Chapters ACT ONE
INT. LIBRARY - DAY
APPLE BLOOM, SCOOTALOO, and SWEETIE BELLE SHELVE BOOKS, under
the only semi-watchful eye of SPIKE, who is reclining on a
pillow eating a muffin. Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle work
quickly, the one flying and the other magically levitating
books, while Apple Bloom rears up on her hind legs,
struggling to reach the third shelf.
SPIKE
(to Scootaloo & S.B.)
Great work, guys.
(to Apple Bloom)
Apple Bloom! You'll never get your
cutie mark at that rate.
APPLE BLOOM
But I can't reach!
SPIKE
Then use the ladder!
Apple Bloom noses the sliding library ladder over to where
she wants it to be, then eyes it dubiously. She picks up a
book in her mouth and tries to CLIMB it, but due to a lack of
opposable thumbs, FALLS OFF and lands on her back just as
TWILIGHT SPARKLE walks in the door.
TWILIGHT
What's going on here?
SCOOTALOO
Spike's giving us another chance to
try for our librarying cutie marks!
SPIKE
Everypony deserves a second chance.
Turns out all they needed was a
little expert guidance.
TWILIGHT
Spike's letting you shelf books?
APPLE BLOOM (STANDING UP)
Well, he did after we gave him two
muffins and one of Grannie's apple
pies.
TWILIGHT
Spike. Give the girls their muffins.
SPIKE
(licking his lips)
... Too late. Anyway, I think
they're doing a great job. Not as
good as I could, of course. Hey,
maybe they'll get cutie marks of
me! How cool would that be?
Scootaloo spits out the book she had in her mouth while
Sweetie Belle lets one drop to the floor. All three fillies
worriedly inspect their flanks.
TWILIGHT
Girls, thanks for your help. If
you wouldn't mind, I'd like to talk
with Spike. Alone.
APPLE BLOOM
But what about our cutie marks?
SCOOTALOO
Come on, guys. Back to the
clubhouse.
The three fillies say their goodbyes and head for the door.
SPIKE
But there's so many more chores to
do!
TWILIGHT
Then you'd better get started.
SPIKE
Aww. I was just trying to help.
EXT. CLUBHOUSE - DAY
Scootaloo leaves her scooter on the ground and flies up to
the walkway, then in through an open window. SB walks up the
gangway and opens the door magically, which swings shut
behind her. AB pulls the door open with her teeth, backing
up as it opens, so she is trapped behind it on the walkway.
She lets it go, then tries again, backing down the gangway,
but loses her grip on the knob as she descends. Scootaloo
pokes her head out, holding the door open.
SCOOTALOO
What's keeping you?
APPLE BLOOM
It's this stupid door.
SCOOTALOO
I know, right? That's why I use
the window.
APPLE BLOOM
I can't use the window!
SCOOTALOO
Aw, come on, don't cry. Here.
Scootaloo turns around and kicks the door off its hinges. It
nearly hits Apple Bloom before falling offscreen.
SCOOTALOO (CONT'D)
Problem solved.
APPLE BLOOM
Y'almost hit me, Scoot!
SCOOTALOO
Put the hinges on the inside next time.
Apple Bloom enters the clubhouse.
INT. CLUBHOUSE
SWEETIE BELLE
We tried being time travellers,
fashionistas, and librarians.
APPLE BLOOM
I couldn't do any of those things!
SCOOTALOO
None of us could.
APPLE BLOOM
I couldn't even pick up the needle
and thread at the same time.
SWEETIE BELLE
Why don't you pick our next
crusade, Apple Bloom?
APPLE BLOOM
I know! It's apple-bucking season.
Let's try that!
SWEETIE BELLE
Great idea! You're sure to get a
cutie mark!
EXT. APPLE ORCHARD - DAY
Apple Bloom, standing by a tree, KICKS it repeatedly, each
time shaking a few apples loose, which FALL to the ground
near a bucket. She gathers them one-by-one and puts them
into the bucket until it is half-full.
APPLE BLOOM
It's all in the kick, girls.
You'll get the...
ANGLE ON - SWEETIE BELLE AND SCOOTALOO
Sweetie Belle rapidly LEVITATES apples directly off the tree
and into her bucket; Scootaloo FLIES from branch to branch,
plucking apples and TOSSING them directly into her bucket.
Both buckets are overfull.
ANGLE ON - APPLE BLOOM
APPLE BLOOM (CONT'D)
... hang of it?
INT. APPLE FAMILY HOUSE
GRANNY SMITH is bringing plates of food to a table where BIG
MACINTOSH and APPLEJACK are already waiting as Apple Bloom
walks in, head downcast.
APPLEJACK
Why the long face, sis?
APPLE BLOOM
It's not fair! Scootaloo has
wings, and Sweetie Belle has magic,
and I got nothin'.
APPLEJACK
'Scuze me?
APPLE BLOOM
Well... You're the best athlete in
Ponyville.
APPLEJACK
Only so's I can keep Rainbow Dash
in line.
APPLE BLOOM
And Big MacIntosh is the biggest,
strongest pony around these parts.
BIG MACINTOSH
Nope. There's a palace guard who's
bigger.
APPLE BLOOM
He's bigger, and he's a unicorn?
BIG MACINTOSH
Yup.
APPLE BLOOM
That ain't fair!
BIG MACINTOSH
(thinks it over)
Guess not.
Granny Smith trots up behind Apple Bloom, reaches over her,
and eats everything on her plate in one gulp.
APPLE BLOOM
Granny! You stole my lunch!
GRANNY SMITH
En I cooked it! So that's fair.
Heh-heh-heh!
APPLEJACK
Listen, honey. I don't know
nothin' 'bout fair. Do good work,
be a good friend, live a good life.
(teasingly)
As long as they ain't better than
you at apple bucking, you got
nothing to worry about!
Apple Bloom looks away shamefacedly.
APPLEJACK (CONT'D)
What - you ashamed of being a
farmer?
APPLE BLOOM
No.
APPLEJACK
So first being an earth pony ain't
good enough for you, now being a
farmer ain't good enough for you?
APPLE BLOOM
No! It's just... I don't want
talk about it.
APPLEJACK
Oh, we're going to talk about it.
EXT. PONYVILLE - DAY
Applejack, TWILIGHT SPARKLE, SPIKE, RARITY, PINKIE PIE, and
RAINBOW DASH are walking through town. Applejack, in the
same pose, is speaking as if continuing the same sentence.
APPLEJACK
My own sister thinks it ain't fair
that she's an earth pony.
TWILIGHT
Poor thing. I guess I take my
magic for granted. I don't know
how I'd stand being without it!
APPLEJACK
(halting)
Oh, so you don't know how you could
stand being a poor little earth pony?
TWILIGHT
I didn't mean that! I meant...
PINKIE PIE
I think she meant that she couldn't
stand being a poor little earth
pony or a poor little pegasus pony!
(eyes narrow at Twilight)
Hey! Whatd'ya mean you couldn't
stand being a poor little earth
pony or a poor little pegasus pony!
RAINBOW DASH
Well, I don't know how anypony can
stand not having wings.
APPLEJACK
You think pegasus ponies are better
than other ponies?
RAINBOW DASH
Not better. Just more awesome.
Not everypony can be a pegasus -
just like not every pegasus can be
me! We can't all be at the top of
the food chain.
SPIKE
I just feel sorry for everybody who
isn't a dragon.
PINKIE PIE
Top of the food chain? You mean
pegasus ponies eat other ponies?
Ponies on the street stop what they're doing to watch.
RAINBOW DASH
(to Spike)
You think being a dragon is more
awesome than being a pegasus?
SPIKE
I dunno, Dashie. Ask me again in a
hundred years.
TWILIGHT
Spike! Bad dragon! Pinkie, calm
down. That's not even possible.
PINKIE PIE
Not without... magic!
RARITY
Pinkie, dear. Surely you don't
mean to suggest that pegasus ponies
and unicorns are in a secret
conspiracy against earth ponies?
PINKIE PIE
Pegasus ponies and unicorns are in
a secret conspiracy against earth
ponies?!
The watching ponies gape in astonishment, then begin talking
among themselves.
RARITY
Pinkie. Ponies are looking.
(pulls a mirror from her
pannier and checks her
mane, then smiles)
You should at least warn me before
attracting their attention.
APPLEJACK
We earth ponies do just fine with
the four hooves God gave us!
RARITY
Oh, you do amazingly well! I have
always wondered how you handle the
ingredients for your baking, but...
honestly, I didn't want to ask.
APPLEJACK
Well, I'm glad we cleared the air
about that. Good to know how my
friends feel about me. If you'll
excuse me, I'm gonna go spend at
least part of the day with somepony
who respects me.
RAINBOW DASH
Fine!
PINKIE PIE
Me too!
(thinks)
This is gonna be hard.
TWILIGHT
Girls, please! Let's talk this
over... somewhere private.
APPLEJACK
I'm sorry, I'm an earth pony. I
only talk when there's something to
be said, not because I like the
sound of my voice.
TWILIGHT
I don't especially like the sound
of my voice... It's a little bit
nasal... Wait!
Applejack, Pinkie, and Rainbow Dash all head offstage in
different directions, angry.
INT. PONYVILLE BAR
Applejack and some earth ponies, talking over mugs of cider.
APPLEJACK
I never knew unicorns thought like
that.
ON A CLOUD - DAY (DUSK)
Rainbow Dash is surrounded by other pegasi.
RAINBOW DASH
And she was angry at me!
INT. PONYVILLE DANCE CLUB
Pinkie is heads-together with several earth-pony mares,
eyeing the unicorn DJ suspiciously.
PINKIE PIE
And then they eat them!
TIME CUT:
INT. LIBRARY - DAY
Twilight and Spike head downstairs together.
TWILIGHT
(to Spike)
It didn't sound so bad inside my head.
SPIKE
Do you think they're still mad?
TWILIGHT
It's a new day, Spike.
(opens the door)
I'm sure everyone has forgotten all
about it.
(steps outside)
EXT. LIBRARY - DAY
An angry crowd of earth ponies mills about between Twilight's
tree and the rest of the town, bearing placards that say ALL
YOU NEED IS HOOVES, UNICORNS GO HOME, and I'M NOT TASTY.
TWILIGHT
Or not.
END OF ACT ONE
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ACT TWO
INT. APPLE FAMILY HOUSE - DAY
APPLE BLOOM
Morning, Applejack. I'm gonna go
find Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo.
APPLEJACK
Why're you always playing with them
two? You should get yourself some
earth pony friends.
APPLE BLOOM
(sadly)
I guess you're right. They're
probably tired of me.
EXT. APPLE FAMILY HOUSE - DAY
Apple Bloom walks out of the house. Big MacIntosh is
outside, sniffing the ground.
BIG MACINTOSH
Ground's dry.
APPLE BLOOM
That's nice.
BIG MACINTOSH
No it ain't. It was supposed to
rain last night.
APPLE BLOOM
That's nice.
(beat)
If you see Scootaloo an' Sweetie
Belle - tell 'em - tell 'em they
can play with somepony else today.
I won't mind.
A.B. walks O.S, still in a funk. Big MacIntosh watches her
go, then heads off in the opposite direction.
EXT. ROAD TO PONYVILLE - DAY
Big MacIntosh walks down the road towards Ponyville.
Scootaloo scoots in the other direction, pulling Sweetie
Belle along in her wagon.
SCOOTALOO
(halting)
Big MacIntosh! Where's Apple Bloom?
BIG MACINTOSH
She said you can play with somepony
else today.
SWEETIE BELLE
Not her too!
SCOOTALOO
It's still okay if we hang out with
you, right?
BIG MACINTOSH
Yup.
Scootaloo turns the wagon around. All three head for town.
EXT. FLUTTERSHY'S COTTAGE - DAY
Big MacIntosh knocks on the door with one hoof. ANGEL rushes
into the frame and attacks Big Mac, kicking Mac's hooves with
his hindfeet and then biting them. Scootaloo and Sweetie
Belle retreat from the door.
BIG MACINTOSH
That tickles!
FLUTTERSHY (O.S., BEHIND DOOR)
Please... I don't want to upset
anypony. I can't help having wings.
BIG MACINTOSH
But Miss Fluttershy. Your wings
are right purty.
Scootaloo mimes gagging. Fluttershy opens the top half of
the door.
FLUTTERSHY
Big MacIntosh!
BIG MACINTOSH
Miss Fluttershy, I wondered if you
could round up some rain for our
apple trees. The regular
rainponies forgot.
FLUTTERSHY
I've never done that... but I'll
try. Angel, be nice.
(to Big MacIntosh)
He's upset because I couldn't get
him his carrot today.
(beat)
Something's changed. A lot of
ponies are angry.
BIG MACINTOSH
About there bein' no carrots?
FLUTTERSHY
Oh, there were plenty of carrots.
They wouldn't sell me any.
BIG MACINTOSH
(beat)
Who wouldn't sell you a carrot?
FLUTTERSHY
Farmer Hayseed.
BIG MACINTOSH
(stamps one hindleg)
I'll get you your carrot, Miss
Fluttershy.
FLUTTERSHY
Oh... you don't have to do that.
Angel jumps up on the door ledge and glares at her.
FLUTTERSHY (CONT'D)
I mean, thank you.
Big MacIntosh, Scootaloo, & Sweetie Belle exit.
EXT. FARMER HAYSEED'S - DAY
Big MacIntosh, Scootaloo, & S.B. approach a vegetable stand
that appears to have been hastily barricaded. Big MacIntosh
knocks on a piece of fence that is serving as a door.
FARMER HAYSEED (O.S., BEHIND DOOR)
What's the password?
BIG MACINTOSH
Password for what?
FARMER HAYSEED
Password so I know you ain't one-a
them flyin' or magicin' ponies!
BIG MACINTOSH
(snorts once)
(to Scootaloo & S.B.)
You kids go across the street.
SCOOTALOO
(turning and walking away)
He's ashamed of us!
BIG MACINTOSH
(to the door)
Stand back.
FARMER HAYSEED
That ain't the pass...
In one fluid movement, Big MacIntosh spins around, plants his
forelegs where his hindlegs were a moment ago, and smashes
the barricade into fragments with one kick, revealing a
startled Farmer Hayseed and racks of vegetables.
FARMER HAYSEED (CONT'D)
What'd you do that for?!
BIG MACINTOSH
Didn't know the password.
FARMER HAYSEED
What d'ya want?
BIG MACINTOSH
A carrot for Miss Fluttershy.
FARMER HAYSEED
Oh? Well, I'm all outta carrots!
BIG MACINTOSH
What are those?
FARMER HAYSEED
Them carrots is been sold!
Hayseed and B.M. glare at each other. B.M. turns and leaves.
TRACKING BIG MACINTOSH, SCOOTALOO, SWEETIE BELLE
SCOOTALOO
That was cool!
BIG MACINTOSH
If I'd kept cool, I'd have Miss
Fluttershy's carrot.
SWEETIE BELLE
The Cakes make carrot cake. Maybe
they have carrots!
EXT. SUGARCUBE CORNER - DAY
MR. and MRS. CAKE, with POUND CAKE & PUMPKIN CAKE in a
stroller, are outside the bakery. Luggage sits in the street
next to them. The bakery door has a CLOSED sign.
MR. CAKE
I'm sorry, Pinkie. Ponyville's not
safe for our little Cakes anymore.
MRS. CAKE
I heard somepony said that pegasi
eat earth ponies.
MR. CAKE
I heard somepony said unicorns help
them do it.
PINKIE PIE
I'm sure that pony didn't mean cute
baby ponies!
MR. CAKE
You can't reason with people like
that, Pinkie.
Big MacIntosh, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle walk up.
SWEETIE BELLE
Mr. & Mrs. Cake! Have you got any
carrots?
MR. CAKE
I'm sorry, kids. I'm all out.
Pinkie follows the Cakes offstage, still pleading.
TRACKING BIG MACINTOSH - PONYVILLE, MAIN ST.
Big MacIntosh takes a few steps down the street, then stops,
realizing he doesn't know where he's going.
BIG MACINTOSH
I can't go back without a carrot.
Big MacIntosh sits down in the middle of the street.
SCOOTALOO
You're attaching way too much
importance to this carrot.
SWEETIE BELLE
Scootaloo! Sometimes you're as
thick as...
DERPY HOOVES hurries on-stage, pursued by a COLT and a FILLY.
FILLY AND COLT
Derpy derpy derpy!
Big M. gives the colt and filly one look and they hurry off.
SCOOTALOO
Were they teasing you because
you're a pegasus?
DERPY
Naw.
(her ears flick down)
They always do that.
(to Big MacIntosh)
Why're you sitting in the street?
SWEETIE BELLE
He's mad because Farmer Hayseed
won't sell him a carrot for
Fluttershy because she's a pegasus!
Scootaloo pushes with her helmet against Big Mac's side,
trying and failing to budge him.
SWEETIE BELLE (CONT'D)
It's so romantic!
DERPY
You're just gonna sit there?
BIG MACINTOSH
A pony can sit.
DERPY
Because Farmer Hayseed won't sell
carrots to pegasus ponies?
BIG MACINTOSH
Yup.
DERPY
(beat)
Will that help?
BIG MACINTOSH
Nope.
After a long pause, Derpy sits down beside Big MacIntosh.
BIG MACINTOSH (CONT'D)
Go home, Derpy.
DERPY
A pony can sit.
Fluttershy flies on-stage, dripping wet, eyes darting about
anxiously.
FLUTTERSHY
Big MacIntosh! I was worried...
BIG MACINTOSH
I didn't get your carrot, Miss
Fluttershy.
An EARTH PONY WORKER pulling a wagon of hay enters.
WORKER
Hey! Get outta the way!
FLUTTERSHY
I'm terribly sorry, we were just...
BIG MACINTOSH
Nope.
DERPY
Nope.
WORKER
(to Big MacIntosh)
What are you doin' with these
weirdos anyway?
His words shock and anger Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo. They
huddle close to Big MacIntosh and sit down as well.
BIG MACINTOSH
You go home, Miss Fluttershy. All
of you, go home.
DERPY
Nope.
SCOOTALOO
Nope.
SWEETIE BELLE
Nope.
FLUTTERSHY
N... no.
INT. LIBRARY - DAY
Twilight puts a few more books into a pair of saddlebags she
has on. Spike carries a suitcase.
TWILIGHT
It's just until things calm down.
SPIKE
How will they calm down if all the
calm people leave?
TWILIGHT
I'm irritating them just by my
presence, Spike.
SPIKE
How is that new?
Twilight and Spike exit out the front door.
EXT. LIBRARY - DAY
TWILIGHT
Let's stop by and check on the
others on our way.
SPIKE
I think we can skip Sweet Apple
Acres.
TWILIGHT
It is pretty far out of the way...
You think Pinkie is at Sugarcube
Corner?
Walking towards the center of town, Twilight and Spike
stumble into a surreal scene outside Sugarcube Corner:
Ponies of all kinds sit in the street, blocking it. Angry
ponies on both ends of the street are shouting at them,
including the sign-carriers.
END OF ACT I
ACT III
EXT. PONYVILLE - CENTER OF TOWN - DAY
Applejack is among the crowd of townsponies. Rainbow Dash
can be seen flying circles up above. Rarity, ARNIE, and
HEARTSTRINGS are among those sitting. Spike rushes towards
Rarity. Twilight follows.
TWILIGHT
Rarity! What's going on?
RARITY
I'm not sure. Something about
carrots.
SPIKE
You're getting all dusty!
RARITY
We all must make sacrifices
sometimes.
SPIKE
For carrots?
RARITY
For carrots.
PINKIE PIE
(popping up before Rarity)
And babies!
TWILIGHT
Can't you see the townsponies are
angry? Whatever you're doing is
only making it worse!
RARITY
My heart bleeds for them.
PINKIE PIE
(popping up farther away)
It's a sitting party! We're going
to sit still until we all get
carrots and the Cakes bring the
babies back and make cupcakes!
(pops up somewhere else)
Oh, I'm no good at this at all!
Some TOWNSPONIES notice Twilight.
TOWNSPONY #1
There's that mare from Canterlot!
She must be behind this!
Twilight and Rarity both turn to see who's talking.
TOWNSPONY #2
Look out for her horn!
Twilight backs up, alarmed, as a cluster of ponies approach
her. Her eyes and horn begin to glow white.
RARITY
Twilight Sparkle! Sit down!
Twilight sits down with a thump. The glow fades. The MAYOR
enters the scene, and heads straight for Twilight, who is
sitting prominently at the edge of the group.
MAYOR
Miss Sparkle... What is the
meaning of this?
TWILIGHT
(dazed)
Carrots.
RARITY
Carrots.
MAYOR
Can anypony tell me
what's going on here?
Hardly anyone can hear her above the noise of the crowd.
APPLEJACK
(stepping forward)
Lemme give you a hand, Mayor.
SOOOO-EEEEE!
The crowd hushes at Applejack's hog-call. A few HOGS rush in
and join the crowd at its edges.
MAYOR
Thank you. Now... Everypony sit
down.
Everyone except the mayor eventually sits. Rainbow Dash sits
on a roof.
TOWNSPONY #2 (O.S.)
It is kinda calming.
MAYOR
Somepony tell me what's going on!
SOMEPONY #1
Arnie was here when I got here.
ARNIE
I saw Heartstrings here, sitting
in front of some big angry ponies,
What was I gonna do, trot by and
admit she's got more guts than me?
HEARTSTRINGS
Someponies were making me feel
unwelcome here. And I wanted to go
home and hide. Big MacIntosh was
just sitting there, not budging.
And I thought: I can do that too.
Because Ponyville is my home.
Silence.
HOG #1
So... no slop?
MAYOR
Big MacIntosh?
BIG MACINTOSH
Yup?
MAYOR
Why did you sit down?
BIG MACINTOSH
I was angry.
RAINBOW DASH
That makes no sense at all!
BIG MACINTOSH
You can't kick when you're sitting.
Some of the townsponies edge back a little.
MAYOR
What were you so angry about?
BIG MACINTOSH
Nopony would sell Miss Fluttershy a
carrot, because she's a pegasus.
MAYOR
That's absurd.
FARMER HAYSEED
(stepping forward)
Tain't neither.
MAYOR
What?
FARMER HAYSEED
I been farming nigh on forty years.
I ain't never flown nor done
nothin' magical. But I worked
hard, and I won't stand to be
looked down on because of it.
(glares at Rainbow Dash)
I heard what some-a them pegasuses
said.
MAYOR
Mister Hayseed, you must be
mistaken. I'm sure nopony in this
town would cast aspersions on earth
ponies.
RAINBOW DASH
Well... I said some things that,
taken out of context, could be
interpreted that way. I mean,
taken out of the context of my
personal awesomeness. But I don't
look down on you! Except literally.
TWILIGHT
And I said... I said that I didn't
know how ponies could stand not
having magic.
The crowd gasps.
TWILIGHT (CONT'D)
But that's because it's part of who
I am! It's like if Rarity said she
didn't understand how people could
stand not having fashion sense. Or
if Pinkie Pie said she didn't
understand how somepony could not
eat cupcakes every day!
PINKIE PIE
That's true! I don't!
TWILIGHT
I didn't mean to insult anypony.
Farmer Hayseed, I respect your hard
work. There wouldn't even be a
Ponyville if you didn't know how to
make things grow. I don't know how
to do that. I couldn't even keep
my flowers alive without Spike.
SPIKE
Must be my purple thumb.
RAINBOW DASH
I wasn't trying to put anybody else
down. I was trying to put me up.
MAYOR
It can be hard to do one without
the other, Rainbow Dash.
RAINBOW DASH
What am I supposed to do? Stop
being awesome?
TWILIGHT
No, Rainbow! Just... appreciate
other people's awesomeness
sometimes. Like the awesome
cupcakes that Mr. and Mrs. Cake
make. Or the Apple family's
awesome apple cider that you can't
get enough of.
RAINBOW DASH
(frowning at Pinkie)
It's true. I can't. But... your
apple cider is pretty awesome,
Applejack.
FLUTTERSHY
And, Farmer Hayseed, Angel loves
your carrots better than anything
else in the world. I don't know
what I'd do if I couldn't get them
anymore.
SPIKE
(to Hayseed)
Think of the bunnies!
Applejack shakes her head in alarm at Spike. Farmer Hayseed
contemplates this, chewing his wisp of straw, staring at
Fluttershy. He stands up.
FARMER HAYSEED
I can't stand bunnies!
All the other townsponies stand up again. All the ponies
that were originally sitting stand up.
FARMER HAYSEED (CONT'D)
Them critters is always diggin' up
my carrots!
The groups face off. The crowd noise resumes, louder than
before. Suddenly, a cry stills the noise of the crowd.
Everyone looks around for the source. A LITTLE EARTH FILLY,
who had gone to stand on the highest balcony of town hall to
watch the crowd, is hanging on by two hooves beneath a broken
railing.
TOWNSPONY #3
My filly!
Dramatic balalaika music plays as the two groups merge into
one as a group of earth ponies and unicorns together rushes
to the town hall and begin building a pony pyramid under the
dangling filly. Several of the unicorns resemble the
Russians in the original scene in The Russians are Coming!
When the pyramid is halfway there, Rainbow Dash zooms by
above them and snatches the filly. Her wake blows the
pyramid over, and those ponies collapse on top of each other
in a heap to the sounds of balalaika strings snapping.
Rainbow Dash sets the filly down next to Townspony #3.
MAYOR
You see, everypony - you never know
when you'll need somepony else. We
can only get by if we all
cooperate!
RAINBOW DASH
Cooperate?
Twilight and the Mayor glare daggers at Rainbow.
RAINBOW DASH (CONT'D)
I mean, that pyramid thing you guys
did - that was looking good.
FARMER HAYSEED
I mighta been a bit rash. Yer not
such a bad fella, in a pinch.
Remind me a little of myself, when
I was a colt.
RAINBOW DASH
I'm not a...
(breaks off as the Mayor
surreptitiously kicks her)
FARMER HAYSEED
I might have some carrots left
after all. Maybe there's some
filly you'd like to share some
with, eh?
RAINBOW DASH
I'm not a... Fine. Thanks. I
would love some carrots.
The picketers drop their signs sheepishly. Everypony cheers.
EXT. LIBRARY - DAY
Twilight, Spike, Pinkie, Rarity, Fluttershy, Applejack, Big
MacIntosh, and the Crusaders are together outside the tree,
Spike with scroll and quill in hand.
TWILIGHT
I think we all could write a letter
to the Princess this time.
APPLE BLOOM
Can I write the letter?
TWILIGHT
Go ahead, Apple Bloom!
APPLE BLOOM
Dear Princess Celestia. How're
you? I'm fine. Do you like
apples? I like apples. That's a
good thing, what with all the
apples we got.
Spike stops writing.
APPLE BLOOM (CONT'D)
And also cupcakes. Mr. and Mrs.
Cake make the best cupcakes...
SPIKE
Ahem.
APPLE BLOOM
Sorry. This week I learned that if
you think your friends don't like
you, you should talk to them about
it, instead of other people.
PINKIE PIE
I learned that too!
APPLE BLOOM
Also, you shouldn't get all worked
up about whether things are fair
when things are still pretty fine.
PINKIE PIE
No fair! I didn't learn that!
TWILIGHT
I learned that I should think
before I talk about other people.
BIG MACINTOSH
I learned that if you're angry,
sometimes the best thing to do is
nothing.
FLUTTERSHY
And I learned that sometimes, you
should say no. Even if it's scary.
SPIKE
Enough learning! My wrists are
tired.
BIG MACINTOSH
Miss Fluttershy, if you ever need
help saying nope, I hope you'll
call on me.
FLUTTERSHY
Oh! How could I say no to that?
APPLEJACK
(to Fluttershy)
Sister, you and me are gonna have a
little talk.
(walks offstage)
FLUTTERSHY
(following AJ offstage)
Okay.
Rainbow Dash and Derpy fly by overhead, suspending Farmer
Hayseed between them in a sling.
FARMER HAYSEED
Wahoo! I'm flyin'!
THE END
