Mayor Mare sorted through the papers on her desk, dressed in a grey skirt suit; a great contrast from the bathrobe in which she met Twilight. The Duchess was looking over the notes given to her already. Her butler sat next to her, calmly and quietly, while the bodyguard was napping on the couch, clearly exhausted. Joining them as a yellow unicorn stallion by the name of Flim, co-founder of FlimFlam Industries. He was a tall lanky stallion,wearing a white dress shirt with blue suspenders underneath a red suit and tie. His red mane combed back and styled to perfection. The other one joining their meeting was Diamond Dog named Spot, mayor of Trottingham, he was about as tall as Twilight, wearing a brown vest, black pants, and black necktie. While Flim was rather calm, the dog was nervous, nearly vibrating in his seat. The last member of the meeting was the mayor of Manehatten, a dark blue pegasus stallion with short white mane named Lightning Streak. He wore a plain white dress shirt under a black suit with loose fitting black dress pants, a chain can be seen dangling from one of the belt loops to his pocket and a gold locket hanging from his neck. He spent his time trying to win Twilight and Rarity over with mere looks and attitude, working very slightly on the white unicorn who blushed a faint pink.

“Now to a new topic...” Mayor Mare asked. “Our final order of business would be the Princess’ impromptu gala to honor Her Grace and a possible heir to the Tall Tale Mountains. Evidently she wants the capitals of the Everfree Province and Tall Tale Province to host an event of our choosing one week before the actual gala, which is scheduled for the Summer Sun Celebration.”

“I don't see why they’d bother including me in this party, I’ve been doing this for roughly a few months or so. To schedule a party for me and another unknown pony four months away is ridiculous considering I’ve been a Duchess for over five. If they desire a Gala, then they can make it about whoever is taking over Tall Tale Mountains,” Twilight stated with a grimace.

“Can’t deny the PR would look great though, Duchess,” Lightning added, tilting his chair back. “Though, it’d be better if you let Manehatten host it. We are bigger than Ponyville after all and have better access to the best toys.”

“Even so, we’d be overshadowed by Tall Tale’s new Lord and whatever event they have planned for Vanhoover. This whole matter is against us and will only really serve to hurt us financially,” Twilight retorted.

“You both bring up good points, so we just need a way to outshine Vanhoover, yes?” Flim asked.

“But if… the Duchess is right, we’ll only get the locals, all the tourists will be in Vanhoover; they’re bigger than Manehatten after all,” Spot muttered.

“That is why we need to make a theme that screams ‘come one, come all’, and so long as we get the resources to make that theme a dream, we can make this profitable for the region,” Flim said triumphantly.

“We could just have this happen before or after Vanhoover has finished their event,” Twilight replied, tapping on the table.

“Unfortunately, the Princess’ orders states it must be done at the same time for a one week duration,” Mayor Mare interrupted.

Twilight resisted the urge to break the table with her magic. “Okay… any ideas for a theme?”

“We are the center of Equestria’s trading, correct? Make it about that, easy as apple pie, I say,” Flim gloated, puffing his chest proudly and completely oblivious to the glare he got from the orange mare on the couch.

“Pfft, as if. We do an Iron Pony Contest, it’ll be a smaller version of the World Sports Festival but it’ll be something special for sure, especially for those that want to join but were rejected by the WSF officials,” Lightning shot in, smirking in Flim’s direction. the yellow unicorn shooting off an annoyed look.

“Uhhh… maybe just a simple carnival would be nice,” Spot uttered, receiving glares from Lightning and Flim.

“A ‘simple’ carnival won’t win the masses, what if Vanhoover does something so amazing that the Princess decides to overlook us?” Flim snapped.

“Being more of a business pony then a political official would mean you would move to the place that has more money,” Twilight said lazily, resting her head in her hand.

“You give Everfree too little credit, Your Grace. My brother and I will gain much, much more staying in Everfree than anywhere else in Equestria due to location and trade routes. In a business sense, your gain is our gain, and your loss is our loss, and moving to a new location when the going gets tough will only hurt us even more,” Flim explained with a proud smile.

“At least you’re loyal, I guess,” Twilight said.

Rarity was tapping her lips, staring out of the window to see a castle in the middle of the forest. “Everfree Forest was once Princess Celestia’s home, yes?” Twilight, Flim, and the mayors slowly nodded. “Why not base our theme on something like that? Surely it will grab the Princess’ attention.”

Twilight’s eyes widened as a smile formed on her face. “That is actually really good, excellent work Rarity.”

“Think nothing of it, Mistress,” Rarity returned, blushing lightly from the praise.

“Sorry to break up the lesbro-mance, but we can’t exactly have a thing in Everfree, it’s too hard to control and accidents are more than likely to happen,” Lightning said, grimacing.

Twilight smirked, she stood up and walked over to the window staring at the ruined castle. “True, but we can still use it as a symbol. After all, the castle was once home to Princess Celestia, a battlefield for said Princess and Nightmare Moon. The most important thing of all was that it was a sanctuary for all races. After all, Princess Celestia firmly believes that diplomacy will win the day over bloodshed, and that leadership has managed to bring us back to what was once our lives before ‘they’ came.”

Everyone in the room cringed while Lightning’s face contorted in anger. Even the semi-conscious Applejack appeared unsettled by Twilight’s last few words. “If we are basing this off of the ideals of Harmony, then we would have to include… ‘them’ as an actual player in our festivities.” Mayor Mare stated.

“Unfortunately, this is true. But we have learned that they are not as bad as the days of old. Many of them struggle just to make amends for what they’ve done a few hundred years ago, not only will this get us in Celestia’s good graces for many years to come, but it will show that we, as a race, are mature enough to let the past stay in the past,” Twilight explained.

“Not liking the possible problems, but this will most definitely bring some good news our way,” Flim murmured thoughtfully.

“Just for clarification. this ‘Harmony’ you speak of will just be ponies and, uh… ‘them’?” Spot asked nervously.

“No, our theme will focus on the harmony of all races across the world, being in the center of Equestria will give us a better stand in that regard. With that said, we will need to contact the other races and see if we can get them to join our carnival,” Twilight said.

“Fuck this noise! We don’t need ‘them’ to get in Celestia’s good graces. They’ll just attack us like the monsters that they are,” Lightning snarled, slamming his hands on the table, his wings flared while his eyes glared at the Duchess.

“Again, they’ve been trying to patch up relations with our race for the last five decades, trying to make up for what they did. If you have a better idea, Mr. Streak, I’d like to hear it,” Twilight challenged.

Lightning grumbled, and sat down. Now trying to think of something to dissuade the Duchess from this stupid theme. “Seeing as my Sports thing was shot down… I’ll get back to you on that.”

“You have a week to give me a good theme that we can work with,” Twilight ordered, staring down the pegasus mayor of Manehatten. “In the meantime, we will need to find good representatives of each race across the world. Whoever is contacting Kitsuna will need to ensure that they find an entertainer or exhibition that…. is presentable to our view of family. I don’t want children walking into a Kitsuna booth only to lose their virginities to whatever the foxes have planned.”

“I have a good Kitsune contractor in mind, and my brother and I have done some business with ‘them’ so we can handle that, as well as the Griffons,” Flim exclaimed.

“Excellent. Lightning Streak will be in charge of entertainment if he fails to give me a theme to replace our current one,” Twilight said with a smile. “Think you can handle that?”

“I may need Mayor Tits to supervise if I’m introduced to one of those ‘things’,” Lightning muttered, ignoring Mayor Mare’s glare.

“I can contact the Matriarch in Canterlot, and get the Minotaurs and Buffalo too,” Spot said excitedly.

“Excellent, I want a list of everything that is and possibly going to happen during this before it even happens,” Twilight ordered.

“What of security? As common of knowledge as it is, ponies don’t mesh well with them. Even if they are bold enough to come, we will have some ponies that will cause a problem,” Mayor Mare commented.

“We’ll pull a small fraction of Manehatten and Trottingham’s guards to Ponyville and give them an incentive to ensure peace is kept, perhaps a bigger budget when the time comes. Anyone that is stupid enough to try anything will have to answer to me and perhaps Princess Celestia herself, seeing as she is fighting to eliminate the hatred we all share for them,” Twilight answered. “Any more questions?” Everyone shook their head, packing up their notes and papers. “Excellent, I need to alert the city captain of our security plans.”

“New question: Why wasn't HE here?” Lightning uttered, fixing his suit jacket.

“He was busy in a meeting with his superior from Canterlot. He alerted Mayor Mare this morning so I let it slide this time,” Twilight answered, signalling Rarity to wake Applejack so they may leave for other errands.

~dood~[/hr]

Fluttershy was humming a tune to herself, preparing to surprise Twilight with a picnic in her garden. Across the room, petting a rabbit, was Sweet Breeze, watching her daughter work with mild curiosity. “Fluttershy, are you really going to go hard into this relationship thing?”

“Is there a problem with that, Mom?” Fluttershy asked, turning to see her mother’s confusion.

“Well yeah, what if Twilight is already seeing someone else?” Sweet asked.

“But… why would she have sex with me if she was seeing somepony else?” Fluttershy returned.

Sweet shook her head. “Dear, look at me. I love your father dearly, but I’ve been around, which is why your father doesn’t like me as much as I like him. What is there to say that Twilight hasn’t been around? She has that unicorn and that muscled earther. And I do know that Twilight and that Rainbow Dash have done some things in bed.”

“Well, that might be… but that was before our night together. That’s why I’m going to have a picnic for her where we’re going to talk about our relationship,” Fluttershy explained, placing a small bag of fruits into the basket.

“Your first time was with your mother and a rich girl while you were trying to sober up. That doesn’t exactly scream ‘relationship material’, sweetie,” Sweet added.

“Well, there are many relationships that work like that. I was reading about a pegasus girl that slept with her best friend, a kitsune guy, and her lover, a male minotaur. They fell in love after that night and they lived happily ever after,” Fluttershy stated.

Sweet shook her head. “There’s a reason why that happens in your comics and not in real life. Do you think Twilight will accept this? I’m getting the vibe that she only really knows lust and is kinda dense when it comes to love. She might just treat your confession like she deals with her sister’s crush.”

“Twilight only thinks that way because Barb and her are sisters, I’m positive-”

"You and Twilight are cousins. It’ll end the same way, dear,” Sweet interrupted.

“We- we don’t know that… right? Dad could be my biological father… and Twilight and I could be together and have lots of children… if she can impregnate mares. And you’ll be a grandma and be happy with my choices!” Fluttershy shouted, shrinking back when she realized what she had done.

Instead of snapping back, Sweet Breeze merely smiled. “You’re right, you two might not be related at all. I’m just worried this might be too big a step for you. No matter what you want, or what happens, I’ll be there for you.”

“You sure? Do you really mean that?” Fluttershy asked, her eyes sparkling with hope until something important came to mind. “But… you don’t like Twilight.”

“Stealing from me, being a pain in the ass, and then fucking me with my own daughter, battering my back door aside? I can tolerate her if you can tolerate her,” Sweet said, pulling her daughter into a hug, a sly smile on her face. “Just do your best, and I’m sure… Twilight will love you just as much as you love her.”

Fluttershy did all she could to not cry into her mother’s shoulder. “Thank you, Mom.”

~dood~[/hr]

After a long day of dealing with business, Twilight got home to do one last thing on her agenda. She walked into her living room to see Barb’s new tutor, Cheerilee, waiting for her. “Hello, Cheerilee. How was Barb today?”

Cheerilee looked up to Twilight with a smile. The teacher was a dark magenta earther with a pink mane that had white stripes. She wore a green vest with a white blouse underneath and a long grey skirt and a pair of rimless rectangular glasses. “Good afternoon Miss Sparkle. Barb was rather well behaved today, a bit of a know-it-all but still quite manageable.”

Twilight let out a relieved sigh as she sat down on the couch. “I thought she was going to do something, I’m glad to hear that she wasn’t a bother.”

“I do find it fascinating that you would ask me to tutor her when… she feels confident that you can teach her better than me,” Cheerilee said, rubbing her chin.

“I used to homeschool Barb when she was much younger, I would just like it if somepony else could show her a new point of view or maybe teach her something I may not know. Technically, I’m still young, so I can’t know absolutely everything,” Twilight stated.

“I see, but right now it’s all review work. What could I possibly teach a student that may know all the material already?” Cheerilee asked.

Twilight gave the question a bit of thought. “Well, Barb was never any good at Language Arts, or Calculus. The only subjects that she’s great at are Geography, Geology, and Chemistry; all the others she’s… mediocre.”

“I guess that would make a little sense, she was rather bored during my geography lesson,” Cheerilee added. “But I can not twist my lesson plan just for Barb. I still have an obligation to teach Sweetie Belle after all.”

“Of course,” Twilight said. “If you will allow it, I’d like to help with the lesson plan. Something that both Sweetie and Barb can benefit from.”

Cheerilee chuckled. “You’re a busy mare, I can handle a lesson plan, Miss Sparkle. But I do appreciate the help.”

“It’s no problem, I still want to help,” Twilight added.

“Well, my next big lesson is on the Great War,” Cheerilee trailed off. “How much do you know about that?”

“The war that was caused by the sudden appearance of the changelings that threatened the entire world? Plenty,” Twilight said.

“I see,” Cheerilee bemused. “Mind if I give you a quick test?”

Twilight smirked. “Go ahead.”

Cheerilee got comfortable in her seat. “Who led the charge against the changelings?”

Twilight gave a cocky smile. “Only the ponies, griffons, and Zebras took the lead charge against the swarm. The Minotaurs joined when their princess was kidnapped and the Kitsune only joined because we paid them to help us. The key leaders were Emperor Havok of the Griffons, Princess Celestia, an unknown mare called Nightmare Moon, Chief Bela of the Zebra tribes, and Rover the first Patriarch of the Diamond Dogs.”

“Very good. Now, What was the biggest upset that the ponies had to deal with?” Cheerilee asked calmly, fixing her glasses.

“The assassinations of Commander Hurricane, Chancellor Puddinghead, and Princess Platinum, it hurt the morale for the ponies to the point where the Diamond Dogs were forced to fall back and lose Trottingham to the changelings for a few years,” Twilight answered. “Could you give me something harder?”

“How did the war end?” Cheerilee questioned, placing a finger on her lips.

“Using Celestia’s forces and Rover’s forces as a distraction, Emperor Havok trapped Queen Metamorphosis in Everfree Castle and defeated her in single combat,” Twilight smiled.

“Interesting, you are knowledgeable. One last question though,” Cheerilee said, causing Twilight to perk her ears in interest. “What happened to the changeling forces after their Queen’s fall?”

“Hmm…” Twilight grunted, deep in thought. “They were forced underground and went into hiding, no one has seen them since.”

“Well, you are young after all.” Cheerilee chuckled, confusing Twilight. “There is a hive in Theseus, the capital of the Minotaurs, that is lead by Queen Amaryliss, Metamorphosis’ eldest daughter. She claims that there are five changeling factions in total, each lead by a different sibling.”

Twilight was speechless, it was incredibly rare for the purple unicorn to be wrong on a question. She quickly thought over the question once more, trying to find a flaw in Cheerilee’s answer. “How did I not find out about this?”

“The Minotaurs kept it secret until a few years ago, now Amaryliss’ Swarm has mingled with the rest of the world as a way to redeem their race as a whole, despite the fact that no pony knows what has happened to the other four swarms,” Cheerilee explained. “Three out of four is not bad, actually.”

“I still should have known the answer,” Twilight groaned, shaking her head.

“Well, maybe you’d like to sit in a class, you might learn something, Miss Sparkle,” Cheerilee smiled.

Twilight smiled back, rubbing her chin in curiosity. “Perhaps I will.”

“I must be going, have a good night, Miss Sparkle,” Cheerilee said, bidding the Duchess farewell. Twilight watched the teacher leave, awestruck by the mere fact that she was outsmarted and by the sway of Cheerilee’s hips.

Just as Cheerilee left, Rarity walked into the room. “Twilight, Fluttershy would like to see you in the garden.”

This confused the purple mare. “When did Fluttershy get here?”

“Fifteen minutes ago, Sunset let her in while I was conversing with Rainbow Dash,” Rarity explained.

“Very well, thank you Rarity,” Twilight nodded. She got up and made her way for the manor’s vast backyard. The pool took up a large amount of the land while there were small paths that circled into hedge gardens, a few gazebos that sat close to the building as well as a gazebo that resembled a small tower. She saw Fluttershy next to one of the gazebos, fixing a red and white blanket that served as her picnic blanket. Fluttershy quickly noticed Twilight and waved her hand. As Twilight got closer, she noticed that Fluttershy became more nervous, to the point where she tried to hide behind her mane or look at something else, such as Sunset trying to collect beer cans from the pool using a net. “Hello Fluttershy. This is quite the surprise."

“H-Hi Tw- Twil- light,” Fluttershy stuttered, unable to bring herself to look at Twilight.

“Something wrong?” Twilight asked. “Is this about… that party of Sunset’s?”

“Oh no- mayb- I believe so…. yes it is,” Flutterhsy sighed, her body shaking in anxiety.

Twilight surveyed the scene and was ultimately confused by the layout. “What is all this?” She asked, rather surprised.

Fluttershy yelped in shock and shrunk down in her seat. “I… wanted to… I was wondering… would you like to sit down?” She offered, one hand gesturing to an empty spot on the blanket, the blanket itself had several large platters with sandwiches, a large bowl of tossed salad, and a bottle of wine that Fluttershy’s mother recommended.

“Why not,” Twilight said, taking her seat on the blanket. “This does look rather nice, Fluttershy. Must have worked rather hard to make all this.”

“Th- thank you, Twilight,” Fluttershy uttered, blushing hard. “I hope you like i- eep!” Fluttershy watched in fear as Twilight took a bite form a sandwich, “By the Almighty One’s Beard… she’s going to spit it out and tell me it’s awful.”

“This is good Fluttershy, never had a Tofu BLT like this before,” Twilight said, happily eating the sandwich. “Tastes like you used Mustard instead of Mayo though.”

“I asked Pinkie about that and she says that you don’t really like Mayonnaise so I thought I’d try Mustard and- “ Fluttershy stopped herself. She glanced back to the confused unicorn. “I mean, I’m glad you like it, Pinkie gave me the tip.”

“Well, it’s odd how well Pinkie knows me. Last week, she found out that I utterly despise cucumbers. Only Barb knows that and she didn’t tell Pinkie that at all. That mare works in weird ways,” Twilight said, finishing the sandwich. “So… how was your day?”

Fluttershy blushed hard. “It’snothingimportanthowwasyourday?”

Twilight gave a worried glance to her friend. “A lot of business, a carnival to celebrate harmony, me, and whomever is taking over Tall Tale Mountains, A boring boardroom meeting about sales figures and a rather enlightening chat with Barb’s tutor Cheerilee.”

“Cheerilee? She does seem nice,” Fluttershy said, nodding her head. “What did you two talk about?”

“We talked about Barb, education, and… I know this seems surprising, but she actually outsmarted me with a question about the Great War. I still can’t believe it,” Twilight chuckled.

Fluttershy quickly found the current topic to be against her plans and tried to change it. “Well, what about Sunset? She looks like she was doing a… good job.”

“Huh? I guess so, I haven’t checked in on her since yesterday, but so far… she does appear to be doing a excellent job,” Twilight stated, looking past Fluttershy to see her friend trying to reach a garbage bag that was hanging off a tree. “You have magic, Sunset! Use it!” Both the girls saw Sunset give a nervous laugh and levitate the bag into her hands.

“That’s good, I hope you’ve been catching up with her between her new duties,” Fluttershy added.

“Yes, we do find that time, which is surprising. I’m glad to hear that Sunset passed her finals, I was beginning to worry,” Twilight said, giving the fiery maned unicorn a worried look.

As the picnic continued, Fluttershy listened patiently while the two ate. She found Twilight’s voice to be somewhat soothing when she wasn’t annoyed by something, but she still had a job to do. She had to confess to this unicorn.

“... That has to be the most unorthodox way to confess somepony’s love to another, my brother was so embarrassed, his body turned red. He was really happy when Cadance said yes,” Twilight chuckled, wiping a tear from her eye.

“This is your chance, Fluttershy! Go for it!” Fluttershy steeled her nerves and took a deep breath. “That was very lovely Twilight, but it does remind me of something.”

“And that would be?” Twilight asked, rather curious as the yellow pegasus stayed quiet for most of the picnic.

Fluttershy’s heart began to beat rapidly. “Well… What it reminds me of is… well… I want to say- ”

“Sup ‘Shy, Boss. Room for one more?” Rainbow asked. She laid down next to Fluttershy and took one of the few remaining sandwiches. Fluttershy’s mouth had clamped up and prevented her from speaking anymore, unable to confess to Twilight. “This is good, ‘Shy. You should be a chef.”

“They were rather enjoyable. You were saying, Fluttershy?” Twilight asked, giving her yellow friend a kind smile.

“I…” Fluttershy was unable to say it with Rainbow Dash next to her, she can feel Rainbow’s blue wing brushing against her butt, which served to make her blush harder.

“Are you alright, Fluttershy?” Twilight uttered, leaning closer to her guest.

“Oh Goodness, that was a pain in the ASS!” Sunset announced, she plopped down next to Twilight and rested her head on the purple mare’s shoulder. “Your house is too big.”

“I didn’t have a say on where I’d live, Sunset,” Twilight said calmly.

“You can sell some of your land to someone, less land for me to clean if I throw another party,” Sunset yawned.

“That won’t happen, Sunset. Everyone except Rainbow were exhausted when everything was said and done, I found stallions jerking themselves to Barb and taking pictures of her body IN her room, and don’t think I don’t know about the used condoms found outside my house. That’s… so gross, Sunset,” Twilight groaned, flicking the yellow unicorn’s forehead.

“Oh take that stick out of your ass, it was fun. I scored with Celestia’s student, it was totally worth the broken arm and black eye that morning, and you got to bang Fluttershy AND her mom. Sure Sweet is a bitch, but that’s still awesome in my book,” Rainbow said, wiggling her eyebrows to the reddened Fluttershy.

“I’m sorry they keep interrupting you Fluttershy, you were saying?” Twilight asked.

“I’m… really glad you like the picnic, we should do this again sometime. Bye!” Fluttershy said, she got up and ran as fast as she could, leaving the three mares completely baffled.

“Was it something we did?” Rainbow asked, munching on a leaf of lettuce.

“That was odd, she forgot her blanket and basket, Rainbow… Try and stop Fluttershy, I’d hate for her to forget her things here,” Twilight said, giving the retreating pegasus a nervous look.

“It’s fine, she’ll be back anyways,” Rainbow said, lying back on the grass.

Twilight shook her head and quickly gathered up Fluttershy’s belongings and prepared to teleport. In a flash of purple light, Twilight disappeared, confusing Rainbow Dash and scaring Sunset. “We need to find Twilight.”

“Why?”

“That idiot teleported, it takes a lot of energy to do and Twilight’s going to be weakened by it for a while,” Sunset groaned, she got up and ran to the front of the manor. Fluttershy was no where to be seen, but she did see Twilight sitting on the steps before the main entrance, she was lying back but had a shocked expression on her face. “Twi, you alright? You know you shouldn’t teleport, dummy.”

“Fluttershy… confessed to me,” Twilight uttered.

Sunset’s eyes went wide and turned to see Fluttershy’s car driving away beyond the gate, Rainbow Dash just managed to reach the gates but simply shrugged and walked back to the Manor. “Wow, so… how did you answer?”

“She ran off before I could even speak. Could you help me to the living room? My body feels really… heavy,” Twilight panted, weakly raising an arm. Sunset turned to see Rainbow running up to help Twilight onto her hooves and together, Sunset and Rainbow helped the fatigued unicorn into the manor. “Is it weird to say that… I don’t know how to answer her?”

“We’ll talk about that later, let’s get you inside and find you some water,” Sunset added.

“Gotta say, Boss. I’m pretty jealous right now… But you don’t mind threesomes, right?” Rainbow asked. Twilight shot her driver a weak glare before the three disappeared into the manor.

~dood~[/hr]

In a small corner cafe in Ponyville, Rarity was chocked by the news Vinyl called her out for. She sat at her table wearing a white sleeveless shirt and a purple skirt. “Vinyl darling, this seems a bit too much to present.”

Vinyl fixed her purple sunglasses, wearing a black pants and shirt. “Well, it’s a thing you and Twilight have to deal with.”

“But… are you sure it’s… me?” Rarity asked. “I’m not going to deny how wonderful it is to find this out but… I am currently a butler to Twilight.”

“That just means we need to replace you before your occupation changes,” Vinyl said, finishing her juice.

Rarity crossed her arms in annoyance. “What about you?”

“I own a nightclub, I don’t have the time to be a butler,” Vinyl stated.

Rarity smiled as a plan formulated. “You'd be able to hang out with your friend Rainbow Dash, and have free access to Twilight, without having to teach me how to do what you do.”

“Tempting, but I like my Night Club,” Vinyl chuckled. “Nice try though.”

“Well, Twilight will need to know this,” Rarity sighed.

“I’ll let her know, in the meantime, you'll need to get ready to move. Tall Tale is pretty far from Ponyville,” Vinyl stated, playing with her straw.

“Maybe I’ll also have a company to worry about while I’m there,” Rarity giggled.

“Nah, your old man was too lazy, less perverted than Silver but he only ruled Tall Tale for the Princess. What you do, is now up to you,” Vinyl stated, she stood up and brushed herself off. “I need to go do stuff here before I go back to Manehatten, I’ll catch you later, Rares.”

“Y- yes, good day Vinyl,” Rarity said. She sat at the cafe for a little longer, confused by what she would do now. She’ll have to pack her things, tell Sweetie Belle, find a replacement for Twilight as no Duchess should not be without a butler as it would be such a social travesty. She sighed and placed some money on the table and left.

Maybe she’ll ask Twilight for some tips on how to rule an entire province, Tall Tale is rather big.

Author's Note

Thanks Wrabbit and Tallan Blade for your comments in the google.docs, dood.

Humans were replaced by griffons who were later replaced by Changelings because I forgot they existed, dood. And I apologize for the back-pedalling when everyone got rather upset and vocal with the human thing, dood. I know I shouldn't really care about what anyone else's opinion of my story is.... but I like try to please as many people as possible, dood.

Anyways, regardless of how people react to this, I'm putting this on Hiatus until I can remember how to do serious fics again, dood.