//-------------------------------------------------------// Don't Just Do Something -by Shagbark- //-------------------------------------------------------// //-------------------------------------------------------// Act I //-------------------------------------------------------// Act I 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 Script created with Final Draft by Final Draft, Inc. //-------------------------------------------------------// Act II //-------------------------------------------------------// Act II 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 //-------------------------------------------------------// Act III 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