According to German legend….if you were to see your double…you were supposed to die…
CH. 1
It was your typical day in Ponyville. Pinkie was hopping around the locals, making them smile and giggle; Dash was clearing the skies because she wanted a clear, sunny day; Rarity was working on her latest fashion that was to be sold in Manehattan; Applejack was working down at Sweet Apple Acres; and Fluttershy was teaching baby birds how to fly.
Twilight Sparkle was just strolling through the town reading one of her old Germane legend books she’s read at least one hundred times. She couldn’t put I down! Well, when she starts reading, it’s hard for her to but any book down!
“Wow, these legends are interesting!” she said to Spike, returning to her Treehouse Library home, “It’s amazing how ponies could think of such legends. Like the doppelgänger and Thor, the mighty thunder pony!”
“Yeah” said Spike, dusting off the book shelves, “Silly, right?”
“It is not silly, Spike” said Twilight, “They are an important part of Germane Pony history!”
“Yeah, yeah” grumbled Spike. Twilight noticed that something was bothering him, so she put down her book and asked him, “Is something wrong?”
Spike sighed, “Oh no. Nothing’s wrong. I’ve just been wanting to bake that delicious jewel cake I found in one of your cookbooks! But I’ve had all my chores and never got around to making it! Not complaining…”
Twilight chuckled, “Alright Spike, you can take a break from your chores. Go make your cake. As long as you don’t make a big mess!”
Spike hopped down from his ladder, “Ah, thanks Twilight! But there’s a slight problem”
“What’s that?”
“I’m all out of jewels!” he exclaimed. Twilight got up from her seat, “I’ll stroll down to Rarity’s Boutique and see if she has any extra”
“Oh thank you, Twilight!” said Spike, dancing around, “You’re the best!”
Twilight left her library and headed down to Rarity’s Boutique.
“Knock Knock!” called Twilight as she entered the castle like home. The place was a mess. There were ribbons and glitter strewn all over the floor. Glue was dripping down from the ceiling, and Rarity was furiously working on a new dress.
“Twilight?” called Rarity, “If that you!?”
“Hi, Rarity” said Twilight, “I came by to see if you had any extra jewels? Spike Is making a jewel cake and he’s all out”
When Rarity turned around, her mane was a mess. Her face had streaks of mascara from crying and she had glitter and buttons glued onto her fur.
“Oh my!” said Twilight, “Rarity! How hard have you been working?”
Rarity started crying, “Oh Twilight, dear, I’ve been making dresses for the past 3 days! I haven’t slept, I haven’t eaten! I’m so tired, and there are so many dresses to make! I have to ship them tomorrow night, and I’ve only made 132 out of 200! How am I going to do it? I have one more day and I just can’t, Twilight! If only there was two of me-e-e-e-e!!”
Twilight patted Rarity on the back, “You need a break Rarity. Let’s stop by Fluttershy’s-“
Just then, Rarity’s door slammed open. A very angry Applejack burst in with a very annoyed Rainbow Dash behind her.
“What’s the big deal, Twilight!?” screamed Applejack.
“Yeah!” said Dash, “Why would you do something like that?!”
“What are you guys talking about?” asked a very confused Twilight.
“You know exactly what we’re talkin’ about!” said Applejack, “You dumped all of the crates of mah freshly picked apples and then ran away!”
“And” added Rainbow Dash, “You used one of your spells to make it rain over me when I had just finished making the skies clear! What’s the big deal?”
“I have no idea what you guys are talking about!” said Twilight, getting angry, “I hadn’t been over at Sweet Apple Acres since yesterday when I came by to help the Cutie Mark Crusaders! And Rainbow, you know I don’t have a spell for that”
Rainbow Dash flew into Twilight’s face, “Or do you?! What are you not telling us?”
“Whatever do you mean, darlings?” asked Rarity, “You know Twilight would never do that!”
“But we saw ‘er!” shouted Applejack.
“That couldn’t have been me!” thought Twilight.
Rainbow Dash was just about to shout something when Fluttershy walked in, “Um, hello…”
“Fluttershy!” said Rarity, “Don’t tell us that Twilight wrecked something of yours too?”
“Um, no, actually…” started the timid pony, “Pinkie Pie scared away all of the baby birds that I was teaching to fly. Boy, they sure learn fast”
“Well, isn’t that a good thing? She did help them to fly” said Applejack.
“Um, well, not exactly. When I looked for the birds, I found them huddling in a snake pit, scared out of their mind, and it seemed as though the snake was home, and well…you can figure out the rest” said Fluttershy.
“That’s not like Pinkie to scare baby birds!” said Twilight, “Did she do it on purpose?”
Fluttershy nodded her head, “She hopped on over, and just as I was about to greet her, she screamed, ‘STUPID BIRDS’ and started laughing hysterically as they flew away”
“That’s definitely not Pinkie Pie” said Rarity.
“Why are you all here?” asked Fluttershy.
“The same reason you’re here” said Twilight, “We need to find Pinkie Pie and get to the bottom of this”
“You go, dears” said Rarity, wiping her tears, “I need to finish these dresses before tomorrow night!”
“Ok” said Twilight, then she turned back to Rainbow Dash, Applejack, and Fluttershy, “Come on, girls”
Ch. 2
Pinkie was lounging in her room upstairs of Sugar Cube Corner, stuffing her face (as usual) with cupcakes. She giggled as she fed one to Gummy, her pet, toothless alligator. She threw him up into the air then caught him and laughed, “This day has been SUPER DUPER FUN!”
BANG!
Pinkie’s door flew open and Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, and Fluttershy burst in.
Pinkie giggled, “Hey guys! What’s shaking?”
“Pinkie Pie” said Twilight sternly, “Fluttershy told us that you scared away the baby birds that she was teaching to fly. Is that true?”
“What?” said Pinkie, baffled. She put Gummy down and walked to her friends, “What are you guys talking about?”
“Um, well” said Fluttershy, “While I was teaching my baby birds how t fly, you hopped over and scared them away. You yelled at them, saying that they were stupid and then laughed and hopped away”
“Fluttershy,” said Pinkie, “I never did that! This is the only time I’ve ever seen you since yesterday when we went swimming!”
“Then how come I saw you?” said Fluttershy, getting a bit irritated.
“Maybe you were seeing double?” asked Pinkie. Then she started laughing, “Seeing double! Ha-ha! That’s funny!”
“Pinkie!” shouted Rainbow Dash, “This isn’t funny! Did you, or did you not scare Fluttershy’s baby birds?!”
“Did not” said Pinkie Pie, “I love baby birds. Why would I scare them?”
“Ah, come on y’all” said Applejack, “Why would Pinkie scare a bunch of little itty bitty baby birds? It’s just not like ‘er”
“You’re right” said Twilight, “And why would I tip over your apple crates and cause Rainbow Dash unhappiness?”
“Wait” said Pinkie Pie, “That was you who tipped over the crates? I thought it was Big Macintosh!”
“W-what?” said Applejack, “Big Macintosh is at a big Apple Convention in Canterlot! And when did you see the crates tip over?”
“I came by to see if I could use any apples for my cupcakes! But after I saw Big Macintosh tip the crates over and you yelling and chasing him, I left because I thought it was a bad time” said Pinkie.
“Why do I have a feeling that Discord is behind this?” said Dash.
“You’re right!” said Fluttershy, “But he did make an oath to only use his magic for good. I even helped him!”
“You never know when Discord will change his mind and disobey the princess” said Twilight, “But still…”
“Maybe it was something we all ate” said Pinkie Pie.
“Possibly” said Twilight, “Let’s see if Zecora can help us. If it is something we ate she’ll have the perfect remedy”
All 5 ponies left Sugar Cube Corner and started to head for Zecora’s hut.
“Fluttershy!!” they heard Rarity call. They turned around and Rarity was running at them full speed, and she didn’t look happy. She skidded to a stop right in front of Fluttershy.
“How dare you ignore me when I needed your help!” she shouted.
“Rarity, I-“ started Fluttershy.
“Why wouldn’t you help me carry those heavy boxes into my boutique? I needed you to carry the big stuff!” whined Rarity.
“But, that wasn’t me. You never asked me to help you carry things” said Fluttershy.
“I just did not 10 minutes ago!” said Rarity.
“Rarity” said Twilight, “We were all at Sugar Cube Corner talking to Pinkie Pie!”
“Impossible!” said Rarity, “I saw you! You turned away from me!”
The ponies all exchanged looks. Then Twilight said, “I think you had better come with us, Rarity”
