- Twilight Sparkle: [Parasprites are terrorizing Ponyville, Princess Celestia is minutes away from arriving, Twilight snaps] Okay! Here's the plan. Rainbow Dash, you distract them.
- Rainbow Dash: [chased by parasprites, she flies across the screen] YEEEEEEEEAAAAAA!
- Twilight Sparkle: Good! Everyone else, we need to build an exact copy of Ponyville right over there. We've got less than a minute!
- [the town continues to be ravaged]
- Twilight Sparkle: Zecora was right. We're doomed.
- Twilight Sparkle: [the ponies follow Pinkie Pie out of town to meet the Princess, Pinkie is leading all of the parasprites away with her one-pony band] Look!
- [she points to the arriving Princess]
- Princess Celestia: [Celestia's chariot lands, and the five ponies minus Pinkie run to intercept her, they arrive and bow to the Princess] Twilight Sparkle, my prized pupil.
- Twilight Sparkle: Hello, Princess!
- Princess Celestia: So lovely to see you again, as well as your friends.
- [Pinkie Pie marches past with her music and parasprites, everyone stops talking to gawk at her]
- Twilight Sparkle: [attempting to divert Celestia's attention] So... how was the trip? Get much traffic?
- Princess Celestia: [a parasprite lands on her wing] Ah, what is this? Oh ho ho, these creatures are adorable.
- [she lifts it up on her wing and it flies off]
- Rainbow Dash: [under breath] They're not *that* adorable...
- Princess Celestia: I'm terribly honored that you and the good citizens of Ponyville have organized a parade in honor of my visit.
- Twilight Sparkle: ...Parade?
- [feigns acknowledgment]
- Twilight Sparkle: Oh, yes! The parade!
- Princess Celestia: Unfortunately, that visit is going to have to wait for another time. I'm afraid an emergency has come up in Fillydelphia. Apparently there's been some sort of "infestation".
- Twilight Sparkle: [feigning innocence] An... infestation?
- Princess Celestia: Yes, a swarm of incredibly bothersome creatures has invaded the poor town. I'm sorry Twilight, to have to put you all through so much trouble.
- Twilight Sparkle: [feigning ignorance] Trouble? What trouble?
- Princess Celestia: Before I have to go, would you care to give me your latest report on the magic of friendship in person?
- Twilight Sparkle: My... report?
- Princess Celestia: Haven't you learned anything about friendship?
- Twilight Sparkle: [Twilight watches Pinkie Pie playing her instruments for a few seconds, then smiles] Actually, I have. I've learned that sometimes the solution to your problems can come from where you least expect it. It's a good idea to stop and listen to your friends' opinions and perspectives, even when they don't always seem to make sense.
- Princess Celestia: I'm so proud of you, Twilight Sparkle, and I'm very impressed with your friends as well. It sounds like you're all learning so much from each other.
- Twilight Sparkle: Thank you, Princess.
- Pinkie Pie: [Three parasprites fly out from Fluttershy's mane] They're amazing. What are they?
- Fluttershy: I'm not sure. I'm also not sure where these other two came from.
- Twilight Sparkle: I'll take one off your hooves. I've never seen anything so... adorable. Besides, it'll be nice to have a companion for Spike so he won't bother me so much while I'm studying.
- Fluttershy: Pinkie, do you want the other one?
- Pinkie Pie: UGH! A parasprite? Are you kidding?
- Fluttershy: "Ugh"?
- Twilight Sparkle: A para-what?
- Fluttershy: How could you not like-?
- Pinkie Pie: Now I gotta go find a trombone!
- Twilight Sparkle: A *what*?
- Pinkie Pie: A trombone! You know...
- [imitates trombone]
- Twilight Sparkle: [sighs] Typical Pinkie.
- Pinkie Pie: Hey! What happened to the princess?
- Twilight Sparkle: Emergency in Fillydelphia...
- Rainbow Dash: [hinting] Some sort of... infestation.
- Pinkie Pie: Oh no! Have they got parasprites too? Well... Have tuba, will travel!
- [she plays a descending scale on her tuba/sousaphone]
- Twilight Sparkle: I think the princess can handle it...
- Rarity: I don't have time for some silly scavenger hunt! I've got a real problem...
- Pinkie Pie: You've got a real problem all right, and a banjo is the only answer!
- Rarity: [Parasprites are attacking the inside of Rarity's boutique] My outfits! Go on, shoo! Get out of here. Naughty! Naughty!
- [they continue to eat her merchandise]
- Rarity: Aaaah!
- [gets up on a stool]
- Pinkie Pie: I'll save you!
- [Pinkie stands heroically at the front door, then runs in, past Rarity, grabs a recorder from a table, blows into it, producing a flat, dissonant note, and runs out again]
- Rarity: [shrieks again] Aaaaaaahhhh!
- Zecora: Oh, monster of so little size! Is that a parasprite before my eyes?
- Twilight Sparkle: I don't know! Is it?
- Zecora: Tales of crops and harvests consumed. If these creatures are in Ponyville... you're doomed.
- Twilight Sparkle: [In the preparations for Princess Celestia's visit, Twilight sees a banner that reads "Welcome Princess Celest". Berry Punch and Golden Harvest stand beneath it] What happened to the rest of her name?
- Golden Harvest: We couldn't fit it all in.
- Twilight Sparkle: You can't hang a banner that says "Welcome Princess Celest". Take it down and try again.
- Twilight Sparkle: Pinkie!
- Pinkie Pie: Twilight, we don't have much time!
- Twilight Sparkle: You're telling me! The Princess could arrive at any moment!
- Pinkie Pie: Exactly! That's why I need you gals to drop what you're doing, and help me find some maracas!
- Twilight Sparkle: Maracas? Pinkie, we've got much bigger problems than missing maracas!
- Pinkie Pie: [gasps] You're right! Getting a tuba has to be our number-one goal! Follow me.
- [Runs off, but Twilight does not follow her; she comes back]
- Pinkie Pie: I said, "follow me"!
- Rainbow Dash: Pinkie, you are so random.
- Pinkie Pie: [scoffs] And you are all so stubborn!
- [gallops off in anger]
- Twilight Sparkle: Pinkie, what have you done?
- Pinkie Pie: I've lost a brand-new pair of cymbals! that's what I've done!
- Twilight Sparkle: Will you forget about your silly instruments for one second? You're ruining our efforts to save Ponyville!
- Pinkie Pie: Me? Ruin? I'm not the ruiner! I'm the ruin-ee! Or is it ruin-ess? Ruin-ette?
- Applejack: Come on, girls, there's no reasonin' with that one. She's a few apples short of a bushel.
- [the girls leave Pinkie]
- Pinkie Pie: [crying out in anger] Hey! I'm trying to tell you all that the ruining is on the other hoof! If you'd just slow down and Listen to me!