkled. "Holy cow, this is amazing..." he ended up replying.

Sunny picked some up from Hitch's cheek and licked it, smiling afterward. "It's a smoothie... made out of smoothies! Oh, the perfect combo!" she cheered with a smile and sparkling eyes before smirking at Hitch. "What can we call it?" she asked him.

"I guess... It is made up of all the best bits of everything. Why not call it the 'Alicorn Special'?" Hitch suggested with a smile.

Sunny then smiled with sparkles in her eyes at Hitch's name idea, finding it perfect.

As both earth ponies smiled at each other, Tails got right in between them from the ground and smirked at them. "So... is this the part where you two love birds kiss each other and go get a room now?" he asked with a teasing tone and a mocking smirk.

Sunny and Hitch immediately blushed at that statement and looked down at Tails with a frown. "Shut up, Tails!" they scolded him, as Tails got away with a mocking chuckle while everyone else busted out laughing at his joke.

Later on, ponies were lined up at the smoothie stand while Sunny and Tails were passing smoothies as the ponies chattered while they waited in line.

Around them, other ponies already had their smoothies and were slurping them while Sunny waved her hooves at them with a smile, although she didn't notice her Cutie Mark glowing.

Soon enough, Pipp joined them at the stand. "Whoa, Sunny! The Alicorn Special is, like, totally a hit!" she cheered with a smile.

"I've never seen this many ponies lining up before!" Tails pointed out with a smile. "This is a 'must try' once everypony gets tired of it!" he confidently assured.

"Yeah! Only the problem is... now nopony wants to try anything else!" Sunny pointed out with a small smile.

"Oh well... As I said, they'll eventually get tired of it... Maybe..." Tails said with an anxious look now.

After that, the three friends burst out laughing at the comment.

THE END

Author's Note

No Love-bird declaration today.

Checking out the TYT schedule, what I originally had planned for this episode, I decided to move it for the next one, and what I was going to do with next episode will be delayed to Episode 49.

Sorry to disappoint you, guys, but I hope you understand this change is for the better.

P.S: Thanks to JD1 for editing this chapter!