After filling up the online registration form, Twilight clicked the ‘Send’ button. A little wiggling pokéball animation appeared on the center of the screen, with the texts ‘Sending Form... Please Wait...’ below it. Ten seconds later, the texts faded out as the pokeball popped open, sending out a small note from inside that read: “Thank you for registering. Your verification code will be sent to your email in less than twenty-four hours.”

“Spike? I thought you said it'll be twenty to thirty hours...” Twilight said as she clicked the ‘Okay’ button.

“They must have changed it then,” came Spike's voice from the kitchen, who was in the middle of cooking their lunch. “The game has been live for a year and a month now. Though if you include the open-beta and close-beta phrases, then the game has been a year and six months now.”

Twilight nodded as she closed her browser window and clicked the ‘shut down’ button. “That makes sense,” she replied as she stood up from her bed and stretched her legs and wings. As her monitor screen became black, she flicked her AVR switch off with her magic and she then trotted down the stairs. A delicious scent quickly invaded her nostrils, watering her mouth. “Mm... Spike, that smells delicious!”

Spike just chuckled as he placed the hayfries on a large plate. Shutting off their gas stove (since Twilight has calculated that gas stoves are cheaper than gem-powered stoves), Spike took the large plate-full of hayfries and jumped off the chair, and placed the meal in the center of the dining table.

Twilight trotted inside the dining area, and used her magic to levitate two sets of eating utensils on the table. “You have no idea how much I missed your cooking, Spike!”

Spike blushed a bit as he pulled the alicorn's chair so she could sit. “Aw shucks, Twilight.” When Twilight was comfortable, he ran to his chair and sat down. “It's the least I could do!”

Twilight giggled lightly, and the two ate their lunch with small trades of questions and answers with topics that circled around how their week has gone.

Twilight hummed a tune to herself as she trotted on the earthy path. Ponies waved a hoof at her, and she waved at each one of them back. She could not believe how big Ponyville grew ever since technology erupted in the land. But she was still thankful that they took extra care of limiting pollution and not removing the ‘Ponyville-taste’ that everypony grew up with.

Up ahead, a few houses in front of her, stood the town's most famous bakery: Sugarcube Corner. Pinkie Pie trotted out of the bakery's doors, ringing a bell on top. A tray of baked goods and cold drinks lay perfectly balanced on her back and cheerfully placed them on a table. Her two customers thanked her, and Pinkie thanked them back as she took the tray back on her back.

“Oh, heya Twilight!” she cheerfully said as soon as she saw her friend trotting towards them. “Haven't seen you for a week!”

“Good afternoon, your majesty,” the two customers bowed their heads.

Twilight waved a hoof. “I thought I told you ponies not to address me like that...” she said, feeling a bit embarrassed.

The customers just chuckled and excused themselves to eat. Twilight then faced her pink pony friend. She was about to greet her, but the pink mare was too quick with one of her signature Pinkie-crushing-hugs.

“Ooohhh Twilight! I missed you so so so much!” Pinkie said joyfully, tightening her hug.

“I...can tell...” Twilight gritted her teeth as she swore she heard a bone cracked or two. “Pinkie...” she hissed through a pained smile, “...we talked about this...”

Pinkie then lets her go, dropping her to the ground. The two customers winced. “I know, but you can't imagine how everypony missed you Twilight! Especially me!”

“Oh, believe me,” Twilight got back up, rubbing her chest with a hoof, “I think I can imagine...” She then faced her pink friend with a smile, and Pinkie smiled as well.

Pinkie leaned closer, and Twilight feared that she'd get another crushing hug again. She was a bit surprised when Pinkie gave her a casual friendly hug this time. She returned it.

“I'd love to stay and chat, Twilight,” Pinkie broke the hug with a slightly sad smile, “but I still got lots of baking to do!”

Twilight was about to respond when a cyan pegasus landed beside them.

“There you are, Twilight!” Rainbow Dash said, “and oh, hey there, Pinkie!”

“Hiya Dashie!” Pinkie greeted back. “Came here for the usual batch?”

Rainbow Dash nodded. “Yeah. Thanks Pinks!”

“No problem! Be back in a jiffy~” and Pinkie sprang inside the bakery.

Rainbow then sat on one of the chairs outside the bakery, and gestured with a hoof for Twilight to join her.

“So,” Twilight said, sitting on the other chair, “how was work?”

“Meh, boring and lame. The usual,” Rainbow waved a hoof. “Schedule is clear and cloudless, so it wasn't really overwhelming. Anyway,” Rainbow frowned, “I thought we're gonna have a play-date today, Twilight. Don't tell me you suddenly forgot all about it.”

Twilight just shook her head lightly with a smile. “I haven't forgotten about it, Rainbow.”

“So, why are you here? Shouldn't you be... I dunno...at the library? I only have an hour to spare before I head to the academy.”

“Verification,” Twilight simply replied.

Rainbow blinked, and frowned further. “Oh yeah... Forgot about those lame jumbled letters and numbers...” She groaned, but flashed a small smile soon after with a nod. “Well, tomorrow then?”

Twilight nodded. “Of course.”

Rainbow grinned. “So, I take it that you're hooked by the game?”

Twilight just shook her head lightly. “I wouldn't say that I was ‘hooked’, Rainbow. Though I am interested more about the game after Spike let me try out how the game works.”

“Spike made you play his char, huh? He probably made you oath not to touch his ‘Rarity-tagged’ items,” Rainbow chuckled.

Twilight just grinned. “Hey now. You're being mean to Spike.”

“Yeah? Well, tell your smile that too.”

“Ha-choo!” Spike sneezed suddenly.

“You have been slain...” said the female voice from his LoL game, making Spike gasp and pound his claws on his keyboard.

“W-what!? No fair!!!” he shouted as he read a few lines on the chat of why he just stood there to die.

Gritting his teeth, he wiped his mouth with one claw as he grabbed a tissue paper with another claw and wiped his spit-showered monitor screen.

“Okay,” he glared as he wiped the screen, “after this game, I'm dusting the whole place clean!”

The two mares chuckled lightly as Pinkie Pie trotted out of the bakery again, carrying a small box of muffins.

“Freshly-baked muffins on the go!” Pinkie chirped as she placed the box on the table in front of Rainbow. “Here ya go, Dashie!”

“Thanks Pinks!” Rainbow said, pulling the box closer to her as Pinkie Pie sat on the chair. “Oh hey Pinks. I introduced Twilight to Pokémon. And—”

“What!?” Pinkie slammed both her hooves on the table, starling both her friends and a few customers nearby. She didn't seem to notice them being startled however. Pinkie then flashed the alicorn a pretty huge grin on her face. “Really?”

“Eh...” Twilight gulped, and smiled nervously and awkwardly. “...y-yes...?”

Pinkie suddenly grabbed the alicorn's shoulders as she gleefully hopped in place. “Ohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh Twilight! You should really start with a Mudkip in the Hoenn region! Everypony knows that everypony loves Mudkip.”

Twilight just blinked.

Rainbow blew a raspberry. “Please Pinkie,” she waved a hoof in the air as Pinkie let Twilight go and sat back down on her chair. “Hoenn's a pretty boring map. I'd say she should start in Unova. Now that is an awesome region to start with! Plus, the starters are way too awesome than the other starters.”

Pinkie frowned. “That is sooo not true, Dashie,” she argued, “Hoenn's a pretty fun region! There's a cable-car ride, and a secret base for your secrets! And oh, don't forget the master of tricks is in Hoenn!”

Rainbow waved a hoof. “Okay, the Trick Master's a fun place, I admit. But Hoenn's pretty boring. Unova has changing seasons like no other region! Except for Sinnoh, if I remember correctly. And Unova has an amusement park! And an airport! And...uh...and oh! The World Tournaments located there as well! Ha!”

Twilight just sat there, feeling really left out as her two friends kept on debating on what's a better ‘region’, whatever that was. It was weird that a game has so many things for other ponies to discuss about. It could open many possibilities of seeing how open-minded ponies can be, and how they can listen to another pony's side of things.

“...but you've got to admit that Chargestone Cave's an awesome party dungeon! I'd bet twenty bits that Twilight's gonna stay there just to study how stones can float without magic!” Rainbow argued.

“Yeah? Well, I accept that bet that Twilight's gonna be even more interested in a whole island appearing and disappearing in thin air!” Pinkie countered.

...or the game could divide ponies basing on their different points of views over such a complex game...

“Mm-hmm, well, I think that they're just acting like a bunch of little fillies, Twilight,” Rarity said, levitating a small white cup to take a sip of tea. “Though I agree that the game is quite big, it's not really something ponies should be arguing about.”

Twilight nodded after taking a sip from her own cup of tea. “I guess you're right, Rarity. But it did made me even want to play the game, just to see how big of a deal it is.”

Rarity smiled. “That is wonderful to hear, Twilight. If I were to make a suggestion, you should start in the Kanto region. That's where Spike and I started our ‘trainer's journey’, after all.” She took a sip from her cup of tea. “But anyway Twilight, even though Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie were arguing about it, believe me when I say this dear, but they don't mean to anger one another about it.” She paused a bit as she levitated the teapot to pour herself and Twilight some tea. “Besides, they're best friends, and it needs more than just a game argument to ruin their friendship.”

“I know,” Twilight smiled. “They did say how silly they would have sounded, and said their goodbyes before Rainbow took off to the academy.”

Rarity smiled. “That's good to hear. Although not surprising,” she chuckled.

Twilight blinked in confusion. “What do you mean?”

“Well Twilight. Those two argue about the game all the time. So to see them arguing about it and still being friends isn't really new. I've seen them a few times when I head out of the boutique.” She paused to take a sip. “I even tried to talk to them the first time I saw them arguing. Anyway, let us move on to another topic, shall we?”

Twilight simply smiled and nodded.

“So, Twilight, how was your week?”

Twilight thought about it for a while as she turned her head to the window, watching the ponies trotting to and fro, and some were talking to each other.

Finally, she replied, “my week has been busy as always.” She then turned to her friend, and took a sip of her tea before she continued. “Princess Celestia has yet to assign me to rule an empire or country though. But I doubt I'll be ruling anything any time soon. So I made myself busy by attending the many conventions held in different places of Equestria.” She paused to take another sip. “And oh, let me know when I'm rambling, Rarity.”

Rarity just smiled and shook her head lightly. “Oh, it's no problem, Twilight! That's the whole reason why I invited you over! You've been attending these conventions that you barely even come home! We sure have missed you Twilight.”

Twilight frowned momentarily before forcing a smile and a nod. “I do plan on changing that, Rarity. You could say that I went to all of conventions just so I could forget, even for a little while, that I'm a princess. I mean,” she frowned and slightly extended one of her wings, “just because I suddenly grew a pair of wings overnight, doesn't mean I'm already a princess.”

Rarity just chuckled. “Oh Twilight. That same complaint again?”

Twilight just rolled her eyes in annoyance-amusement. “Anyway, I really had a great time seeing the many great inventions and intelligent minds of different ponies in the convention. There are so many inventions that I don't even know where to start!”

“Well, may I suggest you start with garments and dress-related inventions?”

Twilight blinked, and smiled nervously. “W-well, the only ones like that were the ones presented by the Flim and Flam brothers.”

Rarity frowned. “Never mind, then.” She sipped some tea.

Twilight chuckled. “I figured as much.” She took a sip. “So, how about you Rarity? How was your week?”

Rarity blinked and brought a hoof to her chin. “Well, it wasn't really as exciting as your week, Twilight. That I'm sure. I was just busy advertising my dresses in the game.”

Twilight raised an eyebrow. She never actually believed what Rainbow Dash has said about how Rarity played the game. But hearing it from Rarity herself, she now owes Rainbow Dash an apology for doubting her.

“When the game was introduced, I took the opportunity to advertise my garments. Since the game is international, I have received quite a number of new orders, either from Equestria or overseas.”

“W-wouldn't that be...” Twilight interrupted, but wasn't able to complete her question without sounding rather harsh. She bit her lip as she thought of the other words for her...harsh word.

Rarity blinked at her alicorn friend, and studied her troubled face. But as a mare of word and gossip, she was quick to connect the dots, even those still not existing. Hence where gossips came from. She waved a hoof to help her friend stop her rather ‘troubling’ train of thought.

“Oh, don't worry, Twilight. I am aware of the possible frauds and other problems I might face through such attempts,” she said as she magically poured tea onto her cup. “I'm not really a pony that would fall to frauds pretty easily.”

Twilight smiled, feeling reassured from hearing those from her dear friend.

Rarity took a sip before continuing. “We have the internet now. Sure, it's full of possibilities of fraud, but if we trot on the proper path, there won't be any sort of problems.”

Twilight nodded. “That's...really nice to hear, Rarity.” She then looked around her boutique, noticing how cramp the place was now. There were more garments, more mannequins, and other stuff. “But, these orders you're receiving,” she looked back at her friend, “aren't they rather...overwhelming?”

Rarity blinked, and smiled. “Ah, yes. Thank you Twilight, but don't worry. I started hiring a few ponies to help me around the boutique. Since they'll be working for me, I'm following the standard Equestrian employment law.” She smiled teasingly as she said, “I wouldn't be hiring ponies without following the rules, of course. Not to mention that one of my best friends are ‘best friends’ with the law now,” Rarity chuckled at her joke.

Twilight just rolled her eyes. “So, I take it that today and tomorrow are their day-offs?”

“Oh, but of course,” Rarity nodded. “Today was a very busy week. I wouldn't think that I'd be able to get all of those twenty-seven dresses be done before Tuesday if I didn't have anyone helping me out.”

Twilight decided to raise her friends ego a bit. “Oh? When I first met you, you could make six outfits in less than an hour. I bet Twenty-seven wouldn't even be a challenge for you, Rarity.”

Rarity took pride from her praise. “Why thank you, Twilight. What you said is true, but,” her proud smile softened, “different clients have different tastes and designs in mind. And since I don't actually know them personally, making dresses would be quite a challenge.”

“Oh... Well, that makes sense,” Twilight nodded. “You don't know them, so you don't know their traits and personalities, unlike the girls and I.”

Rarity nodded. “That is exactly right, Twilight.” She smiled. “Still, it was really nice to hear your compliment.”

Twilight threw a hoof in the air. “Aw, come on Rarity. You know the girls and I love your work.” She noticed her friend's raised eyebrow. “Okay, maybe Rainbow Dash and Applejack won't, but I'm sure deep down they love it.”

Rarity smiled, and then giggled. “I was just teasing, Twilight. No need to work yourself up. Yes, I know the girls mean well, and they're all my great friends. But they have different tastes in different matters of life, and I respect that.”

Twilight just nodded, and sipped her tea.

Twilight and Rarity have talked about so many random things that they didn't even realized the time. Thankfully, they were alerted by the time when Rarity's pet cat reminded her that a certain white cat needed food. Rarity had a scheduled spa-date with Fluttershy, so Twilight then excused herself as Rarity began to prepare herself. They said their goodbyes after promising that they'd see each other tomorrow, probably online through the game.

Since she was already outside, Twilight decided to head to the marketplace to buy something for dinner later. Maybe something related to apples would suffice. She was sure that Spike would be so into his game that he won't be able to notice of the time, like how she and Rarity were into their chat earlier.

“Ha-choo!” Spike sneezed at the flower vase that he was wiping on his claws. “Geez, I just hope I won't get sick or something!” he whispered to himself as he wiped the vase with a rug.

Shaking his head lightly, he placed the vase back on Twilight's desk on the library's ground floor. Looking around, Spike felt proud of how clean the entire place was. His gaze then fell on an old sack leaning on the wall beside the front door of the library. Above that old sack was a clock that hung on the wall.

“Wow... Didn't think cleaning would take that much time!” he said to himself as he walked towards the sack. “Kinda weird that time flew by so fast in cleaning like it does when playing.” He shrugged as he opened the door before grabbing the sack.

He walked out just in time, too. A garbage-collecting wagon was a few houses away, and garbage collector ponies were already greeting the house owner goodbye before going to the next house.

Spike whistled, catching the collectors' attentions.

“Good afternoon, Spike!” greeted one of the ponies while the others began pulling the wagon. “Just leave it there and we'll collect it when we get there.”

“Hey, thanks!” Spike shouted back. He then dragged the sack of garbage and dust by the mailbox. “Now, time for a shower,” he whispered as he walked back inside the library.

As Twilight trotted on the earthy path towards the market, she saw her dear pegasus friend trotting on the same path, heading towards the boutique's direction. As they got closer, she could already see Fluttershy's gentle smile. Twilight smiled back, and prepared to greet her friend.

“Hey Twilight!” but Fluttershy was quicker.

“Hey Fluttershy!” Twilight greeted back as they hugged. After they broke their hug, Twilight asked, “so you're heading towards Rarity's place?”

Fluttershy nodded. “I promised to go and meet her for our afternoon spa.”

“Oh, well, in that case, let me walk you there,” Twilight offered.

“Um... A-are you sure, Twilight?” Fluttershy asked, lowering her gaze to the ground. “I mean, I wouldn't want to trouble you and all...”

Twilight just giggled lightly. “Come on, Fluttershy. I haven't seen you for a week! It's the least I could do!”

Fluttershy then smiled at her friend, and soon, the two of them began trotting towards Rarity's boutique...which wasn't really that far.

“So Fluttershy, how was your week?”

Fluttershy smiled brightly. “Oh, you know. The usual. Taking good care of our little animal friends. And oh!” she quickly faced her alicorn friend, “a few days ago, Miss Cheerilee brought her students over, and I was able to teach the little foals about the animals!”

Twilight smiled. “That's great, Fluttershy! I bet the school colts and fillies learned a lot from you!”

Fluttershy nodded. “Oh, they did! And when it was over, Miss Cheerilee gave them a pop quiz on the spot!”

Twilight looked at her friend with surprise. “Really?”

Fluttershy nodded again. “I didn't even notice that Miss Cheerilee was taking notes of the things I shared with her students!” She smiled, “but they did very well in answering her questions!” She took a deep breath, and sighed with a smile. “So, how was your week, Twilight?”

Twilight was about to answer when a sound of an opened door interrupted them. The two turned to the source, and saw Rarity casually trotting out of her boutique.

“Fluttershy darling! And hello again Twilight!” Rarity greeted them, her tone sounded a bit rushed as she closed her boutique's door. “Sorry Twilight, but I'll have to steal Fluttershy for now.”

Fluttershy just blinked while Twilight smiled with a nod.

“Of course! Don't mind me,” Twilight replied, “I wouldn't want to make you two be late on your spa date.”

“Why don't you come and join us, Twilight?” Fluttershy asked.

Rarity nodded. “That is a wonderful idea, darling! What do you say, Twilight?” she asked, blinking her eyes rapidly. “Pretty please?”

“Um...” Twilight fidgeted, “...well, I ah...”

“Excellent!” Rarity suddenly announced, startling her two friends. She trotted in between her two friends, heading towards the spa's direction. “Let us go then, shall we, girls?”

Fluttershy and Twilight stared at each other. The former smiled apologetically.

“Of course, if you're busy, then I'm sure Rarity will understand.”

Twilight just shook her head. “Nah, I don't have anything to do before dinner anyway.”

Fluttershy smiled, and the two trotted after their spa-excited friend.

The sun was already setting by the time the three mares' spa was done. Their spa session lasted for an hour or so, and the three mares enjoyed their time there in relaxation as Rarity shared with them her newly gathered gossips of the week.

After that, the three friends trotted out of the spa, and Twilight waved the two goodbye as they trotted back to Rarity's boutique. With that, Twilight turned and headed towards the marketplace.

The marketplace has grown, but still held the same ‘Ponyville market’ aura. Shoppers were walking to each and every stall, studying the vendors' many items for sale.

As she trotted through the busy pathway, many ponies waved a hoof and greeted her. Some even tried to sell her their items, and she ended up buying a few stalks of celery, a few tomatoes, and a half-tray of eggs. She placed them in a brown paper bag, levitated behind her. Finally, she reached her friend's stall.

Applejack was busy packing things up to notice her friend trotting behind her. The farmpony sighed in relief and wiped the sweat on her forehead with a hoof. She then turned around to pull another basket of apples when she finally took notice of her smiling friend's presence.

“Twilight!” Applejack cheerfully said, immediately wrapping the alicorn into a warm yet slightly sweaty hug. “Where the heck have you been, girl?” she asked as she broke their hug with a warm smile.

“It's great to see you too, Applejack!” She then studied the many empty baskets that Applejack as already stacked and placed inside her wagon. “And wow! I bet you had a pretty bit-citing day, huh?”

Applejack actually raised an eyebrow in amusement at how lame her friend's pun was. Still, she gave the alicorn a hard Apple Family pat on the back as she laughed. “Now that there was the lamest pun I've ever heard, sugarcube.”

Twilight actually winced at the painful pats, but collected them all with a painful pride. The convention sure was full of pun-loving speakers, pun not intended. “Uh... your welcome?”

“Phew...” Applejack wiped a tear from her eye. “Damn, that was a good one, Twi. Thanks,” and she chuckled as she shook her head lightly while returning to her task.

“Need help?” Twilight asked.

“Huh? Oh, uh...” she remembered not to be stubborn around her alicorn friend, so she swallowed some of that Apple Family pride and nodded with a slightly forced smile. “Sure sugarcube! If you don't mind, that is.”

Twilight, with magic, lifted a few barrels onto her wagon, leaving a few for Applejack to carry, since she was still aware of how stubborn her farmpony friend was. “Oh, I don't mind at all, Applejack!”

With everything set, Applejack strapped the wagon's harness on herself and started pulling the wagon towards Sweet Apple Acres. “Thanks for the help, sugarcube.”

“No problem,” Twilight said, trotting beside her. “You don't mind if I walk with you until we reach the library, right?”

“Of course not!” Applejack smiled brightly. “You've been gone for five days and escorting you back to the library's the least I could do, Twilight! So, how was those convention-thingies you've been so busy about?”

“Well, it was fun. There were so many inventions that ponies presented! I couldn't believe how creative those ponies were!” Twilight responded happily.

Applejack chuckled. “Well, it's nice to hear you had a good time. Say,” Applejack suddenly sounded excited, “was there anything for plowing the land or bucking trees or anything farm-related?”

Twilight blinked and thought about it as she stared at the cloudless orangey sky. “Hm... No. Not this week, at least. Although...there was hammer-like contraption for bucking trees called the ‘Buck 'til They Drop’.”

Applejack actually was eager to listen, and couldn't concentrate on keeping her eyes on the road.

Twilight however, frowned. “But during the testing though, the tree was split in half...”

Applejack's eye twitched as her whole body cringed. “Uh... Wow... I guess the tree did ‘drop’...”

Twilight smiled bitterly. “Well, the Flim and Flam brothers did earn their reputation for...hazardous inventions.”

Applejack's brow furrowed and turned her attention at the road. “Remind me to ask the inventors first before you go telling me about the new contraptions, Twi.”

Twilight nodded. “I'll keep that in mind.” The two allowed a few seconds of silence for the farmpony to defuse a bit. “So, how about you, Applejack?”

“Mm? What about me, sugarcube?”

“How was your week?”

Applejack simply shrugged. “Meh... Same old, same old. Buck some apple trees, sell 'em in the market. Sometimes, I go online in this Poke-a-mon game and advertise our family's products.”

“Oh?”

Applejack simply nodded. “Eeyup. I can't say that I'm into the game but, I do play the game every once in a while. Sometimes I'm helping out Rainbow Dash or Spike in some ‘party-dungeon’ or something.” She looked at her friend, and noticed the alicorn's look of interest. She smiled. “I take it you're playing the game as well?”

“What?” Twilight blinked. “Oh, yeah. Spike let me try it out earlier. I decided to make my own account. So now I'm waiting for my verification code.”

Applejack chuckled lightly. “So, I take it you'll be playing that game whole day tomorrow?” She chuckled some more. “Try not to get so swallowed up by the game, sugarcube. You might end up like Dash a few months back. She stayed home for four days straight just playing the game, without food or sleep. Rarity and I spent a lot of hours trying to convince Fluttershy to fly up there and talk some sense into the girl.”

Twilight just blinked. “W-wow... Really?”

“No reason for me to lie about something, now do I?” she smiled and patted her friend's shoulder. “Anyway, I'll try and be online tomorrow, sugarcube. Might be fun playing the game with you.”

Twilight smiled and nodded.

“Well, here we are!” Applejack announced, stopping a few meters in front of the library's wooden door. She studied the place for a while before chuckling. “I take it that Spike's also into some game world of his own, judging from the unlit library. Glad that you're around to snap some sense into the small guy.”

“When Spike starts a game, it's almost impossible to get him off of it,” Twilight chuckled.

“Ha-choo!” Spike sneezes just as he was about to open the door to exit the bathroom. “Okay, I'm going to make myself some orange juice...” He pulled the door open, white towels wrapped around his waist and on his forehead.

Applejack chuckled as well, and then said her goodbye before turning to the road towards Sweet Apple Acres. Twilight waved goodbye to her friend before opening the door to the library with her magic.

“Spike! I—” she announced cheerfully, and froze when a realization struck her. “—forgot to buy some apples...”

Spike poked his head from the stairs with an arched eyebrow. “Twilight, you came home just to tell me that?”

Author's Note

Yeah, this is rather a boring chapter. I apologize for that. My only excuse is that I did tagged this as a ‘Slice of Life’.
Anyway, I am just trying to open the characters though, so everyone can see how everypony are doing.
This chapter took a lot of editing. First, Rarity's scene was far too long and boring in the original, so I scrapped the useless parts. Also, Fluttershy wasn't suppose to be included in this chapter, but hey, that won't be fair, right? :3

The Spike sneezing parts were recently added after I watched that one episode of Rurouni Kenshin. Saito sneezed too many times when Kenshin and the gang mentioned him in their conversation. xD

The next chapter will be full of Pokémon. :3