A Clone Gargoyle's Equestrian Tale

First Lessons: Feeling Pinkie Keen

Twilight was practicing her magic skills with Spike and Malibu, doing a concentrating spell that can cause clothes can appear from what Spike had on him which was a rock, a stick and leaves to make a tux out of. The former clone gargoyle watched his unicorn friend struggling to concentrate on the spell, making grunting noises. He couldn't blame her since he remembered his own tough magic lessons with Mom.

"Keep concentrating Twilight, you can do this," He encouraged. Eventually a hat appeared on Spike and a cane and a tux. Spike grinned fashionably. "Eyes over here, Spike."

Spike blushed. "Uh, sorry."

"For this to work, it's crucial we keep our concentration totally on the-." Twilight tried to explain but then suddenly Malibu heard Pinkie's voice which startled Spike and the clothes turned back into nature stuff again, the rock hitting him on the head. Twilight looked pretty angry. "Spike! This magic needs our full attention to make it happen!" She snipped. But Malibu tapped her shoulder. "I say he was distracted by that," He explained, pointing to Pinkie Pie who wore an umbrella hat and was ducking under various stuff, eyes looking cautious. Malibu scratched his head. What now?

Twilight just rolled her eyes. "Ugh, never mind her. She's just being Pinkie Pie," the mulberry unicorn stated. But Malibu noted something more off than usual about her. "Uh, she seems to be way more Pinkie Pie than usual," He said as Spike nodded in agreement.

Pinkie Pie then felt her tail twitching. "Hmm... Twitchy twitcha twitcha twitch!" She said in nonsensical wording. Curious the trio walked over to her. Malibu spoke up. "Pinkie, um, what's up with you right now?" He asked. Pinkie grinned. "Oh, it's my tail! It's a-twitch a-twitchin'! And you know what that means!"

Malibu turned to Twilight who looked as confused as him. "Er, actually, Pinkie, we haven't the slightest idea." The clone of Brooklyn nodded in return. "Yeah, since we're new...?" He pressed, and Pinkie eventually began to explain. "The twitchin' means my Pinkie Sense is telling me that stuff's gonna start falling! You three should probably run for cover!"

Alicorn, unicorn, and dragon looked rather mystified about that but then Twilight shrugged that off. "Oh, Pinkie, it's not gonna rain. Why, there's barely a cloud in the - ugh!" Malibu jumped when a frog suddenly landed on his friend's face. The frog croaked.

Pinkie giggled. "He just said, 'nice catch' in frog," she said, causing Malibu to grin awkwardly, with Twilight groaning in exasperation. He then saw Fluttershy from above with a box of frogs she was carrying. "Oh, I'm so sorry. You ok, Twilight Sparkle?" Fluttershy asked. Twilight kept groaning but Malibu smiled and nodded. "Yeah, we're alright. What's up?" He asked. "I just couldn't stand to see the pond getting so over-populated, what with the frogs all hopping into each other and all,, so I decided to fly as many as I can on over to Froggy Bottom Bogg." She explained.

Twilight frowned. "Of course you did," She muttered with the frog still on her, causing Malibu to chuckle. "Well good luck with that Futtershy!" He called. Fluttershy smiled and flew off. "Bye bye!"

The pink earth pony then pointed to the frog. "Um... Twilight? You got a little something on your face there," she said. Twilight grinned mockingly. "Oh really? Did your Pinkie Sense tell you that too?" Pinkie shook her head. "No, I can just see it! La, la la!" She then trotted off and Malibu used his magic to get the frog off and the frog hopped away, Twilight looking at him gratefully. "Come on, guys. Let's continue our practice session with a little less commotion." Malibu nodded. "Right behind you."

Spike though couldn't help but be excited about Pinkie's ability, whatever it was. "Wow! That was amazing! Pinkie Pie predicted something would fall, and it did!" Malibu raised his brow at his dragon friend. "Spike, what Pinkie does doesn't mean it is real," He said. Twilight nodded. "I agree. "She said that something would fall, and a frog just happened to fall on my face around the same time. A coincidence, nothing else to it!"