♪ It's a sweet life, still a little messy ♪
♪ Magic life, Full of surprises ♪
♪ Fast life...♪ ♪ Gaze upon my gems! ♪
♪ It's a fun life because we got each other ♪
♪ It's a cute life ♪
♪ Living life in our own way! ♪
♪ Come on grab a slice of cake ♪
♪ It's a sweet, magic, fast, posh, fun, cute...♪
♪ Pony Life!
♪ Fun in every bite, Friendship, rainbows, wuh-oh! ♪
♪ It's a sweet, magic, fast, posh, fun, cute...♪
♪ Pony Life! ♪
♪
(EFFORT NOISES)
PINKIE PIE: That's one sugar frosted maple ice cream
cereal souffle cupcake. And you re lucky--
it's my last cupcake. Dolores is kaput.
(ZAPPING)
My dear oven Dolores--
and yes, I named her: Dr. Dolores Q Baker.
That's what you do when you love something so much,
give it a name and a PhD. Without Dolores,
I'm not a baker. And if I'm not a baker...
then who even am I?!
Eh, sorry about Dolories, Pinkie but..
Could you maybe help a pony out?
Woah--what's in the box?
Wait, isn't today when you re gonna build a machine
to earn your Trail Trotter's Engineering Badge?
Indeed it is.
Where should we put the box? Pinkie?
What? Oh.
Yeah. I have a corner set aside as your workstation/
Why--you could even call this the Sugarcube Corner...
...Corner! - You could.
So what's the first step?
Instructions, right?
You should always read the instructions before
building something.
Right you are, my young apprentice.
But this will be no sweat at all,
for I am the Master of Instructions!
I prefer a red carpet, but this'll do.
Careful, don't walk on the instructions.
Twilight needs them to build her machine to get her badge!
Yes... but... the truth is:
these instructions are very confusing.
I can't even tell what I'm building in the first place!
What are these diagrams supposed to be?
This looks like you're supposed to...
throw the box into the air?
This looks like a pony playing buckball on a mountain.
Or are they in a valley?
Are you supposed to add water?
'Cuz that sure looks like water.
And where are all of these arrows pointing?
Looks like some parts are missing.
I can't even figure out step one...
How am I going to do
all 98 steps?!
It was then that Twilight Sparkle
got very anxious and worked up.
I'd offer you one of my special Super Duper Sweet and Silly
Pick-Me-Up cupcakes, but I just ate my last one and...
Darling, I'm not sure the pick-me- up is working.
I guess today is a total bust.
I'm sorry.
You don't need to apologize to us.
You deserve to be a Trail Trotter!
I'm not the Master of Instructions--
or anything else.
And I won't be getting my Engineering Badge.
We know this feels like an overwhelming problem,
but that doesn't mean a solution's impossible.
Yeah--don't be so glum, chum!
You're the Master of Instructions.
They're not the master of you, right?
So why don't you fix them?
Yoink! I've been looking for that!
I've been doing this all wrong.
I won't just fix the instructions,
I will improve them.
I'm gonna need an assistant! (GASPS)
Do it, Pinkie.
Do it for the Trail Trotters!
(CHEERING)
(POOF!)
(CHEERS)
And so, Twilight Sparkle used her ingenuity
to build her own machine.
It's done.
What is it?
It's... a new oven for Pinkie Pie!
With a few extra bells and whistles.
This is the best gift a pony could ever get!
So what's the new oven s name?
I think I'll call her:
Dame Dulce de Leche!
I told myself I wouldn't cry...
A new oven and an Engineering Badge.
Not a bad way to spend the day!
Wouldn't you say, Twilight?
Oh yeah... right...
it's the best.
(GIGGLING)
♪
(SPLAT!) Ah!
Smell what I smell?
You're right. Too much baking powder.
No, not that!
I smell an awesome Trail Trotters hike on the horizon.
That horizon.
Uh Fluttershy?
You reckon we should be climbing Mt. Volcanope?
Ooh! What if it erupts while we re up there?
That'd be-- - Perfect!
But too bad that won t happen.
That there magic volcano's been dormant for years.
That's why they call it Mt. Volca-nope.
We Trail Trotters are hiking up Mt. Volcanope.
You should join the troop and tag along!
Things tend to get a lil' messy when Discord "tags along".
Let me think about that.
No.
Aw, that's a shame.
You suuure?
It'll be funnn.
And by fun, I mean very chaotic.
And we'll be facing our fears
and putting ourselves in mortal peril.
You talk a good game, Fluttershy,
but my answer remains the same.
I choose not to join, associate,
or pledge loyalty to any such troop.
You gonna choose to pay for those?
Hey look over there!
(ZAP!)
(SIGH)
I wish Discord were here.
Why? He's not a Trail Trotter,
he's a walking disaster!
But he's my walking disaster.
Sometimes I worry about the friends you choose.
Everypony deserves to share in the fun
of being a Trail Trotter.
The mischievous miscreant didn t seem all that interested.
You can lead a draconequus to water
but you can t make it take a drink.
(GIGGLING)
Eee! I can see Sugarcube Corner from here!
This is what it's all about.
Woah...
FLUTTERSHY: Just a little chaos...
Fluttershy?
Enough to get Discord to join in on the fun!
(GASPS, SCREAMING)
APPLEJACK: Meanwhile, back at Sugarcube Corner:
- What will it be? - I've already decided.
I'm not hiking up Mt. Volcanope.
Uh, I mean: what kind of cupcake?
I wonder what sorts of boring chaos they re up to?
No! I stand by my decision.
Cool cool. Uh, speaking of decisions,
what cupcake? - Hmm?
Oh hey, look over there!
TWILIGHT: It's erupting!
(SCREAMING)
Stay calm everypony, remember your Trail Trotter Training:
When in danger, seek safety.
(YELPS)
Okay, maybe this is the teensiest bit too much chaos,
fear-facing, and mortal peril.
Well, this has turned out to be a perfectly boring day.
What? That looks like it's coming from Mt. Volcanope!
And that must mean Fluttershy's in danger.
Danger plus chaos equals perfect!
Math.
Discord! A little help, please?
I suppose, why not.
WOW!
You saved the day! (CHEERING)
I always knew you were a Trail Trotter at heart.
No. I'm not. I do not trot.
You know what? You're right.
I wanted you to be a Trail Trotter...
when you're really a Solo Scout.
Solo?
I like the sound of that.
Go on. Tell me tell me!
Solo Scouts are a troop of one.
They rely on nopony but themselves.
But you choose not to join,
so forget I said anything.
Too late, I'm in. I m a Solo Scout
and I'm off to do what we Solo Scouts do best.
Solo so-long!
Hey-- look over there!
(GIGGLING)
Great idea to make up the Solo Scouts.
That's perfect for Discord.
Crazy that somepony could just make up a troop
on the spot like that!
(AWKWARD LAUGHTER)
It's important to listen to your friends
when they tell you something.
It was wrong of me to force Discord to do something
he didn't want to do.
But he really would make a great Scout.
A certain Solo Scout can't remember
how he got up the mountain, and now he can't get back down.
Can he be a temporary Trail Trotter?
(PONIES GROAN)
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