♪ [Pomp & Circumstance] ♪
So in closing, earning a rockterate in rock studies
from the Equestrian Institute of Rockology
is no easy feat. I am proud of each and every one of you.
[music stops]
Uh, each of... No. Just you actually.
Go Maud! Woo-hoo! NUMBER ONE! NUMBER ONE!
Fillies and Gentlecolts...
And is that Magnesium-rich Basalt?
It is my honor to present our vale-rock-torian, Maud Pie.
Excuse me. "Doctor Pie."
Doctor Pie! DOCTOR PIE!
Rock-ter Pie?!
♪ [Pomp & Circumstance] ♪
[feedback]
I'm Maud.
YEAH YOU ARE! BRILLIANT SPEECH! ENCORE! ENCORE!
There's more, Pinkie.
I'm Maud...
... Pie, thank you.
♪♪
YOU ARE SO WELCOME!
BRILLIANT SPEECH! ENCORE! ENCORE! ENCORE!
♪ My little pony, my little pony ♪
♪ Aaaahhh ♪
♪ My little Pony ♪
♪ I used to wonder what friendship could be. ♪
♪ My Little Pony ♪
♪ Until you all shared its magic with me. ♪
♪ Big adventure! ♪ ♪ Tons of fun ♪
♪ A beautiful heart! ♪ ♪ Faithful and strong! ♪
♪ Sharing kindness ♪ ♪ it's an easy feat ♪
♪ And magic makes it all complete! ♪
♪ To have my little pony ♪
♪ Do you know you're all my very best friends? ♪
♪♪
[high-pitched scream]
You're moving to Ponyville!
We'll live together and get bunk beds
and I'll make us fuzzy slippers that say
"Best Sister Friends Forever,"
although I probably can't fit all those words on a slipper
so maybe just "B.S.F.F."
but we don't have to decide right now
because we'll be together all the time since
when it comes to Ponyville, THE DOCTOR IS IN!
Slow down, Pinkie Pie.
You're moving to Ponyville!
I'm not definitely moving to Ponyville.
Of course you are, silly. You said--
"There's nothing left to study back home on the rock farm,
so I might move to Ponyville."
[POP]
I'm also considering Ghastly Gorge.
Hahahahaha classic Maud sense of humor. You should do stand-up!
I do, but that wasn't a joke.
GHASTLY GORGE?! That terrible awful no-fun all-alone canyon
in the middle of nowhere?!
There, or Ponyville.
But Ponyville is so "eeeee!"
And Ghastly Gorge is so... "Urghhh."
It's a rock-based decision.
But what about B.S.F.F.'s?
That's why I'm giving Ponyville a chance.
So all I have to do is prove Ponyville has better rocks
than Ghastly Gorge? Challenge accepted.
We'll drop your stuff off at my place and then
hold onto your world cause it's about. To. Get. ROCKED!
OK.
Ghastly Gorge may have "rocks,"
but our Gem Cave ROCKS!
♪ [harp flourishes] ♪
Ahhhhh? Ahhhhhhhhh? OH!
And look, you never know who you'll see!
Maud, darling, it's lovely to see you again.
Congratulations on your rockterate.
What are you doing now?
Talking to you.
Ah, right. [laughter]
Well, if your trained eye
happens to see a chartreuse gem,
I'm desperate to find one.
I found one.
Oh, you're an absolute darling!
This will surely make my gown stand out
at Countess Coloratura's album release party.
Do you know how rare this is?
Just another day in Ponyville!
That's actually a really common gem.
Huh?
[clatter]
These are all really common gems.
They are?!
I mean, come on! Of course they are.
That's why I didn't bring you here to impress you.
I wanted to make sure you had a chance to...
say hello to your ol' pal... Spike.
Hello, Spike.
Way to go, Maud; cross that off the to-do list,
you know what I'm sayin'? Check.
Now let's get moving cause I'm about to show you something
that'll make you yell: "ALL RIGHT!"
All right.
See?! Ha ha!
Ta-da! It's a castle... MADE OF ROCKS!
Whaaaat? Did I just blow your mind?
I think I just blew your mind.
A lot of structures are made from rocks, Pinkie.
They're a very stable building material.
But this place grew out of nowhere
after a magical key-filled gem followed a rainbow
and buried itself in the ground!
I mean HAVE YOU EVER SEEN ROCKS LIKE THIS?
Yes.
NO YOU HAVEN'T!
We literally just saw hundreds of them in the gem cave.
But-- but-- OH LOOK AT THOSE ROCKS!
Those are sting-bush seed pods.
So they are. But...
LOOK AT THAT ROCK!
It's even got four smaller rocks around it like legs!
That's a tortoise.
WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON, TANK!?
WAIT A MINUTE! WHAT'S THAT?
It's a rock shaped like Lyra Heartstrings!
TOTAL ROCK!
[snarl]
I guess you won't be moving to Ponyville after all.
Those rocks at Ghastly Gorge
don't know how lucky they are to have you.
Actually, rocks aren't the only reason
I'm considering Ponyville.
You said it's a rock-based decision.
I'm obviously passionate about exotic rocks.
But I've always studied them... alone.
I could handle some less exciting rocks
if it meant I'd have somepony to talk to besides Boulder.
Are you saying you want... A FRIEND?!
I wouldn't mind one.
[gasp]! Maudileena Daisy Pie, this'll be easy!
What are you looking for in a friend?
Gimme six qualities assigning each one
a numerical importance rating between one and seven,
seven being essential and one being "mehhhhhh?"
It isn't hard to meet somepony I like.
It's finding somepony who gets me.
I get you.
You're my sister. It's different.
Maud. You are THE BEST.
You never know when the lightning of friendship
will strike! Somepony could come barrelling through
that door at this very moment and become your best friend!
♪ [mounting tension music] ♪
You know I really thought somepony was going
to come barrelling through that--
[grunt] [clatter]
My fault--totally my fault. Are you OK?
I should have been watching where I was going.
You look really familiar... have we met before?
Yes.
I knew it--!
WHAT?!
Don't tell me, ummmmmmmmm...
Yeah, see I was really hoping you'd tell me
while I pretended to remember.
How is this POSSIBLE?! AHH!
I travelled Equestria for my rockterate dissertation...
Psst! Do you know a lot about rocks?
Yes.
Have you ever come across some kind of super-powerful stone
that can store the cutie-mark magic of, I don't know,
an entire village?
Yup. In the big cave.
♪♪
[laughter] Hey, I got an idea!
Let's not tell anypony that part where you maybe for sure
accidentally helped Starlight enslave a town. Hahahaha!
Tell. No. Pony.
It's not like she's enslaved anypony lately.
[uncomfortable laugh]
Well, great seeing you again. I gotta run a few errands...
[sigh]
Offer to help.
What?
OFFER TO HELP!
You want to help?
Do I?
Of course you do! Go!
OK.
They're totally gonna be best friends
and then Maud will choose Ponyville
and we'll get to wear B.S.F.F. Slippers!
♪♪
Rocks take on different properties
when interacting with magic.
With the right stone, you could rule all of Equestria
if you wanted to.
You're messing with me.
Am I?
[laughter] So, other than rocks, what else are you into?
Minerals, plate tectonics, oh and stand-up comedy of course.
I like kites.
Kites are cool.
Ah!
The trick with an SLK is not to make the spars too heavy,
but if they're too light you got no ballast
and then good luck tacking against the ALI.
I really like kites.
They're starting to grow on me.
Pizza delivery! Maud and Starlight, you're here too?
WHOA what a coincidence, cause I was just, you know,
delivering this pizza to, um... you!
So how's it going?
Just hangin' out--
Hey, you could use this time to bond
and talk about feelings!
For example: do you "feel" like you're becoming friends?
Um. I "feel"... like I don't want to talk about feelings?
Great, I'll go next.
I feel like I love that you two are becoming best friends!
I mean your friendship could be the friendship
that makes Maud move to Ponyville!
No pressure, Starlight!
Hello? Where'd you two go?
Sorry about my sister. There's no half-excited with her.
Oh, I know. But she always calms down eventually.
Why do you find rocks so fascinating?
Each one has a different story to tell. Like Boulder here...
This tells me he's over two thousand years old.
You don't look a day over six hundred.
Wow. You can tell that from a line?
I didn't get a rocktorate
because I can shred on guitar like nopony else.
[laughter]
Another reason I like rocks...
they don't exclude you if you're...
different than other ponies.
They're beautiful and strong,
but they don't judge you or make you feel "less than"
in any way. I think I'm starting to like rocks too.
[knock knock]
It's hollow?
It's granite. Hollow granite is highly unusual.
[crashing]
♪♪
Wow. Have you ever seen anything like this?
No. And that's unusual... for me.
There you are! I thought you went your separate ways
but you can't imagine how happy I am to find
you both together and to witness
one of your firsts as friends!
Your first time discovering an underground cavern!
I can't wait till you're old and eating pistachios together
telling your grandfoals about this.
Oh, no! They're not bonding! I GOT AN IDEA!
Whoaaaa! I'm tripping on a rock at this very moment!
And now I'm falling down!
[explosion]
Oh, no!
My accidental clumsiness has trapped us here,
where you'll be forced to bond until we're rescued.
Oh, we don't have to wait for that!
There's got to be a spell that--
Get us out of here, boy!
[cracking]
[clattering]
♪♪
Boulder! That... was... AWESOME.
No, that was sandstone.
More sand than stone, apparently.
I'm thinking you wear these around your necks
at all times so I don't lose you again, you sillies!
That way I can track your progress as friends!
Ooh and tomorrow we could have a FRIENDSHIP BRUNCH!
What's your favorite kind of omelette-cupcake?
Mine's jalapeño-red velvet!
Uhhhh....
Yeah, um... I don't know if I can make it.
You'll change your minds when you smell the yummy food.
Come on!
"Oops."
Tomorrow's brunch is gonna be the scrunchiest,
brunchiest munchiest brunch ever!
Yeah. About that...
The problem is, while you two were alone,
I couldn't get data points on your friendship probabilities:
were you making Starlight smile?
How was Starlight's smile to frown ratio?
Anything over five to one is GREAT!
Oh, and how many times did YOU smile like this?
Zero times.
Oh, Maud, don't be so hard on yourself.
You've got the best friendship maker in Ponyville
on the case. I'll be by your side the whole time.
Speaking of which, your bell fell off, silly!
Pinkie Pie, I appreciate what you're trying to do, but...
But... ?
Never mind.
Don't worry, Maud. When you see this brunch,
you'll realize everything's going to be OK.
And then I have amazing bonding activities planned
for the next seventeen days!
You and Starlight will be besties in no time!
Goodnight!
[kiss]
[clap clap]
[snoring]
[birds chirping]
Friendship brunch!
Maud's voice: Pinkie Pie.
Thank you for trying so hard to help me make friends.
But my decision has to be rock-based.
And Ghastly Gorge has such great rocks,
I won't even have time for friends. It's better this way.
Sorry it didn't work out. Maud.
Maud, wait!
♪♪
Maud!
Maud.
STARLIGHT, WAKE UP!
Kites!
[crash]
Huh?
If this is about brunch, I uhh... you know what?
Jalapeno red velvet omelettes sound gross; I just can't.
Maud left in the middle of the night!
Oh, I guess Ghastly Gorge really does have
the best rocks.
[sniffing]
Why couldn't you two just be friends?
Pinkie Pie... I like Maud.
You do?
Yeah, she's weird.
Hey!
No, in a good way.
She sees the world in a totally different way
than anypony I've ever met.
She accepts me for who I am.
She taught me that a rock is never just a rock
and she can make anything funny!
And we never had to say it but... we got each other.
You really were becoming friends?
I think so, but you kinda, sorta...got in the way.
[gasp]
You're right. Too harsh. Let's go with:
"You ruined everything all the time?"
[whimper]
Ngh... that's worse. What I'm trying to say is...
I-have-to-go!
Ta-da. Friendship lesson... learned?
[sigh]
♪♪
Sorry.
[clattering]
♪♪
Emerald-Jasper. This must be my lucky day.
[roar]
[squawking]
♪ [mysterious theme] ♪
Maud tracks!
[growl]
Hello, Pinkie Pie. I found Emerald-Jasper.
[snap]
AHHHH!
♪♪
Are you OK, Maud? That eel almost ate you!
What eel?
[snap]
[growl]
♪♪
You didn't need to come.
I'm having a great time on my own.
[growl]
I even made a new friend.
Is it a rock?
Yes.
[scream]
Maud!
I don't belong in Ponyville.
It only proved I'm better off all by myself,
like I always have been.
DON'T SAY THAT! It was all my fault! I-- LOG!
I thought I knew everything about making friends.
But I didn't even know my own sister.
I forced you to do things my way,
but my way isn't your way.
This way.
Exactly.
No, this way.
♪♪
Maud. I thought you couldn't make a friend without my help.
But it turns out, you couldn't make a friend with my help.
I underestimated you and I'm sorry.
I know you did it out of love.
You're my Best Sister Friend Forever.
[blubbering]
OH MAUD, I LOVE YOU BIGGER THAN ALL EQUESTRIA!
And you melt my heart more easily
than sodium-rich plagioclase feldspar.
I don't know what that means,
but please-please- please -please- PLEASE
give Ponyville another chance.
But more importantly, give me another chance...
to leave you alone.
What do you think, Boulder?
♪♪
You're back!
Mm hm.
For good... ?
Mm hm.
This doesn't mean we need to start talking about feelings,
does it?
No way.
Maybe after this, we could decorate my new place.
Totally. Where is it?!
Well, it's not in Ponyville...
... more like Ponyville adjacent.
♪♪
It's perfect.
YES! MY SISTER'S TOTALLY STAYING IN PONYVILLE!
I MEAN PONYVILLE ADJACENT!
Ahh ha ha!
Sorry, sorry, I'm leaving. I promise. I'm not even here.
EEE, you're wearing the slippers!
OK, now I'm really leaving. Bye!
Heh heh. Wrong way.